Jeremiah 3:12-14, Jeremiah 3:19, Jeremiah 3:4 ESV

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:14

Turn, O backsliding children . There is a play upon words, or rather upon senses, in the original, "Turn, ye turned away ones" (comp. Jeremiah 3:12 ). To whom is this addressed? To the Israelites in the narrower sense, for there is nothing to indicate a transition. Long as they have been removed from the paternal hearth, they are still "sons." For I am married unto you . The same Hebrew phrase occurs in Jeremiah 31:32 . Its signification has been a subject of dispute. From the supposed... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:14

(second clause, "and I will take you," etc .). Religious individualism. I. BY NATURE MEN LIVE SEPARATE , INDIVIDUAL LIVES . Man is social, yet he is personal. 1. Each soul has its own personality, separate from that of every other soul by immeasurable oceans. Sympathy unites souls, but does not destroy this individuality of being. Each soul has its own secret life, and the deeper the spiritual experience is the more lonely, hidden, and incommunicable will it be.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:14

Married to God. "Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you." I. THIS SEEMS AN INCREDIBLE STATEMENT . Had it been spoken of angels, or of unfallen man, or of eminent saints, it would have been more easy of belief. But it is of men desperately wicked, and to such, that God says, "I am married unto you ." What infinite condescension and love! II. BUT NEVERTHELESS IT IS TRUE . For: 1. We have the marriage lines, the record of... 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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 3:14

Children ... married - The twofold relationship gives a double certainty of acceptance. As children, they were sure of a father’s love, as a wife they might hope for a revival of past affection from the husband of their youth.One of a city, and two of a family - The family (in Hebrew) is far larger than a city, as it embraces all the descendants of a common ancestor. Thus, the tribe of Judah was divided into only four or five families. However national the apostasy, it does not involve in its... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:12-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:12-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:14

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

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 3:14

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