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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:18

Ephraim's return. I. THE MOST ABANDONED OF GOD 'S CHILDREN MAY RETURN TO HIM . Ephraim was unfaithful before Judah, and fell into greater wickedness. The northern tribes were punished for their sins by a scattering that destroyed forever their national existence as a separate kingdom. Yet even Ephraim is to return. No one of God's children—no one of the great human family, we of the New Testament revelation may say—is beyond God's love. God loved Ephraim as well as... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:18

Our yokes. I. That which is hard and yoke-like is appointed for us all. II. The reason of this appointment is that thereby we may render service which otherwise we could not. III. That to refuse or resist this yoke will bring down the chastisements of God. IV. That until we are really turned to God by his grace we shall so resist. V. We do not cease from such folly without great pain. "I have.; heard Ephraim bemoaning himself." VI. In that pain is our hope.—C. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:18-19

The ground of this hope, viz. that Ephraim will humble himself with deep contrition. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:18-19

Bemoaning one's self. The very word suggests sorrow, weariness, distress. And all the more when the reason of such bemoaning is not something external to ourselves, as when Rachel wept for her children, but something in ourselves, when we are the cause of our own distress. I. INQUIRE WHEREFORE THIS BEMOANING . 1 . That he had called down upon himself the chastisements of God. 2 . That these chastisements had been of no avail. 3 . That now it was made evident there... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:18-21

Ephraim bemoaning himself; or, the penitent's restoration. The exiled Israelites are represented as about to grieve over their apostasy, and to seek God in confession and prayer. The answer of God is full of mercy and encouragement. The Captivity is to be brought back, and the cities of Israel are to be again occupied. I. THE STAGES AND PROCESSES OF TRUE REPENTANCE . ( Jeremiah 31:18 , Jeremiah 31:19 .) 1 . Conviction and acknowledgment of sin. The unbroken... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:19

After that I was turned, I repented; rather, after my turning away ( as Jeremiah 8:4 ), I have repented. It is a different kind of "turning" which is here meant, a turning away from God. I was instructed; literally, I was made to know; i.e. brought to my senses by punishment. I smote upon my thigh; rather, I have smitten, etc. Ephraim describes his present state of mind, and the symbols by which he translates it into act. Smiting upon the thigh was a sign of mourning (comp. ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:19

Conversion and repentance. I. BOTH THESE ARE TOLD OF HERE . Conversion is. It is spoken of as "being turned" and "instructed." Repentance is . It is spoken of plainly and again figuratively: "I smote upon my thigh" This is a common mode of expressing indignation and grief. II. AND REPENTANCE IS SAID TO COME AFTER CONVERSION . And this is ever so. Not that there is no repentance prior to conversion. There is, and a genuine one. The "bemoaning" spoken of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:20

The Divine speaker asks, as it were in surprise, whether Ephraim, who has so flagrantly sinned against him, can really be his dear (or, precious ) son , his pleasant child (literally, child of caressing, i.e. one caressed). The latter expression occurs in a remarkable passage of Isaiah ( Isaiah 5:7 ). Since I spake against him; rather, as often as I spake against him; i.e. as often as I pronounced sentence against Ephraim—such a sentence as is recorded in Isaiah 9:8-21 (where... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:21

Set thee up waymarks. The "virgin of Israel" is addressed. She is directed to mark out the road for the returning exiles. The command is obviously the. torical in form; the general sense is that the Israelites are to call to mind the road so familiar to their forefathers, though only known to themselves by tradition. The word rendered "waymarks" occurs again in 2 Kings 33:17 and Ezekiel 39:15 . It apparently means a stone pillar, which might be used either as a waymark or a sepulchral... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:22

How long wilt thou go about? We must suppose the Israelites to be hesitating whether to set out on their journey or not. They are now admonished to put away their rebellious reluctance, and a special reason for this is added. The Lord hath created — i.e. hath decreed to create— a new thing in the earth (or, in the land ); comp. Isaiah 43:19 which suggests that a complete reversal of ordinary experience is indicated, as indeed the word create of itself prepares us to expect. And... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:18-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:18-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:18-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:22

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