An everlasting covenant. It is the "new covenant" of Jeremiah 31:31 , etc; which is meant (for the phrase, comp. Isaiah 55:3 ; Ezekiel 37:26 ). That I will not turn … to do them good. The comma in the Authorized Version impairs the sense. The prophet means, "That I will not cease to show them favour" (comp. Isaiah 54:10 ). read more
Assuredly ; literally, with faith. fulness; i.e. with perfect sincerity, without an arriere pensee, as the next words explain it; comp. 1 Samuel 12:24 ; Isaiah 38:3 (Graf). read more
God rejoicing. I. GOD HAS JOY . He is not indifferent, nor is he morose; we are to think of him as the "blessed" God, i.e. as essentially happy. The brightness and beauty of the world are reflections from the blessedness of God. Because he is glad, nature is glad, flowers bloom, birds sing, young creatures bound with delight. Nothing is more sad in perversions of religion than the representations of God as a gloomy tyrant. Less terrible, but scarcely less false, are those monkish... read more
The answer is divided into two parts;(a) Jeremiah 32:26-35, the sins of Judah are shown to be the cause of her punishment:(b) Jeremiah 32:36-44, this punishment was not for Judah’s destruction, but for her amendment.Jeremiah 32:28I will give - Or, I am giving.Jeremiah 32:30From their youth - God’s mighty deeds for Israel began in Egypt Jeremiah 32:20, and so did Israel’s sin.Jeremiah 32:34, Jeremiah 32:35These verses are repeated from Jeremiah 7:30-31, but with two important variations. Baal is... read more
Jeremiah 32:40-44. And I will make an everlasting covenant with them The Jewish covenant, even with respect to the ceremonial ordinances contained in it, is sometimes called an everlasting covenant; see Genesis 17:13; Leviticus 24:8; Isaiah 24:5; because those ordinances were to continue for a long succession of ages; but when this expression is applied to the gospel covenant, there is a peculiar emphasis contained in it, implying that it should never be abolished, or give way to any... read more
God reassures Jeremiah (32:16-44)After buying the field, Jeremiah began to have doubts. It seemed to him almost too much to expect that God could allow such a worthless people ever to return to their land. He therefore prayed to God (16), seeking to reassure himself that nothing is too hard for a God who is so loving and powerful (17-19). He reminds God of his steadfast faithfulness and miraculous power, which had saved his people in the past (20-22). But the people have been disobedient and... read more
everlasting covenant. See note on Genesis 9:16 . Reference to Pentateuch ( App-92 ). shall = may. not depart. This must refer to millennial days: for Israel did depart; and that is why the nation is still "scattered", and not yet "gathered". read more
I will rejoice, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 30:9 ). plant. Compare Jeremiah 1:10 . soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 . Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. read more
40. (Jeremiah 31:31; Jeremiah 31:33; Isaiah 55:3). not depart from me—never yet fully realized as to the Israelites. I will not turn away from them . . . good— (Isaiah 55:3- :). Jehovah compares Himself to a sedulous preceptor following his pupils everywhere to direct their words, gestures. put my fear in . . . hearts . . . not depart from me—Both the conversion and perseverance of the saints are the work of God alone, by the operation of the Holy Spirit. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:37-40
The unities of the Divine kingdom. (Cf. John 17:1-26 .) I. UNITY THE EXPERIENCE AND PRIVILEGES OF SAVING GRACE . ( Jeremiah 32:37 .) II. UNITY WITH GOD . III. UNITY IN SPIRIT AND LABOUR WITH ONE ANOTHER . ( Jeremiah 32:39 .) IV. UNITY OF DESTINY . ( Jeremiah 32:40 .)—M. read more