Jeremiah 31:28

And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD. LIKE AS I HAVE WATCHED OVER THEM ... TO DESTROY ... SO WILL I WATCH OVER THEM TO BUILD - (). The same God who, as it were (in human language), was on the watch for all means to destroy, shall be as much on the watch for the means of their restoration....

By these words the Prophet confirms what he had said; for the Israelites and the Jews might have ever made this objection, “Why should God promise to be the liberator of his people, whom he had suffered to be oppressed with so great evils, for it would have been easier to prevent them?” The Jews then might have raised this clamor, “Thou givest us here the hope of a return, but why does God suffer us to be driven into exile? why then does he not apply the remedy in time; for now too late he declares that he will be a help to us after our ruin.” As then the Jews thought that a restoration was promised to them unseasonably, the Prophet says that it was God who chastised them and punished them for their sins, and that he could also relieve them whenever it pleased him. For had the Chaldeans, according to their own pleasure, ruled over the Jews, and had obtained the victory over them, who cou...

27-34 The people of God shall become numerous and prosperous. In Hebrews 8:8; Hebrews 8:9, this place is quoted as the sum of the covenant of grace made with believers in Jesus Christ. Not, I will give them a new law; for Christ came not to destroy the law, but to fulfil it; but the law shall be written in their hearts by the finger of the Spirit, as formerly written in the tables of stone. The Lord will, by his grace, make his people willing people in the day of his power. All shall know the Lord; all shall be welcome to the knowledge of God, and shall have the means of that knowledge. There shall be an outpouring of the Holy Spirit, at the time the gospel is published. No man shall finally perish, but for his own sins; none, who is willing to accept of Christ's salvation....

The prophet shows that the happiness of Israel and Judah, united in one prosperous nation, will rest upon the consciousness that their chastisement has been the result of sins which they have themselves committed, and that God’s covenant depends not upon external sanctions, but upon a renewed heart. Jeremiah 31:27 So rapid shall be the increase that it shall seem as if children and young cattle sprang up out of the ground. Jeremiah 31:29, Jeremiah 31:30 A SOUR GRAPE - Better, sour grapes. The idea that Jeremiah and Ezekiel (marginal reference) modified the terms of the second Commandment

EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 31:1 The promise of Jeremiah 30:22 is expressly declared to apply to both sections of the nation. Jehovah thus solemnly declares his purpose of mercy, and dwells with special Madness on the happy future of Ephraim. JEREMIAH 31:2 THE PEOPLE which were LEFT OF THE SWORD, etc.; literally, _the people of those left of the sword. _The expression clearly implies that the Jews at the time spoken of had escaped, or were about to escape, in some great battle or some other kind of slaughter. Hence the finding grace in the wilderness cannot refer to the sequel of the passage through the Red Sea, an

AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, [THAT] LIKE AS I HAVE WATCHED OVER THEM,.... In providence; looked upon them with an eye of vindictive justice; observed all their actions and motions; diligently attended to everything that passed, and took the first and most fitting opportunity: TO PLUCK UP, AND TO BREAK DOWN, AND TO THROW DOWN, AND TO DESTROY, AND TO AFFLICT; which words, as they have an elegance and an agreeableness in their sound, in the original; so they are expressive of the utter overthrow of the city, temple, and nation of the Jews, and of the several troubles and calamities they should be afflicted with: SO WILL I WATCH OVER THEM; be as careful and diligent, as intent, earnest, and early: TO BUILD, AND TO PLANT, SAITH THE LORD; to build their city and temple, and to plant them in their own land. So the church of God is his building, whose foundation he lays, the superstructure of w...

Jeremiah 31:1. _At the same time, faith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people._ How divinely he talks, as only God can talk These people had rejected him, yet he says, «They shall be my people,» not only some of them, but all of them: «I will be the God of all the families of Israel.» Behold the wonderful power of divine grace upon the hearts of rebellious sinners. There are no «ifs» and no «buts» here; it is «I will» and «they shall.» God knows how to work out his own purposes of love and mercy. Jeremiah 31:2. _Thus saith the Lord, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest._ If we ever do get true rest of soul, God must cause us to rest, as

CHAPTER 31 _ 1. The home-going of the nation (Jeremiah 31:1) _ 2. The joy of salvation (Jeremiah 31:10) 3. The preceding tribulation, sorrow and repentance (Jeremiah 31:15) 4. Assurance (Jeremiah 31:22) 5. The new covenant (Jeremiah 31:27) 6. The everlasting nation (Jeremiah 31:35) Jeremiah 31

Yahweh will replenish the scanty populations of both kingdoms, and will establish them (for the terms, _cf._ Jeremiah 1:10). In the future, individual responsibility for sin will replace the old doctrine of corporate personality, by which children suffered for the sins of their fathers (_e.g._ Achan's, Joshua 7:24), and Israel seemed to be suffering for the sins of past generations (Lamentations 5:7; c_ f._ Deuteronomy 24:16, and the notes on Ezekiel 18:2 ff.)....

WATCHED. Compare Jeremiah 1:12 (same word). AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6)....