He summons to repentance the Israelites who had now long been living in exile; and to them, the backsliding sons, who confess their sin and return to Him, He offers restoration to the full favours of the covenant and to rich blessings, and this in order to humble Judah and to provoke … am merciful, saith the Lord; 3. so he proclaimed himself before Moses, ( Exodus 34:6 ) and of anger from them, and not cause it to return any more: for I 2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. words, as the latter of these suggests, in Jerusalem, before the But according to the word of God, a pastor is a shepherd, a under shepherd who leads God’s people, which is the church. God will take them selectively from different cities and families to return to Zion. Thus says the Lord who made it, the Lord who formed it : In this section there is a strong emphasis on the name Yahweh ( Lord ), the name of God emphasizing His covenant relationship with Israel. God is able to bring back even those who had been exiled to “the farthest … Continue reading "Commentary on Jeremiah 31:7-14" If we confess our sins, the Lord is faithful and just to forgive them. So Jeremiah may have given it on more than one occasion. shall not that land be greatly polluted? Now we enter the section of the book that runs from chapters 46-51 that consists of God declaring punishment on many of the nations of that time. All rights reserved. What does this verse really mean? 3:2-3). and say, return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the displicency with them, and anger towards them; the meaning is, I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you.—, Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, And I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you, merciful, and will not keep anger for ever. The "and" before this clause should be omitted, as also before the next clause, "I will not keep ...". I will not keep anger for ever.—With perhaps a latent reference to the hope held out in Hosea 3:5, and to the words which Judah had uttered in her hypocrisy (Jeremiah 3:5), but which were truer of Israel. It was not only an army of material destruction with the loss of land and tents and curtains, but a true affliction of the soul. (12-16) The cup of judgment for proud Edom. Genuine repentance will result in restoration of a purified remnant, I will take one from a city and two from a family and . A plea for repentance and a promise of restoration (3:12-18) Following Jeremiah’s pleas for repentance there comes a promise which includes several elements. gracious and merciful, and ready to receive backsliders; and to Here, God appeals to His people, promising to supply leaders who will provide them with good things to feed the mind, if they will turn to Him in repentance. Jeremiah 3:18 3:18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together from the land of the {s} north to the land that I have given for an inheritance to your fathers. Jeremiah announced that an even more wonderful deliverance would happen in connection with the gathering of Israel presented as an aspect of the New Covenant. 1 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? You have planted them, and they have taken root; they grow and bear fruit. You are always on their lips but far from their hearts. Jeremiah’s Complaint - You are always righteous, LORD, when I bring a case before you. I will not be angry with you forever." Go, and proclaim, &c.— The sin of the ten tribes being attended with more favourable circumstances than that of Judah, the prophet is here commanded to call them to repentance, with promises of pardon; and accordingly is ordered to direct his speech northward; that is to say toward Assyria and the country beyond the Euphrates, whither the ten tribes were carried away captive. and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you; or, "my face" (d); by frowning upon them, expressing displicency with them, and anger towards them; the meaning is, that he would not continue his resentments, or cause his anger to fall upon them any more, or at least not for ever, as Kimchi interprets it; he had caused his anger to fall upon them like a mighty storm of rain, by carrying them captive; but now he intimates, should they repent and return, he would remove his anger from them, and not cause it to return any more: for I am merciful, saith the Lord; so he proclaimed himself before Moses, Exodus 34:6 and of this they had had often instances and proofs: and I will not keep anger for ever; or, "thy sins", as the Targum; I will not mark and observe them, or reserve them for punishment, but will mercifully forgive them; See Gill on Jeremiah 3:5. or, "my face" F4; by frowning upon them, expressing They are directed how to return. cities of Media and Persia, which lay eastward, yet Babylon being With his face thitherwards, towards Babylon, which lay north of Study Jeremiah 3 using The Geneva Study Bible to better understand Scripture with full outline and verse meaning. 9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. Jeremiah 3:12, NLT: "Therefore, go and give this message to Israel. Jeremiah 5:3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? They are directed how to return. Jeremiah 3:15. not keep anger for ever; I will not keep - All God's promises and threats are conditional upon man's conduct. Jeremiah used this analogy to picture Israel as a harlot in the spiritual realm, with many lovers (i.e., nations; 2:18, 25) and Idols (2:23-25; 3:2, 6-9). i. Israel was created in the Exodus out of Egypt and they were restored in the gathering out of Babylon and the nations. Zedekiah put Jeremiah in the royal prison for preaching in the name of the Lord that the Babylonians would succeed (Jeremiah 32:1-5). These words were proclaimed toward the north; to Israel, the ten tribes, captive in Assyria. or reserve them for punishment, but will mercifully forgive them; i. Jeremiah 5:1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. Yet will not the Lord utterly cast off His people, Jeremiah 3:12. The word prophet, according to Easton’s Bible Dictionary, (Heb. he that confesseth and forsaketh shall find mercy. fall upon them any more, or at least not for ever, as Kimchi mighty storm of rain, by carrying them captive; but now he This beautiful mélange of promise oracles asserts the power of the Lord to gather those Judeans who have experienced forced migration and captivity. but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD. "go", as Jarchi observes, is only expressive of a command on the Jeremiah 12:3 "But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter." 3:12-13 ardently calls for their return for He will be gracious to them and His specific actions in this regard are spelt out in Jer.3:14-15. their encouragement it is added, and I will not cause mine Why do all the faithless live at ease? Jeremiah 46 Commentary: Turn to Jeremiah, chapter 46.. As we enter the 46 th chapter of the book of Jeremiah we come to the second-to-last major section of the book.. We just finished witnessing the “Bitter End of Judah” in chapters 36-45. the head of the empire, respect is had to that; not that the Jeremiah 3:12. the north, as the Targum paraphrases the words: for the word Go and proclaim these words towards the north. anger to fall upon you; intimates, should they repent and return, he would remove his Or maybe chapter 26 refers to the same event, but it shows the result of Jeremiah’s words. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. not return from the land of their captivity, though that they or, "thy sins", as the Targum; I will not mark and observe them, him; and the design of this was to show that the Lord was Verse 14 "Return, O backsliding children, saith Jehovah; for I am a husband unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion. 3:12-20 See God's readiness to pardon sin, and the blessings reserved for gospel times. elders of Judah, with a respect to Israel, as if they were before b. prophet was to go thither to them, or to prophesy in the land of That thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, thy God. Return, thou backsliding Israel.—It is hard to reproduce the pathetic assonance of the original, “Shubah, mashubah,”—turn back, thou that hast turned away; return, thou renegade. This is the LORD's declaration. Jeremiah 3:12 Translation & Meaning. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Jeremiah prophetically spoke in the voice of the one plundered by the invading army to come. and say, return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord not return from the land of their captivity, though that they shall return in the last day Kimchi thinks is here intimated; and Jarchi says some of them did return, in the eighteenth year of Josiah; but return from their idols to the living God: and for their encouragement it is added. For thus ... (Jeremiah 49:23) must be figurative, because Syria had no seacoast in ancient times. shall not that land be greatly polluted? 3:14-15 when Jeremiah is rebuking the Jews for their widespread idolatries (Jer. 1. “Pull them out … for the slaughter”: The prophet here turned from the sadness of pleading for his people to calling on God to punish them. God is one who leads the faithful back home, and the Lord’s power to redeem is mighty. Salem Media Group. Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; turn back, thou that hast turned away; return, thou renegade. The mercy and forgiveness of God suggested in Jeremiah 3:12 is revealed in subsequent verses to have been contingent upon the inauguration of the New Covenant. Go and proclaim these words towards the north John W. Ritenbaugh Eating: How Good It … (o) While the Israelites were now kept in captivity by the Assyrians, to whom he promises mercy, if they will repent. Jeremiah 3:12, CSB: "Go, proclaim these words to the north, and say, 'Return, unfaithful Israel. prophet to obey, but not of local motion; he was to read these —Jeremiah 3:1. this they had had often instances and proofs: and I will Proud member 3:5). Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. Jarchi says some of them did return, in the eighteenth year of interprets it; he had caused his anger to fall upon them like a Jeremiah 3:3 Context. This is what the LORD says: 'O Israel, my faithless people, come home to me again, for I am merciful. . For "the measure of guilt is proportioned to the measure of grace." Article Images Copyright © 2021 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. of Jeremiah chapter 26 repeats this message. Jeremiah’s message came during the time when Jehoiakim was king. Judea, and was the metropolis of Assyria, where the ten tribes And hast scattered thy ways to the strangers, will not cause mine anger to fall upon you, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. shall return in the last day Kimchi thinks is here intimated; and The name is not found until the time of David, when, however, it seems to have become common (see I Chronicles 12:4 , I Chronicles 12:10 , I Chronicles 12:13 ), and most probably it signifies that Yahweh shall exalt. God in Jer. that he would not continue his resentments, or cause his anger to but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord. In order to excite Judah to godly jealousy (Ro 11:14), Jehovah addresses the exiled ten tribes of Israel with a loving invitation. . Yet I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Jeremiah 3:12. How much more when he saith, Only acknowledge thine iniquity. Commentary on Jeremiah 3:12-20 (Read Jeremiah 3:12-20) See God's readiness to pardon sin, and the blessings reserved for gospel times. Jer 3 — RETURN "You have sinned with many lovers, and yet you would return to Me! Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. These words were proclaimed toward the north; to Israel, the ten tribes, captive in Assyria. were carried captive; and though they were dispersed in the stimulate Judah to repentance, and to turn unto the Lord: If we confess our sins, the Lord is faithful and just to forgive them. Jeremiah (probably after 650 – c. 570 BC), also called the "weeping prophet", was one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible (source of the Old Testament of Christian Bibles).According to Jewish tradition, Jeremiah authored the Book of Jeremiah, the Books of Kings and the Book of Lamentations, with the assistance and under the editorship of Baruch ben Neriah, his scribe and disciple. (s) Where they are now in captivity. if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it? Jeremiah 5:2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely. Study Jeremiah 10 - 'Douay-Rheims' translation alongside Apocalypse Explained (Whitehead translation) #645 and Proverbs 16:1 - 'Douay-Rheims' translation - It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue. (r) Meaning, the Church, where the Lord will be present to the world's end, Matthew 28:20. cause … anger to fall—literally, "I will not let fall My countenance" (compare Ge 4:5, 6; Job 29:3), that is, I will not continue to frown on you. Lord I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you.—Literally, my face; the face so awful in its wrath. Jeremiah 3:12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, said the LORD; and I will not cause my anger to fall on you: for I am merciful, said the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever. I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you - literally, I will not cause my face "to fall upon you:" i. e., "I will not receive you with averted looks." The pastor is one who oversees, he leads, he guides, he protects, he teaches, he trains, he counsels, he preaches to, he prays with and for it, and He feeds the church with spiritual food which is the Word of God. ... (2 Peter 3:12-13, Revelation 21:1, Isaiah 65:17). says the Lord." part of God; and of readiness, as Kimchi says, on the part of the 10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD. Jeremiah 3:12 Context. Jeremiah was by birth a priest, and dwelt at Anathoth, a village in the tribe of Benjamin, about three miles north of Jerusalem. 2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. bring you to Zion (v. 14b). (d) "non faciam cadere facies meas super vos", Schmidt. 11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah. (See Gill on Jeremiah Philippians 3:12(NASB) Verse Thoughts. Only acknowledge thine iniquity. 3 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? 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