jeremiah-31:18,-jeremiah-31:20

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Jeremiah 31:15-22

3. The threefold TurnJeremiah 31:15-2215 Thus saith Jehovah: A voice is heard in Ramah,Lamentation and most bitter crying;Rachel weeps for her children,Refusing11 to be comforted for her children, for they are no more.1216 Thus saith Jehovah: Restrain thy voice from weeping,And thine eyes from tears:For there is reward for thy work, saith Jehovah;And they shall return from the land of the enemy.17 There is also hope for thy future, saith Jehovah;And children13 shall return to... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Jeremiah 31:1-40

Shepherds That Mislead God’s Flock Jeremiah 23:1-12 ; Jeremiah 23:1-40 ; Jeremiah 24:1-10 ; Jeremiah 25:1-38 ; Jeremiah 26:1-24 ; Jeremiah 27:1-22 ; Jeremiah 28:1-17 ; Jeremiah 29:1-32 ; Jeremiah 30:1-24 ; Jeremiah 31:1-40 ; Jeremiah 32:1-44 It is God’s purpose to care for His people through shepherds (pastors) who are responsible to Him. Jesus our Lord is the Branch into which we may be grafted. He is our King who saves us and clothes us with His own spotless righteousness. God... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 31:1-40

Continuing, the Prophet dealt with the issues of restoration. He first described the restoration of the city. After affirming the ancient love of Jehovah for His people, he foretold the building of the city, and the planting of "vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria," proceeding to describe the return to the city and the country of the penitent people. He then turned to the surrounding nations, and declared to them the fact that Jehovah had ransomed and redeemed Jacob, foretold their... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:1-40

SECTION 2 (Jeremiah 26:1 to Jeremiah 45:5 ). (continued). As we have seen this Section of Jeremiah from Jeremiah 26:1 to Jeremiah 45:5 divides up into four main subsections, which are as follows: 1. Commencing With A Speech In The Temple Jeremiah Warns Of What Is Coming And Repudiates The Promises Of The False Prophets (Jeremiah 26:1 to Jeremiah 29:32). 2. Following The Anguish To Come Promises Are Given Of Eventual Restoration, Central To Which is A New Covenant Written In The Heart... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:16-22

Rachel’s Weeping Will, However, Be Rewarded, For Her Children Will Be Returned To Her, And They Will Come To YHWH In Repentance And Be Received By Him As A Beloved Son (Jeremiah 31:16-22 ). The call now comes to the weeping ‘Rachel’ to cease her weeping, because her activity has been rewarded. Her children would return from the land of their enemies to within their own borders, giving hope for the future. For they have returned in repentance acknowledging the chastisement of YHWH, and YHWH is... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:15-22

Jeremiah 31:15-Song of Solomon : . Jeremiah hears Rachel (the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, Genesis 30:24; Genesis 35:16 ff.) weeping at (her grave near) Ramah, for her children, the northern exiles. He bids her refrain, in the certainty of their restoration. Their penitence is described ( Jeremiah 31:18 f.). Yahweh expresses wonder ( Jeremiah 31:20) at His own enduring love for this very precious son, this child of delight; He is moved to deep emotion, and, in spite of all, cannot abandon... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 31:18

The prophet in this verse showeth the change that should be wrought in the hearts of the Israelites preceding this turn out of their captivity. God had made an ancient promise to this people in their enemies’ hands, Leviticus 26:40-42, If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that they also have walked contrary unto me; and that also I have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Jeremiah 31:1-40

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Vide on chap. 30. These two chapters form an unbroken prophecy, “a triumphal hymn of Israel’s salvation.” The former chapter pledges the recovery from captivity of both “Israel and Judah;” this addresses “all the families of Israel,” then distinctively the ten tribes; and finally returns with separate assurances to Judah, then to Israel and Judah together.Geographical References.—Jeremiah 31:15. “Voice heard in Ramah,” a city of Benjamin, near where Rachel, the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:18

Jeremiah 31:18 I. Human life is established upon a disciplinary basis. II. The value of discipline depends upon its right acceptance. III. Application. (1) There is a yoke in sin. (2) There is a yoke in goodness. God helps the true yoke-bearer. Parker, City Temple, vol. i., p. 369; see also Pulpit Notes, p. 177. References: Jeremiah 31:18 . Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. xiii., No. 743.Jeremiah 31:29 . H. Melvill, Penny Pulpit, No. 1645.Jeremiah 31:31-34 . A. B. Bruce, Expositor, 1st series,... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Jeremiah 31:18-20

DISCOURSE: 1072THE REFLECTIONS OF A PENITENTJeremiah 31:18-20. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for... read more