Jeremiah 3:22

Jer 3:22 Return, ye backsliding children, [and] I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou [art] the LORD our God.

Ver. 22. Return, ye backsliding children. ] Give the whole turn, and not the half turn only. So Acts 2:38 , Peter said to them that were already pricked at heart, "Repent ye," even to a transmentation; and Jeremiah 3:19 , "Repent ye, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out." Repent not only for sin, but from sin too; be thorough in your repentance; let it be such as shall never be repented of. 2Co 7:10 It is not a slight sorrow that will serve apostates’ turn; it must be deep and downright.

And I will heal your backslidings. ] Pardon your sins, and heal your natures. "I will love you freely," and cause your broken bones to rejoice. Hos 14:4 Isa 19:22 Oh sweetest promise! What wonder, then, that their hard hearts were forthwith melted by it into such a gracious compliance as followeth.

Behold, we come to thee. ] See Zechariah 13:9 . See Trapp on " Zec 13:9 "