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Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 3:4

(4) Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me . . .?—Better, Hast thou not from this time cried unto me . . .? The prophet paints with a stern irony the parade of the surface repentance of Josiah’s reign. There had been a pathetic appeal to God as the forgiving husband of the faithless wife, but not the less had the wife returned to her wickedness.Guide.—The same word as in Proverbs 2:17; the “chief friend,” as applied to the husband. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Jeremiah 3:1-25

The Heavenly Guide (Sermon to the Young) Jeremiah 3:4 We are all travellers, but are not all travellingin the same direction. We need a guide. There is no difficulty in finding one. There is only one to be relied upon. I. Some of the Reasons Why we Need a Guide. 1. Our ignorance of the way. 2. Our liability to take the wrong path. 3. Our liability to leave the right path after we have chosen it. II. Some of the Reasons Why we Should Take God as Our Guide. 4. Because He knows the way. 5.... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:1-5

7CHAPTER IITHE TRUST IN THE SHADOW OF EGYPTJeremiah 2:1-37; Jeremiah 3:1-5THE first of the prophet’s public addresses is, in fact, a sermon which proceeds from an exposure of national sin to the menace of coming judgment. It falls naturally into three sections, of which the first {Jeremiah 2:1-13} sets forth Iahvah’s tender love to His young bride Israel in the old times of nomadic life, when faithfulness to Him was rewarded by protection from all external foes; and then passes on to denounce... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:1-25

{e-Sword Note: In the printed edition, this material appeared near the end of 2 Kings.}JEREMIAH AND HIS PROPHECIESJereremiah 1:1 - Jeremiah 5:31"Count me o’er earth’s chosen heroes-they were souls that stood alone, While the men they agonized for hurled the contumelious stone; Stood serene, and down the future saw the golden beam incline To the side of perfect justice, mastered by their faith divine, By one man’s plain truth to manhood and to God’s supreme design."- LOWELLTRULY Jeremiah was a... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Jeremiah 3:1-5

CHAPTERS 2:1-3:5 Expostulation and Impeachment 1. His love and kindness to Jerusalem (Jeremiah 2:1-3 ) 2. The unfaithful people (Jeremiah 2:4-11 ) 3. The two evils and the results (Jeremiah 2:12-18 ) 4. Impeachment (Jeremiah 2:19-30 ) 5. Expostulation (Jeremiah 2:31-37 ) 6. Jehovah waiting to show mercy (Jeremiah 3:1-5 ) Jeremiah 2:1-3 . The first message Jeremiah received begins with reminding Jerusalem of the kindness Jehovah bestowed upon the nation in her youth, and how she... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Jeremiah 3:4

3:4 Wilt thou not from this time cry {h} to me, My father, thou [art] the guide of my youth?(h) He shows that the wicked in their miseries will cry to God and use outward prayer as the godly do, but because they do not turn from their evil, they are not heard, Isaiah 58:3-4 . read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:1-25

PERSECUTED IN HIS HOME TOWN The length of this lesson may alarm, but preparation for it only requires the reading of the chapters two or three times. One who has gone through Isaiah will soon catch the drift of the Spirit’s teaching and be able to break up the chapters into separate discourses and the discourses into their various themes. The main object of the lesson is to dwell on the prophet’s personal experience in his home town which is reached in the closing chapters. It is thought... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Jeremiah 3:1-25

Contending Emotions Jeremiah 3:0 We often speak about contending emotions. We do not know certainly whether the love or the wrath will overcome at the last. We burn with anger, and then we are melted with pity; we denounce and repel, and then in some sudden inspiration not human we hold out the sceptre and bid the alien return. We need not go beyond the range of our own consciousness to verify all this marvellous play of emotion. We are not the same in the evening we were in the morning:... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Jeremiah 3:4-5

This is a most beautiful and gracious observation of the Lord's, to show, what might be reasonably expected, from the overwhelming kindness of the Lord. When grace becomes more abundant, it overpowers our sin, disarms the sinner, and constrains him, as the Prodigal in the parable, to return to his Father. Luke 15:17-19 . read more

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