Jeremiah 3:20-25 NIV

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:20

Verse 20 He confirms the first clause of the preceding verse: for he had said that it could hardly be that the Jews would recover what they had lost, and be formed again a new people; and he shews the reason, — because they were like an adulteress, as he had before stated. But he did not yet wish to take away every hope; only he insists on this, that they were seriously to consider their sins, in order that they might become displeased with themsalves, and flee to God’s mercy for refuge. Nor... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:21

Verse 21 What I have stated becomes now more evident, — that the case of the Israelites is here set before the Jews, that the perverse, whom God had spared, might know that the same punishment impended over them, except they returned in due time to him: for the Prophet declares, that the Israelites were weeping and in tears, because they had departed from their God, and violated their faith pledged to him. For what purpose did he do this? That the Jews, who indulged themselves in their own... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:22

Verse 22 God here exhorts the Israelites to repent, that by their example he might move the Jews. The benefit of what is here taught might indeed have reached to the miserable captives and exiles; but as Jeremiah was especially the teacher of his own nation, he labored chiefly no doubt for their advantage, as we have before stated. God then here declares, that he would be reconcilable to the Israelites, how grievously soever they had sinned, he afterwards introduces them as answering, Behold,... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:23

Verse 23 And in the same sense is to be taken what follows, Surely, deceit is from the hills, and the multitude of mountains, or, from the multitude of mountains, as the letter מ is to be repeated. Here the Prophet more fully expresses the evidence of their repentance, as though he had said, “We have been deceived by the hills and the multitude of mountains; we thought that there would be more defense from a large number of gods than if we worshipped one God: this deception has led to ruin. Let... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:24

Verse 24 They confirm more fully the same complaint, — That God had by manifest proofs shewed the sins of the nation; for he had consumed their labor, that is, whatever they had acquired by labor. He also adds sheep and cattle, and then sons and daughters He does not indeed ascribe this consumption to God; but the mode of speaking is more emphatic, when he says, Shame has consumed the labor of our fathers from our childhood: for by shame he understands wickedness, of which they ought to have... read more

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

Verse 25 As the Israelites say here nothing new, but continue the same subject, I propose only to touch briefly on the words, lest I should be too tedious. They say then that they were lying in their miseries; and why? because they had dealt wickedly with God We see that they are explaining what they had confessed, — even that the labor of their fathers had been consumed by their shame, that is, by their wickedness; and they ascribe to themselves what might have been put to the account of their... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:1-25

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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

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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

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:21

Another of those rapid transitions so common in emotional writing like Jeremiah's. The prophet cannot bear to dwell upon the backsliding of his people. He knows the elements of good which still survive, and by faith sees them developed, through the teaching of God's good providence, into a fruitful repentance. How graphic is the description! On the very high places (or rather, bare , treeless heights or downs , as verse 2) where a licentious idolatry used to be practiced, a sound is... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:23

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:24

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:1-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:21

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