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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 3:12-19

Here is a great deal of gospel in these verses, both that which was always gospel, God's readiness to pardon sin and to receive and entertain returning repenting sinners, and those blessings which were in a special manner reserved for gospel times, the forming and founding of the gospel church by bringing into it the children of God that were scattered abroad, the superseding of the ceremonial law, and the uniting of Jews and Gentiles, typified by the uniting of Israel and Judah in their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:13

Only acknowledge thine iniquity ,.... Or, "know" F5 דעי "scito", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus. it; unless a man knows his sin, and is convicted of it, he will never repent of it, or turn from it; and when he is made sensible of it, and sorry for it, he ought to acknowledge and confess it before God, against whom he has sinned; this is what is insisted upon, and all that is insisted upon; and it is the least that can be done, and is what every sensible sinner will do, who upon it may... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:13

Verse 13 God lays down here a condition, lest hypocrites, relying on his goodness, should become more and more hardened, and yet think that he is bound as it were to them; for they usually reason thus, — “God is so kind that he recalls us to himself, and of his own free will invites even sinners; we may therefore easily settle matters with him.” Thus hypocrites by false thoughts’ delude themselves, thinking that they can elude God, since he seeks nothing else but to restore sinners to himself.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:12-13

God inviting the return of his sinful children. This invitation is offered to "backsliding Israel" in preference to "false Judah" ( Jeremiah 3:11 ). There seemed to be more hope of the former. Openly wicked men are more easily led to repentance than hypocritical pretenders to goodness. Christ came not to call the righteous, but sinners ( Matthew 9:12 , Matthew 9:13 ), and his invitations were more readily accepted by publicans and reprobates than by Pharisees. I. THE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:12-19

Confession of sin the indispensable prerequisite for its pardon. That this is so is shown by the evident fact that if it could have been dispensed with it would have been. For the desire of God to pardon his guilty people is, as this section shows, intense. He will not cease to seek after them even when the punishment of their sin has actually come upon them. Hence ( Jeremiah 3:12 ) he addresses them in the lands of their exile, Mesopotamia, Assyria, and Media ( 2 Kings 17:6 ), and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:13

This condition of restoration to favor . Israel is to acknowledge , or perceive, notice, recognize, her guilt. And hast scattered thy ways ; alluding to that "gadding about" in quest of foreign alliances, reproved in the preceding chapter ( Jeremiah 2:36 ). Comp. "interlacing her ways," Jeremiah 2:23 . read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 3:13

Acknowledge - literally, “know thy iniquity;” know that thy doings are iniquitous.Scattered thy ways - Wandered in search of those idolatries which foreign nations practice. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 3:12-13

Jeremiah 3:12-13. Go, and proclaim these words toward the north “The sin of the ten tribes being attended with more favourable circumstances than that of Judah, the prophet is commanded to call them to repentance with promises of pardon. In order to this he is bid to direct his speech northward, that is, toward Assyria and Media, whither the ten tribes had been carried away captive, which countries lay north of Judea.” And say: Return, thou backsliding Israel Repent of thy backslidings,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:6-18

Need for true repentance (3:6-18)King Josiah had tried to reform Judah, but because people had not changed inwardly, the reformation affected only the external forms of religion. Looking from God’s viewpoint, Jeremiah calls the people’s so-called repentance a pretence (see v. 10). Judah had seen her sister nation Israel divorced from God and sent into captivity because of her spiritual adultery, but Israel’s experience taught her nothing. She is now doing what Israel did. In accepting Josiah’s... read more

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