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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 30:18-24

We have here further intimations of the favour God had in reserve for them after the days of their calamity were over. It is promised, I. That the city and temple should be rebuilt, Jer. 30:18. Jacob's tents, and his dwelling places, felt the effects of the captivity, for they lay in ruins when the inhabitants were carried away captives; but, when they have returned, the habitations shall be repaired, and raised up out of their ruins, and therein God will have mercy upon their dwelling places,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 30:22

And ye shall be my people ,.... For many hundred years the people of the Jews have been called "Loammi" or, "ye are not my people", Hosea 1:9 ; but now being converted, the covenant of God's grace shall be renewed, and a fresh manifestation and application of it made unto them; and they partaking of the grace of it, shall appear to be, and shall be, called the people of God, and shall behave as such, and fear and worship the Lord: and I will be your God ; will manifest his love to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 30:22

Ye shall be my people - The old covenant shall be renewed. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 30:22

Verse 22 As this verse and what occurs in the first verse of the next chapter are materially the same, they shall be both explained here. God then says that the Jews would become a people to him, and that he would become a God to them. This mode of speaking is what we meet with everywhere in the Prophets; and it is very expressive, and includes the whole of true happiness. For when have we life, except when we become the people of God? We ought also to bear in mind that saying of the Psalmist, ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 30:18-22

A picture of the regenerate commonwealth of Israel. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 30:18-22

The multitude of God's mercies. A rapid and brilliant enumeration of the characteristics of national glory and human happiness and well being. Representative and suggestive, but not exhaustive. I. SEVERALLY SPECIFIED . Set forth with great distinctness, as one might in a legal document; and yet a complete and comprehensive view of a nation's restoration. 1 . Return of the people to their own land. ( Jeremiah 30:18 .) The representatives of those who had been exiled would be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 30:22

This verse is omitted in the Septuagint, and (unless the existence of later insertions is denied altogether) is all but certainly due to a later hand (comp. Jeremiah 7:23 ). Comp. on Jeremiah 30:10 , Jeremiah 30:11 . read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 30:18-22

The prophet speaks of Judah as the type of the Church, with Immanuel as her king.Jeremiah 30:18tents - The word suggests that a considerable portion of the people were still nomads.The city ... the palace - Or, each city ... each palace. The heap means an artificial mount to keep the city out of the reach of inundations, and to increase the strength of the fortifications.Shall remain after the manner thereof - Rather, shall be inhabited according to its rights, i. e., suitably.Jeremiah... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 30:18-22

Jeremiah 30:18-22. Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents The expression alludes to the ancient custom of dwelling in tents. This promise was, in some degree, fulfilled under Zerubbabel. And the city shall be builded upon her own heap Upon her ruins, which were cleared away, that new houses might be built. And the palace shall remain Rather, the palace shall be inhabited; after the manner thereof By ארמון , here rendered palace, Dr. Waterland and some others... read more

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