Jeremiah 3:4 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 3:1-5

These verses some make to belong to the sermon in the foregoing chapter, and they open a door of hope to those who receive the conviction of the reproofs we had there; God wounds that he may heal. Now observe here, I. How basely this people had forsaken God and gone a whoring from him. The charge runs very high here. 1. They had multiplied their idols and their idolatries. To have admitted one strange God among them would have been bad enough, but they were insatiable in their lustings after... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:4

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me ,.... These words are either a confirmation and proof of that impudence with which these people are charged; for had they not been impudent, or had not a forehead like a whorish woman; or were they truly ashamed, they would have cried to the Lord henceforward; called upon him; claimed their relation to him; and owned his favours in time past: or, if they had not been impudent, they would not have dared from this time to have called God their Father... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:4

Wilt thou not - cry unto me, My father - Wilt thou not allow me to be thy Creator and Preserver, and cease thus to acknowledge idols? See on Jeremiah 2:27 ; (note). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:4

Verse 4 God, after having set forth the wickedness of his people, and severely reproved them as they deserved, now kindly invites them to repentance, Wilt thou not say to me hereafter, he says, My Father! Some incorrectly render the words, “Wilt thou say to me, My Father,” as though God would reject what they said: and they give the meaning, — that the Jews would act dishonestly in thus glorying in God’s name, from whom they were so alienated. But very different is the meaning of the Prophet:... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:1-5

Sin Law Grace. We have here represented to as— I. SIN IN ITS MOST AWFUL FORM . It was the sin of idolatry . This was especially grievous in the sight of God, since Israel was designed to give light to all other nations. They were raised up for the very purpose that through them the knowledge of God might flow forth to the whole world. The destinies of humanity depended on them. Hence if the light that was in them were darkness, "how great," etc.! Their corruption was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:1-25

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:4

Wilt thou not , etc.? rather, Truly from this time thou callest unto me (literally, Dost thou not, etc.? a common way of giving an energetic assurance). The prophet admits the apparent revival of faith in Jehovah which attended the compulsory reformation under Josiah, but denies that it was more than apparent (comp, Jeremiah 3:10 ). The guide of my youth; rather , the companion (the familiar associate); so in Proverbs 2:17 . Comp. Jeremiah 2:2 , and especially Isaiah 54:6 ,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:4

Filial reminiscences of God. We are here brought from the view of God as a Husband to that of him as a Father, for only when we consider his various relations with us can we measure the depth of our sin or the motives we have for returning to him. I. GOD 'S PEOPLE CAN CALL TO MIND OLD MEMORIES OF HIS FATHERLY GOODNESS . 1. In our own experience of his grace he has revealed himself as a Father. He is the Source and Origin of life. In him we continue to exist... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:4

A call to the young. We need not hesitate so far to turn these words aside from their original meaning as to regard them as a Divine appeal to the young; especially if we understand that the prophet is here calling on Judah to return to the freshness of her "youth;" that "at this time," this hopeful reign of the good King Josiah, she should renew her covenant with Jehovah and the "love of her espousals" ( Jeremiah 2:2 ). In the days of youth the heart is most freely open to Divine... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:4

Israel's cry to the Father and the Friend. I. OBSERVE THE SUDDEN CHANGE OF RELATION WHICH IS THUS BROUGHT BEFORE US . Hitherto we have had before us Jehovah's description of Israel under the guise of a wife departing from her husband into the most degrading and shameless conduct. And now our thoughts are suddenly turned, with nothing to prepare for the transition, to a new relation—that of father and child. Note that it is not God who directly presents himself in... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 3:1-5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:1-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:4

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