耶利米书 3:11-13 CUNPSS

It is very noteworthy that Jeremiah should have still so warm a feeling for the exiles of the northern kingdom (more than a hundred years after the great catastrophe). Hath justified herself . "To justify" can mean "to show one's self righteous," as well as "to make one's self righteous," just as "to sanctify" can mean, "to show one's self holy" ( Isaiah 8:13 ), as well as "to make one's self holy." In spite of Israel's apostasy, she has shown herself less worthy of punishment than Judah,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:11

The comparative advantages of Judah and Israel; professors and non-professors. I. LET JUDAH AND ISRAEL BE TAKEN AS REPRESENTING RESPECTIVELY PROFESSORS OF RELIGION AND THOSE WHO MAKE NO SUCH PROFESSION . Judah did make such profession, but Israel stood aloof, neither worshipping at the temple nor joining in the appointed feasts. II. OBSERVE THAT ISRAEL IS SAID TO HAVE " JUSTIFIED HERSELF MORE ," ETC . ( Jeremiah 3:11 .) ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:12

Israel, therefore, shall be recalled from exile. Her sins are less than those of Judah, and how long and bitterly has she suffered for them! Toward the north . For Israel had been carried captive into the regions to the north of the Assyrian empire ( 2 Kings 17:6 ; 2 Kings 18:11 ). Comp. the pro-raise in Jeremiah 31:8 . I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you ; rather, my face to fall towards you (i.e. upon your return). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:12-13

God inviting the return of his sinful children. This invitation is offered to "backsliding Israel" in preference to "false Judah" ( Jeremiah 3:11 ). There seemed to be more hope of the former. Openly wicked men are more easily led to repentance than hypocritical pretenders to goodness. Christ came not to call the righteous, but sinners ( Matthew 9:12 , Matthew 9:13 ), and his invitations were more readily accepted by publicans and reprobates than by Pharisees. I. THE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:12-19

Confession of sin the indispensable prerequisite for its pardon. That this is so is shown by the evident fact that if it could have been dispensed with it would have been. For the desire of God to pardon his guilty people is, as this section shows, intense. He will not cease to seek after them even when the punishment of their sin has actually come upon them. Hence ( Jeremiah 3:12 ) he addresses them in the lands of their exile, Mesopotamia, Assyria, and Media ( 2 Kings 17:6 ), and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:13

This condition of restoration to favor . Israel is to acknowledge , or perceive, notice, recognize, her guilt. And hast scattered thy ways ; alluding to that "gadding about" in quest of foreign alliances, reproved in the preceding chapter ( Jeremiah 2:36 ). Comp. "interlacing her ways," Jeremiah 2:23 . read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 3:11

Hath justified herself - Judah had had the benefit of the warning given by Israel’s example. Both abandon Yahweh’s service for idolatry, but Israel is simply “apostate,” Judah is also false.The verse is important,(1) as accounting for the destruction of Jerusalem so soon after the pious reign of Josiah. Manasseh’s crimes had defiled the land, but it was by rejecting the reforms of Josiah that the people finally profaned it, and sealed their doom:(2) As showing that it is not by the acts of its... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 3:12

The north - The ten tribes, settled by Salmanezer in the north of Assyria.I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you - literally, I will not cause my face “to fall upon you:” i. e., “I will not receive you with averted looks.” The “and” before this clause should be omitted, as also before the next clause, “I will not keep ...”I will not keep - All God’s promises and threats are conditional upon man’s conduct. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 3:13

Acknowledge - literally, “know thy iniquity;” know that thy doings are iniquitous.Scattered thy ways - Wandered in search of those idolatries which foreign nations practice. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:11

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:12-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 3:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 3:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 3:13

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