Bible Commentary

We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God. 25. Let us lie down ] Cp. for such a custom as indicative … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:25”

For shame hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. 24. Vain was the boisterous service spoken of in Jer 3:23. It is not merely without profit, but most hurtful. the shameful thing ] Heb. Bosheth (shame), a word frequently substituted for Baal, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:24”

Truly in vain [is salvation hoped for] from the hills, [and from] the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God [is] the salvation of Israel. 23. Truly in vain is the help that is looked for from the hills, the tumult on the mountains ] The Hebrew construction is difficult. MT. reads, Truly … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:23”

Return, ye backsliding children, [and] I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou [art] the LORD our God. 22. God’s reply to the lamentation and expressions of repentance. The Hebrew is striking in its play on the word turn, Turn, ye turned children; I will heal your turnings. Cp. Jer 3:6; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:22”

A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping [and] supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, [and] they have forgotten the LORD their God. 21. bare heights ] For the choice of such places for lamentation cp. ch. Jer 7:29; Isa 15:2; Jdg 11:37. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:21”

Surely [as] a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD. 20. O house of Israel ] Israel as including Judah. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Surely as – Rather: Just as. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible God … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:20”

But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me. 19. shall nations ] rightly mg. would nations! Not a question, but the expression … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:19”

In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers. 18. For the reunion of the returned Israel and Judah cp. Eze 37:16-28; also Isa 11:12-14. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:18”

At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart. 17. all the nations ] Gentile peoples shall be gathered into the Church … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:17”

And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit [it]; neither shall [that] be done … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:16”