Jeremiah 3:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. ”

Jeremiah 3:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rather, Surely “in vain from the hills” is the revelry of the mountains. The penitents contrast in it the uselessness of idol-worship with the salvation which Yahweh gives to His people.
Jeremiah 3:23 - 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 3:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Truly . Thus continuing her confession. in vain, &c. . as certainly as the hills [have proved] false, and the noisy throng on the mountains fan empty sound], so truly is the salvation of Israe...
Jeremiah 3:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

And in the same sense is to be taken what follows, Surely, deceit is from the hills, and the multitude of mountains, or, from the multitude of mountains, as the letter מ is to be repeated....
Jeremiah 3:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
Jeremiah 3:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Truly in vain, &c.— Certainty there is nothing in the hills but a lie, in the mountains but vanity. Houb. This refers to the idols, and the high places where they were worshipped. Shame, in...
Jeremiah 3:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. Multitude of mountains - i:e., the multitude of...
Jeremiah 3:23 - 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 3:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Truly in vain... — The italics show the difficulty of the verse, and represent an attempt to get over it. According to the senses given to the word translated “multitude” we get, in vain (literal...
Jeremiah 3:23 - 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 3:23 - 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 3:23 - 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 3:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Lord still causeth his grace to triumph over the unworthiness of his Israel, until at length, the heart is subdued and overcome. What a sweet and blessed conclusion is made to the subject, and to...
Jeremiah 3:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains ,.... From any natural defence, by hills and mountains encompassing; or from idols worshipped on hills and mo...
Jeremiah 3:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Truly in vain [is salvation hoped for] from the hills, [and from] the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God [is] the salvation of Israel. Ver. 23. Truly in vain is salvation hoped for...
Jeremiah 3:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills From idols worshipped on hills and mountains. It is a continuation of that form of confession begun Jeremiah 3:22 , drawn up with a reference to...
Jeremiah 3:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Israel Returning to God; Israel Encouraged in Their Return. B. C. 620. 20 Surely as...
Jeremiah 3:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

From the hills, i.e. either from their idols , which were worshipped upon hills, a metonymy of the subject, Jeremiah 2:20 , idols of the hills ; or from any other external power whatsoever, ei...
Jeremiah 3:23 - 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 3:23 - 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 3:23 - 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 3:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Return. .. and I will heal your backslidings. Hope for the worst backsliders I. The call from God. “Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings.” 1. It is a call to co...
Jeremiah 3:23 - 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 3:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Call to Return
Jeremiah 3:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 20:28 ; Hosea 1:7 ; Isaiah 12:2 ; Isaiah 43:11 ; Isaiah 44:9 ; Isaiah 45:15 ; Isaiah 45:17 ; Isaiah 45:20 ; Isaiah 46:7 ; Isaiah 46:8 ; Isaiah 63:1 ; Isaiah 63:16 ; Jeremiah 10:1...
Jeremiah 3:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The hills — From idols which were worshipped upon hills. Mountains — The multitude of sacrifices, which they offer in the mountains.

Jeremiah 3:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 3:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 3:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 3:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 3:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 3:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 3:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 3:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 3:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 3:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 3:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 3:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 3:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 3:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 3:23 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 3:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 3:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 3:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 3:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 3:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 3:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes