Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 33:26
Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, [so] that I will not take [any] of his seed [to be] rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
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the seed of Jacob, and of Abraham and Isaac, are meant the body of the Jews, to whom these three patriarchs were common heads; by the seed of David, persons lineally descended from David, who should rule over the Israel of God. The sum of these two verses is plainly no more than God had said before, that a restoration of them to their own land should as certainly succeed their captivity as the night succeedeth the day, or the day succeedeth the night. God had as certainly established and ordained the one as the other, though not as yet so established, the one in the order of natural causes as the other. God would certainly have mercy on them, and in showing his mercy would take care that one of the seed of David should be their ruler, which was fulfilled in the Messiah.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
26. Isaac (Psa 105:9;Amo 7:9; Amo 7:16).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant,…. R. Jonah thinks that Jacob is put instead of Aaron, because of the two families of David and Aaron before mentioned; but in this latter part of the chapter no mention is made of priests at all; and by the “seed” is meant one and the same, the spiritual seed of Christ, the antitypical David, and servant of the Lord; and which are no other than the seed of Jacob, over whom the Messiah reigns; or the spiritual Israel of God, whether Jews or Gentiles, and whom the Lord never casts away, so as to perish; but they shall all be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation: [See comments on Jer 31:37]; and even the seed of Jacob, and of David, who was of Jacob, in the line of Judah, shall not be in such sense rejected:
[so] that I will not take [any] of his seed [to be] rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; that is, any of the seed of David taken literally; from whom the Lord has taken one, or raised up one of his seed, even the Messiah, to be a ruler over all the spiritual seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; or of all that tread in their steps: but inasmuch as by the seed of Jacob and David may be meant the spiritual seed of Christ, by rulers taken from them may be intended spiritual rulers and governors of the church, or ministers of the Gospel:
for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them; not only their captivity from Babylon, and so the family of David restored and continued till the Messiah should spring out of it; but the spiritual captivity of the Israel of God, of which the other was a type, and would be brought about by the Messiah; who in his love and pity should redeem them, as he has, from sin, Satan, law, hell, and death.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
He mentions the seed of Jacob first, because it had been said to Abraham, For thy seed, and the same promise was repeated to Jacob. (Gen 26:4; Gen 28:14) He afterwards adds the seed of David, because an especial promise was afterwards given to David, (2Sa 7:12 🙂 Then also the seed of David, he says, will I reject, that I should not take of his seed to rule over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: he now fitly joins together what might have seemed unconnected; for he says, that there would be always some of David’s posterity to rule over all the tribes. God, therefore, thus preserved his Church when he set a king over his Church; or a kingdom, as we have said, is inseparable from the safety of the people.
He lastly adds, For I will restore their captivity This obviated the diffidence of the people: for an objection was ready at hand, “What can this mean? for the ten tribes have been already led away into distant regions, and are scattered; a part also of the kingdom of Judah has been cut off; and what remains is not far from entire ruin.” Hence God calls their attention to the hope of deliverance, as though he had said, that they were acting foolishly, because they were thus hasty, for their expectation ought to have remained in suspense until the time prescribed, that is, till the end of the seventy years, according to what we have before seen, when the Prophet spoke against impostors who boasted of a quick return. He therefore tells them that they ought patiently to bear their exile, until the full time of their deliverance came. And he points out the fountain or cause of their deliverance when he says, I will have mercy on them, as though he had said, that the very salvation whieh he promised to the people depended on his gratuitous mercy.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
REFLECTIONS
SWEET and blessed are the great truths of a Covenant God in Christ, which are contained in this Chapter! May the soul both of the Writer and Reader, through grace, enter into the full enjoyment of them. And as it was here with the Church in her deep affliction, so is it in all ages with the Church under her exercises; the salvation by her Lord remains, while her transgressions testify against her. The Lord will cleanse his people from their iniquity, and will turn back their captivity, and will pardon all their sins for his own great name’s sake.
My soul! do thou be sure take part in these sweet promises, from the sure interest thou hast in Jesus. It is for his sake, and for his sake alone these mercies are secure. And be thou looking forward, with an holy joy, founded in the confidence of his righteousness, that Jesus will come to call all his redeemed to him, for all and every one, one by one, must pass again under his hand that telleth them. He hath once received them from his Father, and they are the purchase of his blood, and the conquest of his Spirit; and therefore, he will take effectual care that not one of them shall be found wanting, when he maketh up his jewels. Hail then, thou blessed dearest Jesus! This is the name whereby thy Church, from being one with thee, shall be called, the Lord our Righteousness! God will confirm his Covenant, and perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which he hath sworn unto our fathers, from the days of old.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Jer 33:26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, [so] that I will not take [any] of his seed [to be] rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
Ver. 26. Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob. ] The body of the faithful, whom he ruleth by his Word and Spirit. Psa 105:1 ; Psa 105:6 Rom 9:6 Gal 3:16-17 ; Gal 6:16
And will have mercy on them.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. See note on Gen 50:24.
mercy = compassion. Hebrew. raham. Not the same word as in Jer 33:11.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
will I: Jer 31:37, Gen 49:10
I will: Jer 33:7-11, Ezr 2:1, Ezr 2:70
and have: Jer 31:20, Isa 14:1, Isa 54:8, Eze 39:25, Hos 1:7, Hos 2:23, Zec 10:6, Rom 11:32
Reciprocal: 2Sa 23:5 – he hath made 2Ki 8:19 – for David 2Ki 11:2 – they hid him 2Ki 19:34 – my servant 2Ch 7:18 – shall not 2Ch 10:16 – David 2Ch 13:5 – to David Isa 41:9 – I have chosen Isa 43:1 – created Isa 55:3 – the sure Jer 3:12 – and I will not Jer 23:4 – I Jer 29:11 – thoughts Jer 30:3 – that I Jer 32:44 – for I Jer 33:11 – For I Jer 33:20 – General Eze 21:27 – until Eze 37:22 – and one Oba 1:20 – the captivity of this Mic 7:20 – General Zec 12:5 – the governors Mat 1:1 – the son of David Mat 1:20 – Joseph Mar 11:10 – the kingdom Act 1:6 – restore Act 13:22 – he raised Act 13:34 – the sure Rom 1:3 – which Heb 6:17 – the immutability
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 33:26. The predictions related to the flesh iy descendants of David through Jacob. They were destined to suffer the full 70-year period of captivity, but the Lord assured them that he would cause their captivity to return.