Jeremiah 31:6

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 31:1-9

God here assures his people, I. That he will again take them into a covenant relation to himself, from which they seemed to be cut off. At the same time, when God's anger breaks out against the wicked (Jer. 30:24), his own people shall be owned by him as the children of his love: I will be the God (that is, I will show myself to be the God) of all the families of Israel (Jer. 31:1),?not of the two tribes only, but of all the tribes,?not of the house of Aaron only, and the families of Levi, but... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:6

For there shall be a day ,.... The whole Gospel dispensation is "a day", made so by the bright rising of the sun of righteousness; here it seems to design some certain fixed period of time in that dispensation, when the light of the Gospel will break out most gloriously, and it will be a clear day; as it will be when the Jews will be converted: that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim ; the same with the mountains of Samaria; for Samaria was the head or metropolis of Ephraim, Isaiah... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:6

For there shall be a day - Literally, for this is the day, or the day is come. The watchmen - the prophets. Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion - Let both Israelites and Jews join together in the worship of the Lord. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:6

Verse 6 The Prophet here amplifies the kindness of God, because he would not only restore the tribe of Judah, but also the ten tribes, who had previously been led into exile. He then promises here a full and complete restoration of the Church. The Prophets do not always speak in the same manner of the liberation of the people; sometimes they confine what they say to the tribe of Judah, as though the rest were in a hopeless state, but often they extend their prophecies to the whole body of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:1-6

The promise of Jeremiah 30:22 is expressly declared to apply to both sections of the nation. Jehovah thus solemnly declares his purpose of mercy, and dwells with special Madness on the happy future of Ephraim. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:1-9

The restoration of Israel. To cheer the hearts of the exiles, to lift up the despondent, and to vindicate the faithfulness of God, is the intent of this and the many other predictions concerning the restoration of Israel. In a limited sense they were fulfilled by the restoration at the close of the Captivity; but the events of that period can hardly be said to have filled up the meaning of the emphatic language which the prophets were wont to employ. Hence it has been felt to be necessary... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:6

The termination of the schism between north and south will be shown by the anxiety of the Ephraimites (see on "Samaria," Jeremiah 31:5 ) to take part with their brethren in the festival of the new moon. It was the custom, at any rate in later times, to station watchmen at elevated points to give notice of the first appearance of "the slender sickle, which shines so brightly in the clear Oriental heaven" Let us go up. Not with reference to the physical elevation of Jerusalem, for the phrase,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:6

The unity of the Church. Ephraim represented the ten tribes of Israel, and Jerusalem the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, the sections of the divided kingdom. In days to come this division was to be healed, as the "watchmen" or prophets of Israel would lead their people to the temple at Jerusalem. I. THE IMPORTANCE OF UNITY AMONGST GOD 'S PEOPLE IS SHOWN BY THE PROMINENCE GIVEN TO IT IN THIS PROPHECY . Dissension and strife between the followers of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 31:6

This verse anticipates a time when the schism caused by Jeroboam is over. Ephraimite watchmen equally with the tribe of Judah watch for the new moon that they may go up to Jerusalem to keep the appointed Feasts. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 31:6-7

Jeremiah 31:6-7. For there shall be a day, that the watchmen shall cry By the watchmen are meant God’s prophets, or the ministers of his word, giving notice of his dispensations, and calling upon men to act suitably under them. The first reference may be to the leaders and teachers of the Jews, returning from Babylon, or to the general summons throughout all the ten tribes, for which Ephraim is put, to repair to Jerusalem, and join themselves to the true church, from which they had been so... read more

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