耶利米書 31:15-22 CUNPTS

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:18

Verse 18 The Prophet here speaks more distinctly of a blessed issue, and shews that the punishment by which God had already chastised the people, and by which he was prepared to chastise the tribe of Judah, was wholly necessary, which he would give them as a medicine. For as long as we have set before us the wrath of God, we necessarily, as it has been already said, try to avoid it, because we wish well to ourselves, and endeavor to remove to a distance, as much as we can, whatever is adverse... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:19

Verse 19 Jeremiah now proceeds with what he had before briefly touched upon, even to shew that the punishment inflicted on the Israelites had not been without its fruit. And this is a doctrine which ought especially to be known, for we always shun whatever is hard to the flesh; so that if it were according to our own will, the chastisements of God would never be well received by us. It is, therefore, necessary to regard the end, as the Apostle reminds us. (Hebrews 12:11) Now when we see that... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:20

Verse 20 God here complains of the Israelites, because he had produced so little an effect on them by his great goodness: for the adoption with which he had favored them was an immense benefit;but by their ingratitude they had in a manner annihilated that favor. God then here asks, what sort of people the Israelites had been. But a question makes a thing stronger; for he who asks a question shews that he speaks not of a thing uncertain, but the knowledge of which is so conspicuous that it... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:21

Verse 21 He describes what mercy would do, even that God would at length restore the captives and bring them back from exile to their own country. There was however mention made previously of his favor, that we may know that the people were restored for no other reason but because God had mercy on them. The Prophet then having pointed out the fountain of redemption, passes on now to the external effect, by which God proved that he was reconciled to his people. Hence he says, set up for thee... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:22

Verse 22 As the Prophet had promised a return to the people, he now reproves especially the Israelites, who looked here and there, and never could acquiesce in the word of God alone: for it is a common thing with almost all the unbelieving, that they torment themselves, and, as it were, designedly contrive for themselves many inquietudes. Since then the Israelites were looking forward to what might happen, and could not entertain any hope as to their return, except when some appearance of hope... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:15

A voice was heard; rather, is heard. It is a participle, indicating the continuance of the action. In Ramah. In the neighbourhood of which town Rachel was buried, according to 1 Samuel 10:2 ("the city" where Samuel and Saul were— 1 Samuel 9:25 —appears to have been Ramah). Rachel weeping for her children. Rachel ("Rahel" is only a Germanizing way of writing the name), being the ancestress of the three tribes, Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin, is represented as feeling like a mother... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:15-17

Rachel weeping for her children. I. RACHEL HAS NATURAL CAUSE NOR HER GRIEF . Sword, pestilence, and famine ravage the land. The invasion by Nebuchadnezzar desolates the old home of the family of Rachel, bringing death to those who cling to it and scattering the survivors in exile. Such a calamity was in itself most mournful; but the disappointment it brought to the cherished hopes of Israel in a golden future deepened the distress to despair. It looked as though it were the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:15-17

Rahel weeping for her children The great mother of Israel and Judah is represented by a figure as mourning over the desolation of the land. God comforts the sorrow thus occasioned by a promise greater than could be fulfilled in the return of the Babylonian captivity. Rahel was an ancestress of the Old Testament Church whose spirit she might be said to personify The Church of Christ may still be said to weep for her children, and to be comforted by the promises of God. Matthew's reference... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:15-17

Strong consolation. In this touching passage let us note— I. THE SCENE . The exiles, with bowed heads and many tears, are being hurried away from their beloved land. Fierce soldiery urge them on. The smoking ruins of their towns, cities, homes, and, above all, of the greatly beloved city of God, Jerusalem, are behind them. A wail of distress goes up from these broken-hearted captives as they stand on the frontier Mils of their land, and have to say farewell to it forever. The whole... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:15-17

Sorrowing mothers and their consolation. I. THE GRIEFS OF BEREAVED MOTHERS . There is an innumerable company of women who have seen the children die in whom they themselves had given birth, and Rachel is their great representative. She stands before us here as the mother of a nation; for surely it only spoils a grand poetical idea to attach her to some tribes rather than others. She sees the nation which sprang from her husband Jacob going from the land of promise into captivity,... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:15-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:15-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:15-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:15-17

Group of Brands