Jeremiah 3:21-25 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 3:20-25

Here is, I. The charge God exhibits against Israel for their treacherous departures from him, Jer. 3:20. As an adulterous wife elopes from her husband, so have they gone a whoring from God. They were joined to God by a marriage-covenant, but they broke that covenant, they dealt treacherously with God, who had always dealt kindly and faithfully with them. Treacherous dealing with men like ourselves is bad enough, but to deal treacherously with God is to deal treasonably. II. Their conviction... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:21

A voice was heard upon the high places ,.... And so might be heard afar off; it shows that the repentance and confession of the Jews, when convinced and converted, will be very public, and made upon those places where they have committed their sins; see Jeremiah 2:20 , for this and the following verses declare the humiliation, repentance, and conversion of the Jews, and the manner in which they shall be brought to it, and be openly put among the children: weeping and supplications of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:22

Return, ye backsliding children ,.... This is the call of the Jews to repentance in the latter day; See Gill on Jeremiah 3:14 . and I will heal your backslidings ; that is, I will forgive your sins. Sins are the diseases of the soul, and the wounds made in it; and pardoning them is healing them. So the Targum, "I will forgive you when ye return;' see Psalm 103:3 , this is done by the application of the blood of Christ, the only physician, and whose blood is the balm that heals... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:23

Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains ,.... From any natural defence, by hills and mountains encompassing; or from idols worshipped on hills and mountains. So the Targum, "truly in vain we worship upon the hills, and for no profit are we gathered upon the mountains;' and to this purpose Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it; or from the multitude of the people, the kingdoms of the world, and the nations of the earth, from whom the Jews have in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:24

For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth ,.... That is, sin, which is the cause of shame, and of which sinners ought to be ashamed, and will be sooner or later; so the Targum renders it, "the confusion of sins"; and the Jewish writers generally interpret it of idolatry, and of the idol Baal, as Kimchi and others, called "shame", or that "shameful thing", Jeremiah 11:13 , this idol, because of the multitude of the sacrifices offered to it, consumed what their fathers... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:25

We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us ,.... As persons overwhelmed with a sense of sin, and so pressed with the guilt of it on their consciences, that they can neither stand up, nor look up, but throw themselves on the ground, and cover their faces, being ashamed of what they have done: for we have sinned against the Lord our God ; as by breaking the law of God, so by despising the Gospel; rejecting the ordinances of it; disbelieving the Messiah, and speaking... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:21

A voice was heard upon the high places - Here the Israelites are represented as assembled together to bewail their idolatry and to implore mercy. While thus engaged, they hear the gracious call of Jehovah: - read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:22

Return, ye backsliding children - This they gladly receive, and with one voice make their confession to him: "Behold, we come unto thee, for thou art Jehovah our God;" and thence to the end of the chapter, show the reasons why they return unto God. Because he is the true God. Because the idols did not profit them: they could give no help in time of trouble. Because it is the prerogative of God alone to give salvation. Because they had no kind of prosperity since they had abandoned... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:24

For shame hath devoured - The word shame, here and in Jeremiah 11:13 ; Hosea 9:10 , is supposed to signify Baal, the idol which they worshipped. That thing or shame which has brought you into contempt, confusion, and ruin. Sooner or later every sinner must be ashamed of his conduct; next, confounded; and, lastly, ruined by it, unless by true faith and hearty repentance he returns to the Lord. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:21

Verse 21 What I have stated becomes now more evident, — that the case of the Israelites is here set before the Jews, that the perverse, whom God had spared, might know that the same punishment impended over them, except they returned in due time to him: for the Prophet declares, that the Israelites were weeping and in tears, because they had departed from their God, and violated their faith pledged to him. For what purpose did he do this? That the Jews, who indulged themselves in their own... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 3:20-25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:24

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:21

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