John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:12
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion ,.... The Targum is, "in the mountain of the house of the sanctuary, which is built on Zion;' but though there be an allusion to the temple built on it, and which may be called the height of it; yet the church of Christ in Gospel times is meant; the city built on a hill, where the saints, enjoying Gospel ordinances, dwell on high, and have all suitable provisions made for them; and here being come freely and willingly, though... read more
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