Jeremiah 3:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 imaginatione of their evil heart. ”

• Jeremiah 3:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The throne of the Lord - Yahweh’s throne shall not be the ark, but Jerusalem, i. e., the Christian Church Revelation 21:2 ; Galatians 4:26 . To Jerusalem - The Septuagint and Syriac are pro...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  At that time they shall call Jerusalem (r) the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagi...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Israel's Sin less than Judah's. This passage interrupts the continuity of Jeremiah 3:19 with Jeremiah 3:5 (note also the interruptive introductory formula, Jeremiah 3:6 ), and seems to be a se...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  At that time. Referring to the future Restoration. call Jerusalem, &c. Compare Psalms 87:2-7 ; Isaiah 60:1 ; Isaiah 65:18 ; Isaiah 66:7-13 ; Isaiah 66:20 . throne. Compare Jeremiah...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  We now understand more clearly what I have already said, — that the Prophet promises here that there would be concord between the ten tribes and the kingdom of Judah, when both returned from ex...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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 imagina...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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 ima...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Prophet Sets Forth the Sin of the Nation and Points Out the Inevitable Result (Reign of Josiah, and Probably Before the Reforms of that King: cp. Jeremiah 3:6 ) This section furnishes us with...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  They shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord. — Up to Jeremiah’s time that title, “the throne of God,” though the language of the Old Testament had referred it to the “heavens” ( Psalms 11:4 ;...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER III ISRAEL AND JUDAH: A CONTRAST Jeremiah 3:6-25 ; Jeremiah 4:1-2 THE first address of our prophet was throughout of a sombre cast, and the darkness of its close was not relieved by a...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Pleading with Faithless Children Jeremiah 3:11-25 ; Jeremiah 4:1-2 The people of the northern kingdom, to whom this appeal is especially addressed, were more excusable than Judah, because thei...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Following the impeachment, the prophet appealed to the people to return. This appeal commenced with a declaration that Jehovah's love was greater than man's in that He was willing to receive back the...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Reader! doth not your heart go forth, At the reading of those blessed promises, with an earnestness of desire, that the Lord would fulfil them, and give his people pastors indeed according to his own...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  THE SACRED METROPOLIS ‘They shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it.’ Jeremiah 3:17 Jerusalem is now to be in relation to the nations. I...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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 imagina...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  At that time Of reformation , διορθωσεως, emendation , ( Hebrews 9:10 ,) when things should be put into a better state by the coming of the Messiah; they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the L...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Encouragements to Repentance. B. C. 620.       12 Go and proclaim these words toward the nor...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  They shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; instead of the ark, whereon was the mercy-seat, now the church, typified by Jerusalem, Galatians 4:26 Revelation 21:2 , shall be the place of...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  A Brief Glimpse Of The Future Establishment Of The Everlasting Kingdom ( Jeremiah 3:12-19 ). Having established that Judah was even more guilty than Israel YHWH now breaks into the message of gloo...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology. Exact date of chapter uncertain. It naturally divides itself at Jeremiah 3:5 , although Dahler, Umbriet, and Neuman contend for the unity of the chapt...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  In this chapter, the sin of God's people is put in the strongest possible light. The figure used may be even said to be a coarse one, but man's sin is itself a coarse thing. The thoughts suggested in...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Jeremiah 3:3 . Therefore the showers, of the former and the latter rain, have been withheld. Other prophets make the same remark. God is not obliged to give luxuriant harvests to furnish feasts...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The throne of the Lord. The Church Christ’s throne 1. Jerusalem had been of old the throne of God: the symbol of God rested on the ark. Hence called “the city of the Great King.” 2. Jerusale...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION That this chapter (to which the first four verses of Jeremiah 4:1-24 . ought to have been attached) belongs to the time of Josiah seems to be proved by Jeremiah 3:6 , and the years...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Call to Return

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Corinthians 10:4 ; 2 Corinthians 10:5 ; Deuteronomy 29:29 ; Ephesians 4:17-19 ; Ezekiel 1:26 ; Ezekiel 43:7 ; Galatians 4:26 ; Genesis 8:21 ; Isaiah 2:2-4 ; Isaiah 26:8 ; Isaiah 49:18-23...

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• Jeremiah 3:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The throne — Instead of the ark, the church typified by Jerusalem, shall be the place of God's residence, where by his spirit he will rule and act in his word and ordinances. Jerusalem — Dwelling i...

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