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John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Jeremiah 31:38

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.The city — Shall be built round, as largely as ever. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Jeremiah 31:39

And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.The line — That is, it shall be built round about upon its old foundations. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Jeremiah 31:40

And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.The valley — A valley, so called from the multitude of Sennacherib's army slain there.Of the ashes — So called from the ashes of the sacrifices carried thither.Holy — All these places shall be parts of the holy city, and God's name shall be sanctified,... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:27

27. Sow… with the seed of man, etc. Will give a generous harvest of life, so that it will almost seem as if children and cattle sprang from the very ground. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:28

28. Watched See Jeremiah 1:12, and the note there. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:29

29. They shall say no more, etc. There is here no incongruity with those passages which describe God as”visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children.” Both are exactly true. The fearfully destructive nature of sin is illustrated in that it casts a blight upon everything it touches. A curse rests on the physical universe and on the processes of nature on account of it. Children suffer the consequences of their parents’ sins, but no being is ever punished for the sins of... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:31

31. The days come Days of blessed promise a period marked as the exodus itself. The contrast between the slavery of Egypt and the freedom and prosperity of Palestine is to be followed by another contrast more notable and blessed. A new covenant One spiritual rather than temporal and material; universal and not partial; permanent and not temporary; written on the heart instead of on the tables of stone; the down-beaming of God’s love rather than his law; a covenant of life and not of... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:33

33. I will put my law in their inward parts So far from being set aside or abrogated, it shall be enthroned and enshrined at the source and centre of life. For the best commentary on these words, see the Sermon on the Mount. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:34

34. I will forgive their iniquity I will break down the barriers of separation and bring back the lost harmony. The first good thing which the Lord can do to a sinner is to forgive his iniquity. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:36

36. If those ordinances depart The appeal is to the unchangeableness of nature’s laws as a type and a pledge of the new covenant. Revelation does not begin by casting down nature or arraying itself against it; it postulates nature, and proceeds from it to what is higher and more glorious. A nation Rather, a people. read more

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