E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 31:20
child = a young child. Hebrew. yalad. My bowels are troubled. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:36 ). Compare Duke Jeremiah 15:20 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 31:21
Set thee up = Erect. make thee = set up. high heaps: i.e. finger posts. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 31:22
go about: i.e. in order to elude by withdrawing. Elsewhere only in Song of Solomon 5:6 . new thing. The interpretation must satisfy this condition. in the earth = in the land. This is another condition. A woman = A spouse: i.e. Israel shall turn and cleave to the Mighty One. See Genesis 1:27 ; Genesis 5:2 ; Genesis 6:19 ; Genesis 7:3 , Genesis 7:9 , Genesis 7:16 . Leviticus 3:1 , Leviticus 3:6 ; Leviticus 4:28 ; Leviticus 5:6 , &c. Here, the virgin of Israel. compass = turn about [so... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:21
"Set thee up waymarks, make thee guideposts; set thy heart toward the highway, even the way by which thou wentest, turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities. How long wilt thou go hither and thither, O thou backsliding daughter? for Jehovah hath created a new thing in the earth: A woman shall encompass a man.""O thou backsliding daughter ..." (Jeremiah 31:22). This refers to the actual condition of Israel. God here addressed her as "Virgin of Israel"; but that envisions her... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 31:16
Jeremiah 31:16. For thy work shall be rewarded— The Scriptures frequently allude to the years or days of a hireling: see Job 7:0 l, 2 Jeremiah 14:6. Isaiah 16:4; Isaiah 40:10; Isaiah 62:11. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 31:17
Jeremiah 31:17. And there is hope in thine end— "Though these of the present age do not live to see a return from the captivity, yet their posterity shall enjoy that blessing." This was particularly fulfilled with respect to the tribe of Benjamin in their return under Cyrus. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 31:19
Jeremiah 31:19. Surely, &c.— The smiting of the thigh is an expression of great surprise and concern. The Lord commands Ezekiel to deplore the miseries of his people, and to smite upon his thigh; chap. Jeremiah 21:12. We find the same custom in Homer, Xenophon, and other ancient writers. If, therefore, this be one of those natural expressions of the internal state of our mind, the phrase will imply true contrition, and in this view the climax will appear proper. See Pilkington's Remarks,... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 31:20
Jeremiah 31:20. Is Ephraim my dear son? &c.— Some render this passage, Is not Ephraim my dear son? Is he not a delightful child? Verily, the oftener I speak of him, I shall still remember him more and more: therefore my bowels yearn upon or towards him, &c. Houbigant, however, defends the common reading; he thinks that God means to deny that Ephraim was his son, in order to shew him that his bowels were moved towards him solely through free mercy, and not on account of any merit or... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 31:21
Jeremiah 31:21. Set thee up way-marks— The prophet bids them to think of preparing for their return to their own country; and, in order to that end, to set up landmarks to direct travellers in the right path. Instead of, make thee high heaps, Houbigant reads, erect monuments of thy grief; that is, tokens in thy return of thy late unhappy and captive state. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 31:18
I have surely heard, &c. Figure of speech Prolepsis. hast chastised = didst chastise. was chastised = I have been chastised. turn Thou me = cause Thou me to return. read more