1 God promises to the captivity a gracious return;
9 a joyful state;
12 a settled government;
15 Christ the branch of righteousness;
17 a continuance of kingdom and priesthood;
19 and a stability of a blessed seed.

A.M. 3416. B.C. 588. Moreover. This was the eleventh year of Zedekiah, Jeremiah being still shut up in prison; but he was now in the court of the prison, where the elders and the king's officers might consult him with the greater ease.

He. 32:2,3,8 37:21 38:28 2Ti 2:9

2 Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;

the maker. Osah, rather, the Doer of it: that is, He who is to perform that which He is now about to promise; thus rendered by Dahler; {Voici ce qui dit l'Eternel, qui fait ce qu'il a dit.} Thus saith the Eternal, who doeth that which he hath said.

Ps 87:5 102:16 Isa 14:32 37:26 43:1,21 62:7 Heb 11:10,16 Re 21:2,10

the Lord. or, Jehovah. 32:18 Ex 3:14,15 6:3 15:3 Am 5:8 9:6

3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Call. 29:12 De 4:7,29 1Ki 8:47-50 Ps 50:15 91:15 145:18 Isa 55:6,7 Isa 65:24 Joe 2:32 Lu 11:9,10 Ac 2:21 Ro 10:12,13 1Co 1:2

shew. Mic 7:15 Eph 3:20

mighty. Heb. hidden. Ps 25:14 Isa 45:3 48:6 Am 3:7 Mt 13:35 1Co 2:7-11 Re 2:17

4 For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;

thrown. 32:24 Eze 4:2 21:22 26:8 Hab 1:10

5 They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.

come. 21:4-7 32:5 37:9,10

I have hid. 18:17 21:10 De 31:17 32:20 Isa 1:15,16 8:17 64:7 Eze 39:23 Eze 39:24,29 Mic 3:4

6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

I will bring. 17:14 30:12-17 De 32:39 Ps 57:2 Isa 30:26 58:8 Ho 6:1 7:1

health. {Aruchah;} not a plaister, as some, or progress, as others; but health, or the healing or closing of a wound, as the cognate Arabic {areekat} signifies, from {araka,} to heal.

and will. Ex 34:6 Ps 37:11 72:7 85:10-12 Isa 2:4 11:5-9 26:2-4 30:26 Isa 33:15-18 39:8 48:17,18 54:13 55:7 66:12 Mic 4:3 Joh 10:10 Ga 5:22,23 Eph 6:23 Tit 3:5,6 Heb 6:17,18 1Pe 1:3

7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.

will cause. 11,26 23:3 29:14 30:3 32:44 Ps 14:7 85:1 126:1,4 Isa 11:12 Zep 3:20

and will. 24:6 30:20 31:4,28 42:10 Isa 1:26 Ho 2:15 Am 9:14,15 Mic 7:14,15 Zec 1:17

8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.

31:34 50:20 Ps 51:2 65:3 85:2,3 Isa 4:2 44:22 56:7 Eze 36:25,33 Joe 3:21 Mic 7:18,19 Zec 13:1 Heb 9:11-14 1Jo 1:7-9 Re 1:5

9 And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.

a name. 13:11 31:4 Ps 126:2,3 Isa 62:2,3,7,12 Zep 3:17-20 Zec 8:20

before. 26:6 29:1 44:8

fear. Ex 15:14-16 2Ch 20:29 Ne 6:16 Ex 8:17 Ps 40:3 Isa 60:5 Ho 3:5 Mic 7:16,17 Zec 12:2

10 Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,

which ye. 32:36 Eze 37:11

11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.

voice of joy. 7:34 16:9 25:10 Joh 3:29 Re 18:23

the voice of them. 31:12-14 Ezr 3:11-13 6:22 Ne 8:12 12:43 Isa 12:1-6 51:11 Isa 52:9 Zep 3:14 Zec 8:19 9:17 10:7

praise the. 1Ch 16:8,34 2Ch 5:13 7:3 20:21 Ezr 3:11 Ps 106:1 107:1 Ps 118:1-4 136:1-26

sacrifice. Le 7:12,13 2Ch 29:31 Ps 107:22 116:17 Jon 2:9 Heb 13:15

for I. 7,26

12 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

without. 32:43 36:29 51:62

in all. 17:26 31:24 32:44 50:19,20 Isa 65:10 Eze 34:12-14 36:8-11 Ob 19,20 Zep 2:6,7

13 In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.

shall. Le 27:32 Lu 15:4 Joh 10:3,4

14 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.

23:5 29:10 31:27,31-34 32:38-41 Ge 22:18 49:10 1Ch 17:13,14 Isa 7:14 9:6,7 32:1,2 Eze 34:23-25 Da 2:44 7:13,14 9:25 Am 9:11 Mic 5:2 Zep 3:15-17 Hag 2:6-9 Zec 9:9,10 Mal 3:1 Lu 1:69,70 2:10,11 10:24 Ac 13:32,33 2Co 1:20 Heb 11:40 1Pe 1:10 Re 19:10

15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.

the Branch. See on ch. 23:5,6 Isa 4:2 11:1-5 53:2 Eze 17:22,23 Zec 3:8 6:12,13

and he. 2Sa 23:2,3 Ps 45:4,7 72:1-5 Isa 9:7 11:2-5 32:1,2 42:21 Joh 5:22-29 Heb 1:8,9 7:1,2 Re 19:11

16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.

shall Judah. 23:6 Isa 45:17,22 Ro 11:26

shall dwell. 32:37 De 33:12,28 Eze 28:26 34:25-28 38:8

The Lord our righteousness. JEHOVAH-tsidkenu. 23:6 Isa 45:24,25 1Co 1:30 2Co 5:21 Php 3:9 2Pe 1:1

17 For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

David shall never want. Heb. There shall not be cut off from David. 35:19 2Sa 3:29 7:14-16 1Ki 2:4 8:25 1Ch 17:11-14,27 Ps 89:29-37 Isa 9:7 Lu 1:32,33

18 Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

Isa 56:7 61:6 Eze 43:19-27 44:9-11 45:5 Ro 1:21 15:16 Heb 13:15,16 1Pe 2:5,9 Re 1:6 5:10

19 And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying,

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20 Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;

25,26

See on ch. 31:35,36 Ge 8:22 Ps 89:37 104:19-23 Isa 54:9,10

21 Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.

may. 2Sa 23:5 2Ch 7:18 21:7 Ps 89:34 132:11,12,17 Isa 55:3 Mt 24:35 Lu 1:69,70

that he. From the destruction of Jerusalem to the present time, a period of nearly eighteen hundred years, the Jews have had neither a king nor any form of government whatever; nor has the office of high priest, or priest of any kind offering sacrifice, been exercised among them during the same period. Hence this must be understood of the spiritual David, Jesus Christ, both the king and High Priest of his church, the Israel of God, in whom the covenant of royalty with David and his seed, and that of priesthood with Aaron and his seed, have received their full accomplishment; and all the sacrifices of that dispensation were superseded by his one oblation of himself, the efficacy of which remains for ever.

Isa 9:6,7 Da 7:14 Lu 1:32,33

and with. 18 Re 5:10

22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.

the host. 31:37 Ge 13:16 15:5 22:17 28:14 Ho 1:10 Heb 11:12 Re 7:9,10

so. Ps 22:30 89:3,4,29 Isa 53:10-12 Eze 37:24-27 Zec 12:8

the Levites. Isa 66:21 Eze 44:15

23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,

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24 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.

The two. 21,22 Ps 94:14 Ro 11:1-6

thus. Ne 4:2-4 Es 3:6-8 Ps 44:13,14 71:11 83:4 123:3,4 La 2:15,16 La 4:15 Eze 25:3 26:2 35:10-15 36:2

25 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

If my. See on ver. 20 Ge 8:22 9:9-17

and if. 31:35,36 Ps 74:16,1 104:19

26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.

will I. See on ch. 31:37 Ge 49:10

I will. 33:7-11 Ezr 2:1,70

and have. 31:20 Isa 14:1 54:8 Eze 39:25 Ho 1:7 2:23 Zec 10:6 Ro 11:32