jeremiah-33:3-niv

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 33:3

Jeremiah 33:3 . Call unto me, and I will answer thee An expression manifesting God’s favour and loving kindness; that he was ready to comply with the first intimations of his servant’s desires. Compare Jeremiah 29:12. God, by thus directing his discourse to Jeremiah, not only signified his kindness toward him, but likewise the affection he still bore to his people, for, whom this prophet so earnestly interceded, and whose welfare he had so much at heart. And show thee great and mighty... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 33:1-26

The nation restored (33:1-26)After this reassurance, God encourages Jeremiah to ask for further revelations of his plans for his people (3:1-3). Because of his imprisonment, Jeremiah may not know what is happening in and around the city. God shows him that the people of Jerusalem are desperate. They are demolishing houses and palaces in order to obtain materials to strengthen the city walls against the enemy’s battering rams. But they are wasting their time, as the city is going to be destroyed... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 33:3

mighty = inaccessible: i.e. too high for Jeremiah to know, apart from revelation. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 33:3

Jeremiah 33:3. Call unto me— The spirit of prophesy commonly came upon the prophets in such a manner that they could not resist its impressions. At other times they prayed for, they earnestly requested, the influence of the Spirit: Daniel intreated the Lord to give him the explanation of his visions. See Daniel 9:2-4; Daniel 10:3-11. Houbigant reads it, Inquire of me, and I will answer thee. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 33:3

3. Call . . . I will answer— (Jeremiah 29:12; Psalms 91:15). Jeremiah, as the representative of the people of God, is urged by God to pray for that which God has determined to grant; namely, the restoration. God's promises are not to slacken, but to quicken the prayers of His people (Psalms 132:13; Psalms 132:17; Isaiah 62:6; Isaiah 62:7). mighty things—Hebrew, "inaccessible things," that is, incredible, hard to man's understanding [MAURER], namely, the restoration of the Jews, an event... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 33:1-13

The restoration of Jerusalem and Judah confirmed 33:1-13 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 33:3

He commanded Jeremiah, and perhaps the people, to pray to Him with the promise that He would hear him and tell him inaccessible (Heb. besuroth) things that the prophet did not know (cf. Psalms 91:15). The Hebrew word besuroth describes something made inaccessible by fortifying or enclosing it, such as a city (cf. Numbers 13:28; Deuteronomy 3:5; Deuteronomy 28:52; Ezekiel 21:20). The Lord’s plans for Israel were inaccessible to most people, but He would unlock some of these secrets and share... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 33:1-26

1-13. Restoration and honour again promised.1. See on Jeremiah 32:2. 2. The maker thereof] RV ’that doeth it’ (viz. that which He hath purposed). 4. By the mounts, and by the sword] RV ’to make a defence against the mounts, and against the sword,’ to make room for the besieged to erect defensive works. For ’mounts’see Jeremiah 6:6. 5. They] the besieged. The only result of their fighting is that they fill these houses with the slain. 11. Praise the Lord, etc.] Jeremiah quotes from the Temple... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 33:1-3

XXXIII.(1-3) The second time, while he was yet shut up.—The discourse that follows belongs to the same period as the preceding chapter, and presents the same general characteristics. Its connexion with the operations of the siege to which Jerusalem was exposed will be traced in Jeremiah 33:4. As with other prophecies, its starting-point is found in the thought of the majesty of the attributes of God.Great and mighty things.—The two adjectives occur in the same combination in Deuteronomy 1:28;... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 33:1-26

CHAPTER XXXIVRESTORATION VREVIEWJeremiah 30:1-24; Jeremiah 31:1-40; Jeremiah 32:1-44; Jeremiah 33:1-26IN reviewing these chapters we must be careful not to suppose that Jeremiah knew all that would ultimately result from his teaching. When he declared that the conditions of the New Covenant would be written, not in a few parchments, but on every heart, he laid down a principle which involved the most characteristic teaching of the New Testament and the Reformers, and which might seem to justify... read more