耶利米書 3:18-20 CUNPTS

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 3:16-18

The blessings of redemption. The blessings which are here described as following the restoration of Israel are partly national and material in form, but they contain, in the heart of them, those deep spiritual elements of the Messianic ideas which constitute the blessings of redemption. Note the chief characteristics of these— I. THE NEGATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BLESSINGS OF REDEMPTION . 1. Freedom from the old life of sin . "Neither shall they walk any more... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:18

The reunion of the separated portions of the nation (comp. Ezekiel 37:16 , Ezekiel 37:17 ; Hosea 1:11 ; Isaiah 11:12 , Isaiah 11:13 ). Observe, Israel is converted first, then Judah. This detail in the prophecy is not to be pressed. Not that the force of any prophecy is to be evaded, but that in this case the form of the statement is so clearly conditioned by the abounding sympathy of the prophet for the ten tribes. These had been so long languishing in captivity that they needed a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:19

The concluding words of the last verse have turned the current of the prophet's thoughts. "Unto your fathers." Yes; how bright the prospect when that ideal of Israel was framed in the Divine counsels! Condescending accommodation to human modes of thought; But I said fails to represent the relation of this verse to the preceding. Render, I indeed had said , and continue, How will I , etc. Put thee among the children. This is a very common rendering, but of doubtful correctness. It... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:19

The great difficulty overcome. "How shall I ," etc.? A different rendering has been proposed for this verse, but inasmuch as the general meaning and spirit of the prophecy are maintained in our common translation, we prefer to abide thereby. So read, the verse brings before us— I. GOD 'S GRACIOUS PURPOSE OF LOVE TOWARDS SINFUL MEN . He would put them, among the children ," etc . Think what this involves. Picture to ourselves the lot of the children in the homo... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:19

Put among the children. A promise deeply and tenderly evangelical. Israel and Judah had forfeited this position because they had broken the covenant. But the forgiving love of God is shown in his declaring that they should be reinstated. The force of the phrase is well explained as that of "bestowing a rich paternal benediction," or of restoring to the rights and privileges of inheritance. I. THE SINNER HAS FORFEITED HIS POSITION IN THE FAMILY OF GOD . All through... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:20

Surely . The word acquires an adversative sense from the context, as in Isaiah 53:4 , and is virtually equivalent to "but surely." From her husband ; literally, from her friend or companion . The choice of the word seems to indicate the inner hollowness of the married life. The woman only sees in her husband the companion, behind whoso back she can follow her own inclinations. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:20

Jeremiah 4:2 God's way of restoration; or, the experiences of a young convert. In Jeremiah 4:19 we have given us the expression of the Divine perplexity in regard to lost Israel: "How shall I place thee among the children," etc.? But ere the verse closes we behold the problem solved, the seeming impossibility accomplished, for the lost is found, and he that was dead is alive again. The rebel Israel has become the loving obedient child. And now in these verses (20- Jeremiah 4:2 ) we... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 3:18

With - To (margin). The prophet has just described the return of the ten tribes Jeremiah 3:14, etc. Israel is represented as the first to repent, and Judah must go to her, in order that they may come together back to the holy land, divided no longer into Jews and Israelites, but merged into one people.Out of the land of the north - The objection that the Jews were not carried like the Israelites into the northern provinces of Assyria Jeremiah 3:12, but into Babylonia, misinterprets the whole... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:1-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:12-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:16-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 3:18

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