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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD; neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it, neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more. Ceremonial retreats into the dim background when the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord,.... That is, the Gospel church, the heavenly Jerusalem, the Jerusalem above, that is free, and the mother of us all; which is Christ's kingdom, where he has his throne and subjects, and where he sits and reigns as King of saints; and where they yield a cheerful and ready subjection to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: Even to that very city that had become like a harlot, and was full of abominations.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart. In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, There is no more quarrelling when grace comes in. Israel and Judah in the old days fought against each other; but when they alike taste of pardoning grace they shall love each other.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart. In those days, the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, Nothing unites people like the grace of God. Two men...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart. This is, I believe, yet to be literally fulfilled in Jerusalem itself; and spiritually also, to be fulfilled in the Church,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel,.... Which had its accomplishment when some of the ten tribes, scattered among the nations whither the Gospel came, as well as in the land of Judea, being converted under it, joined together in a Gospel church state, and walked together in all the commandments and ordinances of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers. But I said, how shall I put thee among the children, — When God had said all this, he appears to have come to a pause, and even in his own heart the question seems to arise, How can he deal with these greatly sinful ones as...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they shall come together out of the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers. But I said, After all this mercy, he seems to come to a pause, “But I said” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your father. But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, As if God himself were at a pass and brought to a nonplus. These people had sinned so much, and they...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But I said,.... Within himself, in the thoughts of his heart, when he took up a resolution concerning their conversion, open adoption, and return to their own land, as a symbol of the eternal inheritance: how shall I put thee among the children? among the children of God, who are so by special adopting grace, which is a high and honourable...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the host of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me. God knew how to change the character and to change the heart, so that these filthy ones, who went farthest astray, should come back to him, and should become among the most holy, the most loyal, the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? Is it possible? Can it be done? These harlot nations that have defiled and polluted themselves with unutterable filthiness — can they be put among the children — the children of God?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I said, Thou shalt call me, My father and shalt not turn away from me. Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD. A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; When God gives us the spirit of children then it becomes easy for him to put us among the children. Where the nature of children is given by divine regeneration, the rights of children may well be given by adoption. “I said, Thou...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband,.... Or, "her friend" (i); who loves her, takes care of her, and provides for her, and goes after another man, and cohabits with him; which is a violation of the marriage covenant, and acting a base and treacherous part unto him to whom she is married so have you dealt treacherously with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD. But listen —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD. A voice was heard upon the high place, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God. The worst of crimes — that a wife should be...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
A voice was heard upon the high places,.... And so might be heard afar off; it shows that the repentance and confession of the Jews, when convinced and converted, will be very public, and made upon those places where they have committed their sins; see Jeremiah 2:20, for this and the following verses declare the humiliation, repentance, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
A voice was heard upon the high places, The places where they had built the altars to the false gods: “A voice was heard upon the high places,” — Jer_3:21. Weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God. How pleasant to the ears of God is the weeping of his...