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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:3

The everlasting love of God. I. IN CONTRAST TO OTHER LOVERS . Note Jeremiah 30:14 , "All thy lovers have forgotten thee," etc. Israel had had many lovers professing regard and offering service; but what had their regard and service come to? They were now cold, careless, perhaps even hostile. They had shown the appearance of love to Israel, not that they cared for Israel, but because they themselves were advantaged. Now, that is no true affection which changes when the thing... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:4

I will build thee. A nation, like a family, is frequently compared to a building (so Jeremiah 12:16 ; Jeremiah 24:6 ; comp. Ephesians 2:22 ). O virgin of Israel . The people of Israel is personified as a virgin (comp. Jeremiah 14:7 ). Adorned with thy tabrets, The expression will not, of course, bear to be logically criticized, for it was not the whole people who went out with "tabrets" or "timbrels," but the "damsels," who, it is true, formed an important part of religious... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 31:2

The people which were left of the sword - A promise of the restoration of the ten tribes to their land.The wilderness - Either the desert which lay between Assyria and Palestine; or more probably an allusion to the wilderness of Mount Sinai.Found grace ... rest - Rather, “shall certainly find grace; I will go to give Israel rest. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 31:3

Of old - From afar (margin). See Jeremiah 30:10. To the Jew God was enthroned in Zion, and thus when His mercy was shown unto the exiles in Assyria it came from a distant region 2Ch 6:20, 2 Chronicles 6:38.With lovingkindness ... - Rather, I have continued lovingkindness unto thee. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 31:4

O virgin of Israel - i. e., the whole people (compare Jeremiah 14:17 note). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 31:2

Jeremiah 31:2. The people that were left of the sword That sword of Pharaoh with which he cut off the male children as soon as they were born, and that sword with which he threatened to cut them off when he pursued them to the Red sea. Found grace in the wilderness Though in the wilderness, where they seemed to be lost and forgotten, as these latter Jews and Israelites were now in a strange land, yet they found grace in God’s sight, were owned, and highly honoured by him, and blessed with... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 31:3-4

Jeremiah 31:3-4. The Lord hath appeared of old unto me The prophet here personifies the Jewish nation, the people spoken of in the foregoing verse, who are introduced as calling to mind how God, in times of old, had manifested himself to the fathers of their nation, and appeared for their deliverance. Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love These are evidently the words of God addressed to Zion or Jerusalem. As if he had said, The mercies I promised you, as a nation, when I made a... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:1-22

The people return home (31:1-22)God has not forgotten any of his people who have been driven into a harsh existence in distant countries. Those of both the northern kingdom Israel and the southern kingdom Judah will share in the restoration to the land of their ancestors (31:1-3). They will be reunited in a land of renewed contentment and prosperity. They will join again in the national religious festivals at Jerusalem (4-6).The prophet pictures the joyous journey back to Palestine. Even the... read more

E.W. Bullinger