Bible Commentary

If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, [then] the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever. 36. As soon shall the Divine decrees which regulate the course of nature be dissolved, as Israel be utterly rejected from its status as the people of Jehovah. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 31:36”

Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, [and] the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts [is] his name: 35. stirreth up, etc.] The converse sense stilleth (mg.) although representing … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 31:35”

And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. 34. They shall … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 31:34”

But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 33. We may compare, in support of Jeremiah’s … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 31:33”

Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day [that] I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband unto them, saith the LORD: 32. in the day ] See on Jer 7:22. took … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 31:32”

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 31. a new covenant ] which in contrast to that ratified at Sinai, and forfeited by the people’s repeated disobedience, shall have the essential element of stability and permanence. and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 31:31”

But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. But yet (saith God) you must not think that sinners shall escape my vengeance; but if men commit iniquity, they shall die; no mans teeth shall be set on edge but his … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 31:30”

In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge. 29, 30. The words “The fathers have eaten, etc.” occur also in Eze 18:2, where they are spoken of as a proverb. The people complain that they are being punished for the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 31:29”

And it shall come to pass, [that] like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD. 28. I have watched over them ] The Heb. verb … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 31:28”

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. 27. I will sow with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast ] I will make the people and their cattle … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 31:27”