E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 31:28
watched. Compare Jeremiah 1:12 (same word). and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton ( App-6 ). read more
watched. Compare Jeremiah 1:12 (same word). and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton ( App-6 ). read more
set on edge. A proverb, mentioned here for the first time. Here restated, and corrected in Jeremiah 31:30 . read more
iniquity. Hebrew. 'avah. App-44 . read more
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. Quoted in Hebrews 8:8-12 ; Hebrews 10:16 , Hebrews 10:17 . I will make. See Matthew 26:28 . read more
"Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. And it shall come to pass that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, saith Jehovah. In those days they shall say no more, the fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge. But everyone shall die for... read more
THE NEW COVENANT"Behold the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah."In Vol. 10 (Hebrews) of the New Testament Commentaries, pp. 162-166, one may find additional commentary on the New Covenant. There were several covenants that God made. (1) There was a covenant with Noah (Genesis 6:18,9:9); (2) two covenants with Abraham (Genesis 17:2,10; 15:18ff); (3) the covenant of salt (Numbers 18:19; Leviticus 2:13); and (4) the... read more
Jeremiah 31:29-30. In those days, &c.— See the note on Exodus 20:5. read more
Jeremiah 31:31-34. Behold, the days come, &c.— The covenant here spoken of Jeremiah calls a new covenant; Jer 31:31 and what kind of covenant? Not such a one as was made with their fathers; Jeremiah 31:32. This was declarative enough of its nature; yet, to prevent mistakes, he gives as well a positive as a negative description of it. This shall be the covenant,—I will put my law in their inward parts, &c. Jer 31:33 that is to say, "This law shall be spiritual, as the other given to... read more
27. He shows how a land so depopulated shall again be peopled. God will cause both men and beasts in it to increase to a multitude (Ezekiel 36:9-11; Hosea 2:23). read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 31:27
the house of Israel. See note on Jeremiah 2:4 . the house of Judah. See note on Jeremiah 3:18 . Here we have the union of the two houses. Israel is always named first, for this was the name of the whole nation, which Judah was not. man. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14 . read more