Jeremiah 3:7

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

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:7

And I said - By the prophets Elijah, Elisha, Hosea, Amos, etc.; for all these prophesied to that rebellious people, and exhorted them to return to the Lord. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:7

Verse 7 He afterwards adds, Yet I said; God here states, that he had long suspended his judgment before he punished the people of Israel. He then extols here his patience, that he had not immediately visited the Israelites as they deserved, but bore with them and for a long time waited to see whether they could be reclaimed: I said, then, after she had done all these things, Return to me If we read in the third person, the sense will be the same, “I hoped indeed that they would return to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:1-25

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:6-10

An old and sad but very true story. I. GOD LOOKING FOR FRUIT BUT NONE FORTHCOMING . 1. The fruit God looked for was Judah's repentance (cf. the history of the times to which Jeremiah refers). Idolatry was rampant in the northern kingdom. The southern also had been very far from free from it. But at this time God looked for a true repentance on Judah's part. 2. And such fruit was reasonably expected. There was the personal example and influence of King Josiah and the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:7

And I said after she had done , etc.; rather, and I said , After she hath done all these things , she will return unto me . And her treacherous sister . Observe the distinction between the two sisters. Israel had openly broken the political and religious connection with Jehovah ( Hosea 8:4 ); Judah nominally retained both, but her heart was towards the false gods (comp. the allegory in Ezekiel 23:1-49 ; which is evidently founded upon our passage). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 3:7

Or, “And I said (i. e., within myself), After she has done all these things, she will return to me.” But she did not return.Treacherous - literally, “Falsehood,” i. e., false, faithless. The character of the two sisters is plainly marked. Samaria is apostate; she abandons Yahweh’s worship altogether. Judah maintains the form only; her secret desires are set upon the orgies of pagan worship. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 3:7

Jeremiah 3:7. After she had done all these things For which she might justly have been abandoned; I said, Turn thou unto me Namely, and I will receive thee. Though they had forsaken both the house of David and the house of Aaron, who both had their authority from God without dispute, yet God sent his prophets among them to call them to return to him, that is, to the worship of him only, not insisting so much upon their return to the house of David as to that of Aaron. We do not read that... 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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