Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 12:15
And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
Verse 15. I will return, and have compassion on them] This is a promise of restoration from the captivity, and an intimation also that some of their enemies would turn to the true God with them; learn the ways of his people; that is, would abjure idols, and take Jehovah for their God; and be built in the midst of his people, that is, Jew and Gentile forming one Church of the Most High.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
This seemeth not to be a prophecy only of the Jews return into their land after the fulfilling of the years of their captivity, but also of the bringing back of these nations after that they should be plucked up, and seems to relate to the calling of the Gentiles; but this prophecy must be limited by what followeth in the next verse, and not understood of all the inhabitants of those nations.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
15. A promise, applying toJudah, as well as to the nations specified (Am9:14). As to Moab, compare Jer48:47; as to Ammon, Jer 49:6.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out,…. Not the Jews only, but more especially their neighbouring nations; after they have been plucked up and carried captive, and been in captivity some time:
I will return, and have compassion on them; or, “have compassion on them again” i; by returning their captivity, as is promised,
Jer 48:47:
and I will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land; this seems to respect the conversion of the Gentiles in the latter day, when the fulness of them shall be brought in; as the latter part of the preceding verse may more especially regard the conversion of the Jews at the same time, when they shall be gathered out of all nations where they are, and return to their own land.
i “rursus misereat me illorum”, Junius Tremellius “rursus miserabor ipsorum”, Piscator; “denuo miserabor ipsorum”, Cocceius.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
God does not only promise mercy here to the Jews, but also to heathen nations, of whom he would be the Judge, to punish them for the sake of his people. And that this passage is to be extended to aliens is evident from the context; for the Prophet immediately adds, “And it shall be, that when they shall learn the ways of my people, to swear in my name, Live does Jehovah, as they have taught my people to swear by Baal, then shall they be built in the midst of my people.” We hence see that God would not only shew mercy to the remnant of his elect people, but also to their enemies.
If it be objected, — that thus God’s favor, manifested towards the children of Abraham, was obscured, the answer is, — that this availed much to confirm the hope of the faithful; for they had not only to look for their own salvation, but also for that of their enemies, whom God would gather together with them. Thus God rendered double his favor to the Israelites. The Prophet also in this place confirms in a striking manner the confidence of the faithful; for he says that God would be merciful even to their enemies for their sake, as they would be saved in common with themselves. We now then understand the object of the Prophet, when he declares, that God, after having drawn out the Gentiles from their own countries, would again be merciful to them, so as to restore every one of them to their own inheritance and to their own place.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(15) I will return, and have compassion on them.The words refer, as Jer. 12:16 shows, not to Judah only, but to the evil neighbours. For them also there is hope, and that hope is bound up with the return of Judah. Strong as was the prophets desire for retribution, it is overpowered by the new love shed abroad in his soul, and he sees that it does not exclude, even in their case, the pity and the yearning that look beyond it for an ultimate restoration.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
15. After that I have plucked Sharing in Israel’s calamity, they shall also share in Israel’s mercy. I will return, etc. I will again have compassion, a very common Hebraism.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Jer 12:15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
Ver. 15. After that I have plucked them out, ] sc., In both senses. Jer 12:14
I will return.
And bring again every man to his heritage.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
them. Authorized Version 1611 omits this word.
every man. Hebrew. ‘ish. App-14.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
after: Jer 48:47, Jer 49:6, Jer 49:39, Deu 30:3, Isa 23:17, Isa 23:18
heritage: Jer 48:47, Jer 49:6, Jer 49:39, Num 32:18, Deu 3:20
Reciprocal: Deu 28:63 – plucked from 2Ki 13:23 – the Lord Neh 1:9 – yet will I Psa 90:13 – Return Isa 14:1 – the strangers Jer 24:6 – and I will bring Dan 11:4 – be plucked Zec 1:3 – and Mal 3:18 – shall
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 12:15. This verse is a prediction of the return from captivity of the Jews and their reestablishment in the home land. The Biblical account of the fulfillment of this prediction is given in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. The historical account of it was quoted at Isa 14:1 in Vol, 3 of this Commentary.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
12:15 And it shall come to pass, after I have plucked them out I {q} will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
(q) After I have punished the Gentiles I will have mercy on them.
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes
The Lord would have compassion on these neighbors of Judah, as well as on Judah, and would bring some of them back to the land at the end of the captivity, along with the Judahites (cf. Jer 48:47; Jer 49:6).