Jeremiah 3:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth? ”

Jeremiah 3:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Or, Hast thou Not from this time called “me, My Father, thou art the” husband “of my youth?” i. e., from the time of Josiah’s reforms in his eighteenth year, in opposition to “of old time” Jeremia...
Jeremiah 3:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Wilt thou not from this time cry (h) to me, My father, thou [art] the guide of my youth? (h) He shows that the wicked in their miseries will cry to God and use outward prayer as the godly do, but be...
Jeremiah 3:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Israel's Infidelity. (Some introductory formula, like that of Jeremiah 2:1 , has dropped out before Jeremiah 3:1 ; note mg.). Israel's marital unfaithfulness to Yahweh is too gross for a facile...
Jeremiah 3:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Guide . Friend.
Jeremiah 3:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

God, after having set forth the wickedness of his people, and severely reproved them as they deserved, now kindly invites them to repentance, Wilt thou not say to me hereafter, he says, My...
Jeremiah 3:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth? Wilt thou not - cry unto me, My father - Wilt thou not allow me to be thy Creator and Preserver, and cease thus...
Jeremiah 3:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth? Wilt thou not from this time - not referring, as Michaelis thinks, to the reformation begun the year befor...
Jeremiah 3:4 - 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 3:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me...? — Better, Hast thou not from this time cried unto me...? The prophet paints with a stern irony the parade of the surface repentance of Josiah’s reign....
Jeremiah 3:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER II THE TRUST IN THE SHADOW OF EGYPT Jeremiah 2:1-37 ; Jeremiah 3:1-5 THE first of the prophet's public addresses is, in fact, a sermon which proceeds from an exposure of national sin...
Jeremiah 3:4 - 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 3:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This is a most beautiful and gracious observation of the Lord's, to show, what might be reasonably expected, from the overwhelming kindness of the Lord. When grace becomes more abundant, it overpower...
Jeremiah 3:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me ,.... These words are either a confirmation and proof of that impudence with which these people are charged; for had they not been impudent, or had not a for...
Jeremiah 3:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou [art] the guide of my youth? Ver. 4. Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me? ] And is not this extreme impudence? Hast thou a face thus...
Jeremiah 3:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wilt thou not from this time Namely, that I have withholden showers, this time of conviction and correction; now that thou hast been made to see thy sins, and to smart for them, wilt thou not forsa...
Jeremiah 3:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Wickedness of Israel. B. C. 620. 1 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go...
Jeremiah 3:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Wilt thou not from this time, viz. that I have withholden showers? Some refer this, 1. To the time to come; Wilt thou not yet be wise, and for the future seek to me, having found all thy other wa...
Jeremiah 3:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Lays Down His Final Terms ( Jeremiah 3:1-5 ). The latter rains have failed to come because they have been faithless to YHWH, something that is evident to anyone who will look to the bare hill...
Jeremiah 3:4 - 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 3:4 - 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 3:4 - 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 3:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Return again to Me, saith the Lord. The backslider invited to return We have here a wonderful display of God’s character: forbearance, pity, and love. I. What is inferred. A departure from G...
Jeremiah 3:4 - 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 3:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Possibility of Return
Jeremiah 3:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 14:1-3 ; Hosea 2:15 ; Jeremiah 2:2 ; Jeremiah 2:27 ; Jeremiah 3:19 ; Jeremiah 31:18-20 ; Jeremiah 31:9 ; Malachi 2:14 ; Proverbs 1:4 ; Proverbs 2:17 ; Psalms 119:9 ; Psalms 48:14 ;...
Jeremiah 3:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

My father — Wilt thou not as a child call upon me, whom thou hast thus greatly provoked. The guide — I have been brought up by thee.

Jeremiah 3:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 3:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 3:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 3:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 3:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 3:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 3:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 3:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 3:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 3:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 3:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 3:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 3:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 3:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 3:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 3:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 3:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 3:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 3:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 3:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes