The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 30:18-22
A picture of the regenerate commonwealth of Israel. read more
A picture of the regenerate commonwealth of Israel. read more
The multitude of God's mercies. A rapid and brilliant enumeration of the characteristics of national glory and human happiness and well being. Representative and suggestive, but not exhaustive. I. SEVERALLY SPECIFIED . Set forth with great distinctness, as one might in a legal document; and yet a complete and comprehensive view of a nation's restoration. 1 . Return of the people to their own land. ( Jeremiah 30:18 .) The representatives of those who had been exiled would be... read more
(Comp. this verse with Jeremiah 33:11 .) Out of them; i.e. out of city and palace. They shall not be few; rather, not be diminished. They shall not be small ; rather, not be lightly regarded. read more
Their children; rather, his children; i.e. the "children of Israel." read more
The future rulers of Israel shall be of the native stock, not foreign tyrants. Their nobles; rather, his noble one, a synonym for "his ruler," i.e. the (earthly) king of Israel. It is remarkable that no reference is made here to the Messiah, who, in fact, is not as conspicuous a figure in the prophecies of Jeremiah as in those of Isaiah. And yet even in Isaiah there is one striking prophecy in which the inspired seer uses language not (in the hands of a literalist) reconcilable with the... read more
The ideal ruler. The immediate reference is to Zerubbabel and the elders who returned from the Captivity; but there is a larger significance than any merely human personage could exhaust or satisfactorily correspond to. There can be no doubt as to the Messianic character of this promise. But it is precisely the vagueness of the reference, the primary uncertainty as to who it was to be in whom all the hope of Israel was to be realized, that constituted the moral force of the prediction. In... read more
This verse is omitted in the Septuagint, and (unless the existence of later insertions is denied altogether) is all but certainly due to a later hand (comp. Jeremiah 7:23 ). Comp. on Jeremiah 30:10 , Jeremiah 30:11 . read more
These verses occur in a form evidently more original in Jeremiah 23:19 , Jeremiah 23:20 . In all probability they were first inserted from memory in the margin, and then incorporated into the text at a time subsequent (how long subsequent we cannot say) to Jeremiah. read more
The prophet speaks of Judah as the type of the Church, with Immanuel as her king.Jeremiah 30:18tents - The word suggests that a considerable portion of the people were still nomads.The city ... the palace - Or, each city ... each palace. The heap means an artificial mount to keep the city out of the reach of inundations, and to increase the strength of the fortifications.Shall remain after the manner thereof - Rather, shall be inhabited according to its rights, i. e., suitably.Jeremiah... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 30:18-21
Joys of redemption. The joys of the restoration of Israel are suggestive of the joys of redemption which belong to those who have been healed of their sins and recovered to the favour of God. Let us consider some of the elements of these joys. I. A RESTORATION TO LOST RIGHTS AND POSSESSIONS . The city is to be built again "upon her own mound." The people not only find the vines they grow in Chaldea fruitful; they are restored to their own land. The prodigal would not have... read more