Jeremiah 23:6-8

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 23:1-8

I. Here is a word of terror to the negligent shepherds. The day is at hand when God will reckon with them concerning the trust and charge committed to them: Woe be to the pastors (to the rulers, both in church and state) who should be to those they are set over as pastors to lead them, feed them, protect them, and take care of them. They are not owners of the sheep. God here calls them the sheep of my pasture, whom I am interested in, and have provided good pasture for. Woe be to those... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:6

In his days Judah shall be saved ,.... In the days of the Messiah, the righteous Branch, and reigning prosperous King, not only the people of the Jews, God's elect among them, but all that truly embrace him, and confess him, as Judah's name signifies, shall be saved from all their sins; from the law, its curse and condemnation; and from wrath to come; and from all their spiritual enemies. In the latter part of his days all Israel shall be saved, Romans 11:26 ; and Israel shall dwell... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:7

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord ,.... Or, "are coming" F9 ימים באים "dies venientes", Montanus, Schmidt. ; and will begin to take place in a little time, even upon the Jews' return from Babylon; and reached to the times of Christ, to which they have a special regard; and include the whole Gospel dispensation, even the latter day glory, when the Jews shall return to, and dwell in, their own land; as Jeremiah 23:8 ; shows: that they shall no more say, the Lord... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:8

But, the Lord liveth ,.... Or they shall swear by the living God; or declare the power of the Lord, as the Targum, in their redemption by the Messiah: which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them : which respects not only the deliverance of the Jews from Babylon, which lay north of Judea; but the conversion of many of the ten tribes, through the preaching of the Gospel in the several countries... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:6

In his days Judah shall be saved - The real Jew is not one who has his circumcision in the flesh, but in the spirit. The real Israel are true believers in Christ Jesus; and the genuine Jerusalem is the Church of the first-born, and made free, with all her children, from the bondage of sin, Satan, death, and hell. All these exist only in the days of the Messiah. All that went before were the types or significators of these glorious Gospel excellencies. And this is his name whereby he shall... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:7

The Lord liveth which brought up - See on Jeremiah 16:14 ; (note), Jeremiah 16:15 ; (note). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:6

Verse 6 It then follows, that Judeah shall be saved in the days of this king. By days we are not to understand the life only of Christ, which he lived in this world, but that perpetuity of which Isaiah speaks, when in wonder he asks, “His age who shall declare?” (Isaiah 53:8;) for he died once, that he might live to God, according to what Paul says. (Romans 6:10.) It was then but a short beginning of life when Christ was manifested in the world, and held converse with men; but his life is to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:7

Verse 7 The Prophet, after having spoken of the Redeemer who was to be sent, now sets forth in high terms that great favor of God, and says that it would be so remarkable and glorious, that the former redemption would be nothing to the greatness and excellency of this. When the children of Israel were brought up out of Egypt, God, we know, testified his power by many miracles, in order that this favor towards his people might appear the more illustrious; and rightly did the Prophets exhort and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:8

Verse 8 He says, from all the lands to which I shall have driven them, and he says this for two reasons, which we shall presently state. The change of person does not obscure the meaning: Live, he says, does Jehovah, who brought out and led his people from the land of the north, and from all the lands to which I had driven them; but there is no ambiguity in the sense. As to the subject itself, it seems that God in the first place intended to remind the Jews of their sins, as this knowledge was... read more

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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 23:1-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:1-40

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