Jeremiah 3:6-13 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 3:6-11

The date of this sermon must be observed, in order to the right understanding of it; it was in the days of Josiah, who set on foot a blessed work of reformation, in which he was hearty, but the people were not sincere in their compliance with it; to reprove them for that, and warn them of the consequences of their hypocrisy, is the scope of that which God here said to the prophet, and which he delivered to them. The case of the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah is here compared, the ten tribes... read more

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 3:6

The Lord said also unto me, in the days of Josiah the king ,.... For in his time Jeremiah began to prophesy, even in the thirteenth year of his reign, Jeremiah 1:2 , hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done ? the ten tribes; that is, hast thou not heard? or dost thou not know the idolatry of the ten tribes, which was the cause of their captivity? as Kimchi explains it; for the facts, or the idolatrous actions of the ten tribes, were not done in Josiah's and Jeremiah's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:7

And I said, after she had done these things ,.... All these idolatries, in the several places mentioned, after she had repeated them over and over; the Lord sent to them by the Prophets Hosea, Amos, Micah, and others, who prophesied before the captivity of the ten tribes, and entreated them, saying, turn unto me : to my worship, as the Targum; from their idols, to him the living God; they were not without admonitions, exhortations, and declarations of grace, and so were without excuse: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:8

And I saw, when for all the causes, whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery ,.... Not only Judah saw, but God, who sees all things, saw the idolatry of the ten tribes which apostatized from him, and all the springs, causes, reasons, and occasions of it, and its consequences; and also the treachery, hardness, and idolatry of Judah: I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce ; as men did, when they put away their wives, as they might lawfully do in case of adultery; and here... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:9

And it came to pass, through the lightness of her whoredom ,.... Or the "swiftness" F2 מקל "a levitate", a קלל , "velocem esse", Calvin. of it; when it was once set on foot, it ran through the land presently one taking it from and following the example of another; or it became a light thing with her to commit idolatry; it was looked upon as a small thing, a trivial offence at most: so the Targum, "it came to pass that her idols were light in her eyes;' not lightly esteemed of,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:10

And yet for all this ,.... Though the two tribes saw the lightness and filthiness of the sin Israel was guilty of, and how the land was defiled with it, the stupidity of it, and the punishment inflicted on account of it: her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord ; there was a show of reformation in Josiah's time, but it was but a show; there was no true, hearty cordial repentance for the sin of idolatry, only a feigned one;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:11

And the Lord said unto me ,.... To the Prophet Jeremiah, as in Jeremiah 3:6 and at or about the same time: the backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah ; that is, was comparatively more righteous; of the two she appeared the most righteous; though neither of them could vindicate their conduct, or justify themselves before God; see Luke 18:14 . Judah was most to blame, because that after Israel committed idolatry, and was carried captive, she took no... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:12

Go and proclaim these words towards the north ,.... With his face thitherwards, towards Babylon, which lay north of Judea, and was the metropolis of Assyria, where the ten tribes were carried captive; and though they were dispersed in the cities of Media and Persia, which lay eastward, yet Babylon being the head of the empire, respect is had to that; not that the prophet was to go thither to them, or to prophesy in the land of the north, as the Targum paraphrases the words: for the word... 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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 3:6-11

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:12

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

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