Jeremiah 31:9-17 NIV

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 31:10-17

This paragraph is much to the same purport with the last, publishing to the world, as well as to the church, the purposes of God's love concerning his people. This is a word of the Lord which the nations must hear, for it is a prophecy of a work of the Lord which the nations cannot but take notice of. Let them hear the prophecy, that they may the better understand and improve the performance; and let those that hear it themselves declare it to others, declare it in the isles afar off. It will... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:9

They shall come with weeping ,.... For joy, as Kimchi and Ben Melech observe; of which there are instances, Genesis 29:11 ; so the Jews will come to Christ, and to the Gospel church, as well as into their own land, with joy that they have found the Messiah, and are brought under his government, and into the enjoyment of the privileges of the Gospel, and the possession of their own land; or with tears of repentance for all their sins, original and actual, especially for their sin of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:10

Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations ,.... The Gentiles: who are called upon to hear the word of the Gospel; the word of peace, reconciliation, and salvation by Christ, sent among them by him, for the calling and conversion of them, that they might believe in him, and profess his name: and declare it in the isles afar off ; having heard, received, and embraced the Gospel themselves, it became them to make it known to others; not only to those upon the continent and the isles... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:11

For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob ,.... Not the patriarch Jacob singly and personally, though he no doubt was a redeemed one; nor his carnal posterity, at least not all of them, only a remnant among them, and especially not them only; but the Gentiles also, even all the elect of God, his church and people, of whatsoever nation, which frequently go by this name in the prophetic writings: and this redemption of them by Christ, which, though future, is spoken of as past, because of the certainty... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:12

Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion ,.... The Targum is, "in the mountain of the house of the sanctuary, which is built on Zion;' but though there be an allusion to the temple built on it, and which may be called the height of it; yet the church of Christ in Gospel times is meant; the city built on a hill, where the saints, enjoying Gospel ordinances, dwell on high, and have all suitable provisions made for them; and here being come freely and willingly, though... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:13

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together ,.... Not any particular virgin, but all virgins, as Kimchi interprets it. The Targum is, "then shall the congregation of Israel rejoice as in dances;' it may very well be understood of the church of Christ, espoused to him as a chaste virgin, and of her spiritual joy in him, in allusion to the joy expressed by such persons in dancing, both upon civil and religious accounts; and it denotes that the joy should be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:14

And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness ,.... Meaning either the ministers of the Gospel, who should not only be liberally provided for as to their maintenance, which is too low a sense; but filled with spiritual good things, with the doctrines of the Gospel, and a comfortable experience of them, that they may be able to feed others with knowledge and understanding; or since, under the Gospel dispensation, there is no such distinct order of men under the name of priests, but... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:15

Thus saith the Lord, a voice was heard in Ramah ,.... Which signifies a high place; hence the Targum paraphrases it, "in the high place of the world;' and so the Vulgate Latin version, "in a high place;' but it is here the proper name of a place, of a city in the tribe of Benjamin, Joshua 18:25 ; and this voice heard was not a voice of joy and gladness as before, but of lamentation and bitter weeping ; signifying great sorrow and distress upon some very extraordinary... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:16

Thus saith the Lord, refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears ,.... Though sorrow on such an occasion may be lawfully indulged, yet it ought to be moderated; and attention should be given to those things which may serve to relieve under it, and especially when they come from the Lord himself; then a stop is to be put to the mournful voice, and wet eyes are to be dried up: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord ; in bearing these children, and bringing them into... read more

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 31:10-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:16

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