Jeremiah 3:6-11 BSB

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 3:7

The Lord had expected that Israel would return to Him eventually, but she had not. Obviously Israel’s actions did not surprise God, since He knows everything before it happens. This is an anthropomorphic way of describing God’s chagrin at Israel’s behavior. Furthermore, the Southern Kingdom of Judah, Israel’s treacherous sister, observed Israel’s unrepentant harlotry. As Israel was Apostasy personified, so Judah was Treachery personified (cf. Jeremiah 3:10-11; Jeremiah 3:20). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 3:8

Yahweh decided to put away His unfaithful "wife" Israel, to divorce her. So He sent her off to Assyria in captivity. But observing the consequences of Israel’s conduct did not discourage Judah from following in her sister’s footsteps. She too became a spiritual harlot and betrayed the trust of her "husband." Yahweh’s relationship to both Israel and Judah was the same in that both kingdoms were His chosen people. We should not press the illustration too far or we come out with a picture of God... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 3:9

Israel took her prostitution very lightly and committed spiritual fornication with the pagan idols of Canaan, which the stone pillars and tree groves and poles represented (cf. Jeremiah 2:27). [Note: For a fuller discussion of these cult objects, see G. E. Wright, "The Archaeology of Palestine," in The Bible and the Ancient Near East, pp. 73-112.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 3:10

Still, Judah did not return to the Lord with heartfelt repentance, but only superficially. Jeremiah began ministering (in 627 B.C.) one year after King Josiah began his spiritual reforms (in 628 B.C.). This oracle may have come early in Jeremiah’s ministry before the reforms had taken hold. But the rapidity with which Judah declined following Josiah’s death seems to indicate that the reforms produced only a superficial return to the Lord. King Manasseh’s long godless reign (697-642 B.C.) was... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 3:11

Yahweh instructed His prophet that though both the Northern and Southern Kingdoms had committed spiritual harlotry, Judah’s sin was worse than Israel’s. Here the Lord personified Judah as "Treachery" as he again personified Israel as "Apostasy" (cf. Jeremiah 3:6; Jeremiah 3:12). Israel had been unfaithful, but Judah had been unfaithful and had presumed on the Lord’s mercy. Israel had not had the benefit of an example of unfaithfulness to warn her, but Judah did (cf. Ezekiel 23). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 3:11-18

The future repentance and return of all Israel 3:11-18 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:1-25

The Prophet Sets Forth the Sin of the Nation and Points Out the Inevitable Result (Reign of Josiah, and Probably Before the Reforms of that King: cp. Jer 3:6)This section furnishes us with the gist of the prophet's testimony during the early years of his ministry, and doubtless represents the commencement of the roll written by Baruch at Jeremiah's dictation. In these five chapters he lays before his hearers the grossness of their conduct in deserting Jehovah, and urges repentance and amendment... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:6-25

Jeremiah's Third Prophecy. The Fate of the Ten Tribes a Warning to JudahIn this prophecy, as in the last, idolatry is denounced under the figure of unfaithfulness to the marriage vow. But as a marked distinction, God here invites to repentance, and on this there hinges pardon.6-20. Israel and Judah have both forsaken their Divine Spouse, but forgiveness will follow repentance.7-11. Samaria, the capital of the kingdom of the Ten Tribes, after a stubborn resistance had been captured by Sargon,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 3:6

(6) The Lord said also unto me . . .—The main point of the second prophecy (we might almost call it sermon), delivered, like the former, under Josiah, is the comparison of the guilt of the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah. The latter had been looking on the former with contemptuous scorn. She is now taught—the same imagery being continued that had begun in the first discourse—that her guilt is by far the greater of the two.Backsliding Israel.—The epithet strikes the keynote of all that follows,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 3:7

(7) And I said . . .—The call to Israel to return had been slighted, and Judah, the traitress or faithless, “one with falsehood,” had not taken warning from the sin or its punishment.Turn thou unto me.—The verb may be either the second or third person, I said, thou shalt return; or, I said, she will return, as expressing a hope rather than a direct return. The latter seems, on the whole, the preferable rendering. read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 3:7

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 3:8

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 3:9

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 3:10

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 3:11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 3:11-18

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:1-25

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:6-25

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 3:6

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 3:7

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