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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 3:4

Or, Hast thou Not from this time called “me, My Father, thou art the” husband “of my youth?” i. e., from the time of Josiah’s reforms in his eighteenth year, in opposition to “of old time” Jeremiah 2:20. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 3:4-5

Jeremiah 3:4-5. Wilt thou not from this time Namely, that I have withholden showers, this time of conviction and correction; now that thou hast been made to see thy sins, and to smart for them, wilt thou not forsake them and return to me, saying, I will go and return to my first husband, for then it was better with me than now? Or from this time that thou hast had so kind an invitation to return, and an assurance that thou shalt be well received. Wilt thou not cry unto me, My father? ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:1-5

Judah unfaithful and unashamed (3:1-5)By her spiritual adultery Judah has broken the marriage bond with Yahweh and defiled the land. In her immorality and idolatry she has acted like a prostitute who lures lovers in the city streets. She is like a desert outlaw who looks for innocent victims along the country’s highways (3:1-2).God sent drought to bring Judah to repentance, but the nation has remained unmoved. She is so shameless she even looks like a prostitute (3). Yet she is bold enough to... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 3:4

4. from this time—not referring, as MICHAELIS thinks, to the reformation begun the year before, that is, the twelfth of Josiah; it means—now at once, now at last. me—contrasted with the "stock" whom they had heretofore called on as "father" (Jeremiah 2:27; Luke 15:18). thou art—rather, "thou wast." guide of . . . youth—that is, husband (Jeremiah 2:2; Proverbs 2:17; Hosea 2:7; Hosea 2:15). Husband and father are the two most endearing of ties. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 3:1-4

Yahweh’s call for His people’s repentance 3:1-4:4A passionate plea for repentance follows logically and textually the indictment of God’s people for their sins (ch. 2)."There is a problem with free forgiveness. If you can always wipe the slate clean, how much does it matter what you write on it next? It is a problem for both parties-not only for the one in the wrong, who may feel that he can get away with more and more, but also for the one who forgives, who has to wonder what his forbearance... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 3:1-25

Aspects of false religion 7:1-8:3All the messages in this section deal with departure from the Lord in religious practices, either in pagan rites or in the perversion of the proper worship of Yahweh that the Mosaic Law specified. All the material in this section fits conditions in Judah after 609 B.C., when Jehoiakim began allowing a return to pagan practices after the end of Josiah’s reforms. Another feature of this section is the large amount of prose material it contains, much more than the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 3:4

Instead of repenting, they besought God to help them, calling Him their "Father," the friend who had guided them in their youth. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:1-25

The Prophet Sets Forth the Sin of the Nation and Points Out the Inevitable Result (Reign of Josiah, and Probably Before the Reforms of that King: cp. Jer 3:6)This section furnishes us with the gist of the prophet's testimony during the early years of his ministry, and doubtless represents the commencement of the roll written by Baruch at Jeremiah's dictation. In these five chapters he lays before his hearers the grossness of their conduct in deserting Jehovah, and urges repentance and amendment... read more

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