エレミヤ書 31:16-20 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 31:10-17

This paragraph is much to the same purport with the last, publishing to the world, as well as to the church, the purposes of God's love concerning his people. This is a word of the Lord which the nations must hear, for it is a prophecy of a work of the Lord which the nations cannot but take notice of. Let them hear the prophecy, that they may the better understand and improve the performance; and let those that hear it themselves declare it to others, declare it in the isles afar off. It will... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 31:18-26

We have here, I. Ephraim's repentance, and return to God. Not only Judah, but Ephraim the ten tribes, shall be restored, and therefore shall thus be prepared and qualified for it, Hos. 14:8. Ephraim shall say, What have I do to any more with idols? Ephraim the people, is here spoken of as a single person to denote their unanimity; they shall be as one man in their repentance and shall glorify God in it with one mind and one mouth, one and all. It is likewise thus expressed that it might be the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:16

Thus saith the Lord, refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears ,.... Though sorrow on such an occasion may be lawfully indulged, yet it ought to be moderated; and attention should be given to those things which may serve to relieve under it, and especially when they come from the Lord himself; then a stop is to be put to the mournful voice, and wet eyes are to be dried up: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord ; in bearing these children, and bringing them into... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:17

And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord ,.... Or, "hope for thy posterity" F18 לאחריתך "posteris tuis", Gataker; "posteritati tuae", Schmidt. ; for their children that had been massacred, that these should rise again, and enjoy a blessed immortality, as the next clause seems to explain and confirm it: that thy children shall come again to their own border : either to the border of the land of Israel, as Joseph, Mary, and Jesus did, Matthew 2:21 ; or rather to the borders... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:18

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus ,.... Not Ephraim in person; though, as he was a very affectionate and tenderhearted man, as appears from 1 Chronicles 7:22 ; he is with like propriety introduced, as Rachel before; but Ephraim intends Israel, or the ten tribes, and even all the people of the Jews; and the prophecy seems to respect the conversion of them in the latter day, when they shall be in soul trouble, and bemoan their sins, and their sinful and wretched estate,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:19

Surely after that I was turned I repented ,.... Ephraim's prayer was answered; as he prayed he might be turned, he was; and when he was turned, then he repented, not only of sin in general, but of such sins as he had been particularly guilty of; not only of the grosser actions of life, but of inward sins, secret lusts and corruptions; even of sins of holy things, having now different sentiments, affections, and conduct: and this is what is called evangelical repentance, and is from the grace... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:20

Is Ephraim my dear son ?.... Questions put in this form, in the Hebrew language, usually more vehemently deny; and then the sense must be, Ephraim is not my dear son: and agreeably to this all the following clauses must be interpreted; which seems quite contrary to the scope and design of the context: wherefore it seems better to render the words thus, " Is not Ephraim my dear son?" F23 הבן יקיר לי "nonne filius pretiosus mihi?" Pagninus, Montanus. yes, he is; and so is... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:16

They shall come again from the land of the enemy - This could not be said of the murdered innocents at Bethlehem; they never came again; but the Jews, who had gone into captivity, did come again from the land of their enemy to their own border. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:18

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself - The exiled Israelites are in a state of deep repentance. Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised - I was at first like an unbroken and untoward steer, the more I was chastised the more I rebelled; but now I have benefited by thy correction. Turn thou me - I am now willing to take thy yoke upon me, but I have no power. I can only will and pray. Take the matter into thy own hand, and fully convert my soul. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:19

After that I was turned - Converted from my sin, folly, and idolatry. I repented - To conviction of sin, I now added contrition for sin. Conviction, in this sense of the word, must precede contrition or repentance. As soon as a man sees himself lost and undone, he is convicted of sin; when convicted, he begins to mourn. Thus contrition follows conviction. I smote upon my thigh - My sorrow grew deeper and deeper; I smote upon my thigh through the extremity of my distress. This was a... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 31:10-17

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 31:18-26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:19

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