Jeremiah 31:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:3

God's will done at last. I. WHAT IS THAT WILL ? To gather his children round him. God creates each individual soul only that he may have fresh objects on which to lavish his love. The "dower of blessed children" which God gives to us, he gives because he delights in the possession of children. And the Father of us all wants us to gather around him in the true home of our souls. II. THE MOTIVE OF THAT WILL . Love. What else can it be? III. THE FORM IT ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:3

The everlasting love of God. I. IN CONTRAST TO OTHER LOVERS . Note Jeremiah 30:14 , "All thy lovers have forgotten thee," etc. Israel had had many lovers professing regard and offering service; but what had their regard and service come to? They were now cold, careless, perhaps even hostile. They had shown the appearance of love to Israel, not that they cared for Israel, but because they themselves were advantaged. Now, that is no true affection which changes when the thing... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 31:3

Of old - From afar (margin). See Jeremiah 30:10. To the Jew God was enthroned in Zion, and thus when His mercy was shown unto the exiles in Assyria it came from a distant region 2Ch 6:20, 2 Chronicles 6:38.With lovingkindness ... - Rather, I have continued lovingkindness unto thee. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 31:3-4

Jeremiah 31:3-4. The Lord hath appeared of old unto me The prophet here personifies the Jewish nation, the people spoken of in the foregoing verse, who are introduced as calling to mind how God, in times of old, had manifested himself to the fathers of their nation, and appeared for their deliverance. Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love These are evidently the words of God addressed to Zion or Jerusalem. As if he had said, The mercies I promised you, as a nation, when I made a... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:1-22

The people return home (31:1-22)God has not forgotten any of his people who have been driven into a harsh existence in distant countries. Those of both the northern kingdom Israel and the southern kingdom Judah will share in the restoration to the land of their ancestors (31:1-3). They will be reunited in a land of renewed contentment and prosperity. They will join again in the national religious festivals at Jerusalem (4-6).The prophet pictures the joyous journey back to Palestine. Even the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 31:3

everlasting love. See notes on Isaiah 44:7 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 31:3

Jeremiah 31:3. The Lord hath appeared of old unto me— From afar off Jehovah appeared unto me. These words, it is certain, were not spoken in reference to the same time that those were which go before. They may well be included in a parenthesis, and seem designed to intimate, that the prophet was favoured with a visionary prospect of a remote period to come, in which God is represented as discoursing of the transactions belonging to that period, as if they were already at hand; and this accounts... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 31:3

3. Israel gratefully acknowledges in reply God's past grace; but at the same time tacitly implies by the expression "of old," that God does not appear to her now. "God appeared to me of old, but now I am forsaken!" God replies, Nay, I love thee with the same love now as of old. My love was not a momentary impulse, but from "everlasting" in My counsels, and to "everlasting" in its continuance; hence originated the covenant whereby I gratuitously adopted thee (Malachi 1:2; Romans 11:28; Romans... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 31:2-6

Israel rebuilt and planted by a loving God 31:2-6 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 31:3

Assurance of future salvation rests on Yahweh’s eternal commitment and His loving election of Israel (cf. Exodus 19:5-6; Deuteronomy 7:9). He had loved it "from afar" in the wilderness following the Exodus, and He would love it "from afar" in the Exile. "Love" and "faithfulness" are both strong covenant terms."It is the LORD’s constant commitment to Israel that bridges the generations and makes restoration possible." [Note: Scalise, p. 108.] read more

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