(7, 8) I . . . will build . . . I will cleanse . . . I will pardon . . .—The vision of the return of the exiles and of a restored city, prominent in Jeremiah 31:38-40, is not allowed to overshadow the yet more glorious vision of spiritual blessings of purity and pardon. read more
CHAPTER XXXIVRESTORATION VREVIEWJeremiah 30:1-24; Jeremiah 31:1-40; Jeremiah 32:1-44; Jeremiah 33:1-26IN reviewing these chapters we must be careful not to suppose that Jeremiah knew all that would ultimately result from his teaching. When he declared that the conditions of the New Covenant would be written, not in a few parchments, but on every heart, he laid down a principle which involved the most characteristic teaching of the New Testament and the Reformers, and which might seem to justify... read more
CHAPTER 33 New Message of Restoration and Blessing 1. The call to pray and Jerusalem’s overthrow (Jeremiah 33:1-5 ) 2. Future blessing and glory (Jeremiah 33:6-14 ) 3. The Branch of Righteousness; Jerusalem’s new name (Jeremiah 33:15-18 ) 4. Jehovah’s faithfulness (Jeremiah 33:19-26 ) Jeremiah 33:1-5 . Jeremiah is still in prison, as we learn from the first verse. The siege of Jerusalem is on. Then the Lord said, “Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty... read more
33:2 Thus saith the LORD the {b} maker of this, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD [is] his name;(b) That is, of Jerusalem, who as he made it, so will he preserve it, read Isaiah 37:26 . read more
33:4 For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the {c} mounts, and by the sword;(c) Read Jeremiah 32:24 . read more
33:5 They come to {d} fight with the Chaldeans, but [it is] to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in my anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my {e} face from this city.(d) The Jews think to overcome the Chaldeans, but they seek their own destruction.(e) He shows that God’s favour is cause of all prosperity, as his anger is of all adversity. read more
33:6 Behold, I {f} will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.(f) In the midst of his threatenings God remembers his, and comforts them. read more
33:8 And I will {g} cleanse them from all their iniquity, by which they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, by which they have sinned, and by which they have transgressed against me.(g) Declaring that there is no deliverance nor joy, but where we feel remission of sins. read more
MORE MESSAGES FOR ZEDEKIAH In some respects the most important chapter here is the first, which deals with Babylon’s supremacy, and reveals the beginning of “the times of the Gentiles,” or “the fulness of the Gentiles” (Romans 11:25 ). The term refers to the period when Israel, because of her disobedience to God, has forfeited her place of power in the earth and is scattered among the nations. It begins when God transfers this power to the Gentiles as represented by Babylon, and continues... read more
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 33:6
(6) Health and cure . . .—The first word is, as in Jeremiah 8:22; Jeremiah 30:17, the bandage, or “plaister,” which was prominent in the therapeutics of the East. It is possible that both words may have been spoken in direct contrast with the pestilence which was ravaging the city (Jeremiah 21:9; Jeremiah 27:13; Jeremiah 38:2). In any case, however, the words have a higher and figurative meaning. It was true of the city and its people that the “whole head was sick, and the whole heart faint”... read more