E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 3:7
Turn thou unto Me: or, "Unto Me she will return". read more
Jeremiah 3:6-11 Bsb
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 3:8
And I saw. In transcribing from the ancient characters, Aleph (= a) was perhaps taken for Tau (= t), the two letters differing only in one minute stroke (=) and (=). This shows that the primitive reading was = "Though she saw". The Vulg, has preserved the ancient reading, which the Revised Version has put in the margin. given her a bill, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 24:1 ). Compare Isaiah 50:1 .Mark 10:4 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 3:9
stones . . . stocks. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6 , for the idols made from them. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 3:10
feignedly = in falsehood. The reformation was Josiah's. The People's heart was not changed. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 3:11
justified herself. Compare Ezekiel 16:51 , Ezekiel 16:52 . read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:6
"Moreover Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. And I said after she had done all these things, She will return unto me; but she returned not: and her treacherous sister Judah saw it. And I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement,... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:11
"And Jehovah said unto me, Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah; I will not look in anger upon you; for I am merciful, saith Jehovah, I will not keep anger forever. Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 3:6
Jeremiah 3:6. The Lord said also unto me— A new discourse begins at this verse. Jeremiah having convinced the Jews of their infidelity, idolatry, and all sorts of corruption, in the way of pleading, from the second chapter to the present verse; here the Lord, as judge, pronounces the sentence, and exhorts the Jews again to return to him. All this passed in the 18th year of Josiah, when the Jews were again plunged into the greatest irregularities. Backsliding Israel, means the ten tribes. See... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 3:8
Jeremiah 3:8. And I saw, &c.— And I saw when on account of the adultery which backsliding Israel had committed, &c. Houbigant renders the words, I saw, in the third person; Nay, though she saw, that l had put away backsliding Israel, for all the adulteries, &c. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 3:6
Jeremiah 3:6-25 ; Jeremiah 4:1-4 is Jeremiah's Fifth prophecy. (see Book comments for Jeremiah). in the days of Josiah. This must be noted to understand the context. Israel. Here refers to the Northern Kingdom. In Jeremiah it usually refers to the whole nation. mountain . . . tree. Compare Jeremiah 2:20 , and Hosea 4:13 . played the harlot. The whole of this refers to idolatry, chiefly because of the uncleanness connected with the phallic worship of the Canaanitish nations. read more