Jeremiah 31:33-34

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:31-34

The new covenant. Religion is only possible and of advantage as based upon an understanding between man and God. The perpetuation of the word covenant, in the New as well as in the Old Testament, shows how essential this idea is. And God's infinite mercy and royal condescension is shown in instituting a new covenant when the old was "ready to vanish away," I. AS RESULTING FROM THE OLD COVENANT . 1 . It was necessitated by past failure. The first covenant had been... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:31-34

The new covenant. The consideration of this new covenant will enable us to understand how it is that, whilst many Christian men are at peace and content in regard to their justification before God and their acceptance with him, they are very far from content in regard to their attainment in Christian character and their ,practical sanctification. The reason is that, whilst they are content simply to look in faith to Christ for the former, they forget that this is precisely the condition of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:31-34

The new covenant add the old. I. THE LIGHT CAST ON THE OLD COVENANT . It would be a mistake to describe it as a covenant that failed. Paradoxical as the expression sounds, the very breaking of the covenant furnished the proof of its success. It made man's position clearer to him; it prepared the world for Christ. The old covenant had been broken in spite of all the teaching connected with it. "Know Jehovah" had been dinned into the ear, and doubtless many had a notion that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:33

After those days; i.e. after they have fully come; not, after they are over. I will put my law, etc. Of course, not the Pentateuch, but the principles of which the rules in the Pentateuch were the temporary application. It is not here denied that there were, or might be, some under the Old Testament dispensation who had the Divine Law in their heart (see some of the psalms), but speaking of the people as a whole, it must be said that the Law was an external dictator rather than a bosom... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:34

On this verse, see note on the paragraph. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:34

Missions put an end to. Many persons, at the outset of modern missionary enterprise, strongly objected to it upon various pleas, but chiefly as an interference with providential arrangements and an opposition to the will of God. Even now there are some who regard it as a quixotic and presumptuous folly. It may console such persons to know that even the Bible looks forward to the abolition of missions. But in a very different way from theirs! I. THE MEANS BY WHICH THIS IS ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 31:27-34

The prophet shows that the happiness of Israel and Judah, united in one prosperous nation, will rest upon the consciousness that their chastisement has been the result of sins which they have themselves committed, and that God’s covenant depends not upon external sanctions, but upon a renewed heart.Jeremiah 31:27So rapid shall be the increase that it shall seem as if children and young cattle sprang up out of the ground.Jeremiah 31:29, Jeremiah 31:30A sour grape - Better, sour grapes. The idea... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 31:33-34

Jeremiah 31:33-34. This shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel That is, with those who are Israelites indeed, in whom is no guile, John 1:47, who are Jews inwardly, Romans 2:29, by the circumcision of the heart and spirit, spoken of and promised by God, Deuteronomy 30:6. I will put my law in their inward parts, &c. In the times of the gospel God’s law is not abrogated and made void; for Christ came not to destroy the law, but to fulfil it: but it is... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:23-40

A new city and a new age (31:23-40)Jeremiah has a vision of Jerusalem as a city of righteousness and Judah as a land of contentment. It is a vision that gives him the satisfaction of a pleasant dream (23-26). God had been responsible for the devastation of their land in the past, but he will also be responsible for its productivity in the future (27-28). The people by then will have learnt the lessons of their captivity. They will no longer blame their forefathers for their misfortunes, but... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 31:33

the house of, &c. Some codices, with four early printed editions (one in margin), read "the sons of": i.e. of the whole nation. in their hearts = on their hearts. Compare Ezekiel 11:19 ; Ezekiel 36:26 . Hebrews 10:16 . and will be their God. Compare Jeremiah 24:7 ; Jeremiah 30:22 ; Jeremiah 32:38 . read more

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