Jeremiah 31:34

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 31:34

every man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14 . they shall all know Me. See note on Jeremiah 9:24 . know. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for all the effects of knowing Jehovah. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:34

"And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.""They shall teach no more every man his neighbor, etc. ..." (Jeremiah 31:34), Keil and a number of others thought that the principle of men teaching other men the truth about God was here nullified, "Because the sinner is placed... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 31:31-34

Jeremiah 31:31-34. Behold, the days come, &c.— The covenant here spoken of Jeremiah calls a new covenant; Jer 31:31 and what kind of covenant? Not such a one as was made with their fathers; Jeremiah 31:32. This was declarative enough of its nature; yet, to prevent mistakes, he gives as well a positive as a negative description of it. This shall be the covenant,—I will put my law in their inward parts, &c. Jer 31:33 that is to say, "This law shall be spiritual, as the other given to... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 31:34

34. True, specially of Israel (Isaiah 54:13); secondarily, true of believers (John 6:45; 1 Corinthians 2:10; 1 John 2:20). forgive . . . iniquity . . . remember . . . no more— (Jeremiah 33:8; Jeremiah 50:20; Micah 7:18); applying peculiarly to Israel (Micah 7:18- :). Secondarily, all believers (Micah 7:18- :). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 31:31-34

The New Covenant 31:31-34Many commentators believe that Jeremiah’s revelation of the New Covenant was his greatest theological contribution. They view it as the high point of the book, the climax of the prophet’s teaching."The prophecy of Jeremiah marks a watershed in Hebrew religious and cultic life. From this point onwards there is a significant divergence between what has obtained in the past and what will characterize the future religious observances of Israel." [Note: Harrison, Jeremiah... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 31:34

All the Israelites, from the least to the greatest, would also know the Lord intimately, without having to be exhorted to do so."The verb know here probably carries its most profound connotation, the intimate personal knowledge which arises between two persons who are committed wholly to one another in a relationship that touches mind, emotion, and will. In such a relationship the past is forgiven and forgotten." [Note: Thompson, p. 581.] They would know Him in this intimate way because He... read more

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