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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Jeremiah 31 This chapter is connected with the former, respects the same times, and is full of prophecies and promises of spiritual blessings; of the coming of Christ; of the multiplication of his people, and the increase of their joy; of the conversion of the Gentiles; of the covenant of grace; and of the stability of the saints. It begins with the principal promise of the...
John Gill
[Is] Ephraim my dear son?.... Questions put in this form, in the Hebrew language, usually more vehemently deny; and then the sense must be, Ephraim is not my dear son: and agreeably to this all the following clauses must be interpreted; which seems quite contrary to the scope and design of the context: wherefore it seems better to render the words thus, "[Is not] Ephraim my dear son?" (w) yes, he...
Matthew Henry
This chapter goes on with the good words and comfortable words which we had in the chapter before, for the encouragement of the captives, assuring them that God would in due time restore them or their children to their own land, and make them a great and happy nation again, especially by sending them the Messiah, in whose kingdom and grace many of these promises were to have their full...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? You might expect the answer to be, “No, he has lost the rights of childhood; he has been unpleasant and provoking to God, “ yet God does not give such an answer as that to his own questions, but he says:- Jer_31:20. For since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still; Notwithstanding that the Lord threatened him, and sent prophets to...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: “Not only do I remember him, but ‘I do earnestly remember him still.’ “ Jer_31:20. Therefore my bowels are troubled for him; “I cannot bear to see his misery.” Jer_31:20. I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD. Oh, what blessedness there is in this gracious promise!
Charles H. Spurgeon
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? Or we may render it, “Is this Ephraim my dear son? Is this my pleasant child?” He is all that now that he begins to hate his sin. Jer_31:20. For since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: Think of this, you who forget your God, ye backsliders, wanderers from your Father’s house.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD. Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: Raise cairns along the road at various point to let other travelers know the way in which they should go.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord. Here we seem to look into the very heart of God; and he is represented to us as though he had contending passions within him. He speaketh angrily one day, but he doth earnestly remember mercy...