Bible Commentary

And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. 15. shepherds ] See on ch. Jer 2:8. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Pastors – Kings, rulers (compare Jer 2:8). Not military usurpers Hos 8:4, but true servants of God, as David 1Sa 13:14. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:15”

Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: 14. one of family ] Very small places were called “cities,” while “family” must mean a considerable number, a clan, or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:14”

Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD. 13. hast scattered thy ways ] hast wandered hither and thither. Cp. Jer 2:23. strangers ] foreign gods. Cp. Jer … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:13”

Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; [and] I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I [am] merciful, saith the LORD, [and] I will not keep [anger] forever. 12. look in anger ] lit. as mg. cause my countenance to fall … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:12”

And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah. 11 13. In spite of (i) greater privileges, ( a) succession of kings of the same family, ( b) the Temple, ( c) Levites; (ii) the warning example of Israel, Judah has proved faithless and hypocritical as well ( … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:11”

And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD. Her treacherous sister Judith – These words are a sort of refrain, thrice Jer 3:7-8, Jer 3:10 repeated before God finally pronounces Judah more culpable than Israel. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:10”

And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. 9. lightness ] frivolity. The Hebrew word occurs here only in this sense. with stones and with stocks ] See on Jer 2:27. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:9”

And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. 8. I saw ] rather (as mg.) she (Judah) saw that etc., thus harmonizing with the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:8”

And I said after she had done all these [things], Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw [it]. 7. I said ] to myself; I thought. after she had done, etc.] mg. better, After she hath done all these things, she, etc. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:7”

The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen [that] which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. 6. backsliding Israel ] lit. Israel “(which is) apostasy (itself).” The play on the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 3:6”