Jeremiah 3:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband,g so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD. ”

Jeremiah 3:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Surely as - Rather: “Just as.”
Jeremiah 3:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Surely [as] a wife treacherously departeth from her (t) husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD. (t) The Hebrew word signifies a friend or companion, and h...
Jeremiah 3:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:19 to Jeremiah 4:4 . A Dialogue of Yahweh's Grace. This directly continues Jeremiah 3:5 , the I of Jeremiah 3:19 being emphatically contrasted with the thou of Jeremiah 3:5 . Yahw...
Jeremiah 3:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

husband . guide, or friend, as in Jeremiah 3:4 .
Jeremiah 3:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He confirms the first clause of the preceding verse: for he had said that it could hardly be that the Jews would recover what they had lost, and be formed again a new people; and he shews the r...
Jeremiah 3:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 3:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD. Surely - rather, But. Husband - literally, friend.
Jeremiah 3:20 - 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...
Jeremiah 3:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Surely as a wife... — In the midst of the bright vision of the future there comes unbidden the thought of the dark present: the faithless wife is not yet restored to her true friend and husband. He...
Jeremiah 3:20 - 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...
Jeremiah 3:20 - 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...
Jeremiah 3:20 - 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...
Jeremiah 3:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A difficulty here seemeth to have arisen in the views of such unspeakable mercy; how shall the Lord, consistent with his divine perfections, take home to his favor sinners so ungracious? And none but...
Jeremiah 3:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 i...
Jeremiah 3:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Surely [as] a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD. Ver. 20. Surely as a treacherous wife, &c. ] This ye hav...
Jeremiah 3:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Surely, as a wife treacherously departeth , &c. This may be rendered, As a woman is not faithful to her husband , or, her friend , as the Hebrew רעה signifies. Here God returns to the carnal I...
Jeremiah 3:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Israel Returning to God; Israel Encouraged in Their Return. B. C. 620. 20 Surely as...
Jeremiah 3:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

God hereby telling her what she had formerly been, endeavours to engage her to what she ought to be, namely, considering her former unfaithfulness in time past, how she ought to carry it for the futu...
Jeremiah 3:20 - 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...
Jeremiah 3:20 - 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...
Jeremiah 3:20 - 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...
Jeremiah 3:20 - 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...
Jeremiah 3:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Call to Return
Jeremiah 3:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 16:15-52 ; Hosea 3:1 ; Hosea 5:7 ; Hosea 6:7 ; Isaiah 48:8 ; Jeremiah 3:1 ; Jeremiah 3:2 ; Jeremiah 3:8-10 ; Jeremiah 5:11 ; Malachi 2:11

Jeremiah 3:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 3:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 3:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 3:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 3:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 3:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 3:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 3:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 3:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 3:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 3:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 3:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 3:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 3:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 3:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 3:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 3:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 3:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 3:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge