Jeremiah 31:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. ”

Jeremiah 31:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The religious character of the restoration of the ten tribes. Chastisement brought repentance, and with it forgiveness; therefore God decrees their restoration. Jeremiah 31:15 Ramah, mentione...
Jeremiah 31:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, [and] bitter weeping; (t) Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they [were] not. (t) To decl...
Jeremiah 31:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah hears Rachel (the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, Genesis 30:24 ; Genesis 35:16 ff.) weeping at (her grave near) Ramah, for her children, the northern exiles. He bids her refrain, in the c...
Jeremiah 31:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

A voice was heard, &c. Quoted in Matthew 2:18 . Reference to Pentateuch ( Genesis 35:19 ). App-92. in Ramah . on the high place. Evidently. "high place" near Bethlehem.. common name in Pales...
Jeremiah 31:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here, in the first place, the Prophet describes the desolation of the land, when deprived of all its inhabitants; and, in the second place, he adds a comfort, — that God would restore the capti...
Jeremiah 31:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. A voice was heard...
Jeremiah 31:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

A voice was heard in Ramah— The prophet describes the lamentations in and about Jerusalem at the time of the several captivities, under the image of a mother lamenting over her dead children. The m...
Jeremiah 31:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. Ramah - in Be...
Jeremiah 31:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-22. Jeremiah speaks of the restoration first of Israel (Ephraim, Jeremiah 31:2-22 ), then of Judah ( Jeremiah 31:23 .). Those who survive the sufferings of the captivity are promised a safe jour...
Jeremiah 31:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A voice was heard in Ramah. — The sharp contrast between this and the exulting joy of the previous verse shows that we are entering on a new section which repeats in altered form the substance of t...
Jeremiah 31:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXXI RESTORATION II THE NEW ISRAEL Jeremiah 23:3-8 ; Jeremiah 24:6-7 ; Jeremiah 30:1-24 ; Jeremiah 31:1-40 ; Jeremiah 33:1-26 "In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem sh...
Jeremiah 31:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Continuing, the Prophet dealt with the issues of restoration. He first described the restoration of the city. After affirming the ancient love of Jehovah for His people, he foretold the building of t...
Jeremiah 31:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Evangelist hath made application of what is here said to the murder of the young children by Herod: and thereby hath very clearly shown, that the whole of this blessed chapter is of gospel signif...
Jeremiah 31:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thus saith the Lord, a voice was heard in Ramah ,.... Which signifies a high place; hence the Targum paraphrases it, "in the high place of the world;'' and so the Vulgate Latin version, "in a hig...
Jeremiah 31:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, [and] bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they [were] not. Ver. 15. A voi...
Jeremiah 31:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thus saith the Lord; A voice , &c. Here “the scene of this prophecy changes, and two new personages are successively introduced, in order to diversify the subject, and to impress it more strongl...
Jeremiah 31:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Restoration of Israel; Promises to Israel. B. C. 594. 10 Hear the word of the L ORD ,...
Jeremiah 31:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Interpreters are much divided in the sense of these words, whether they should refer to the slaughter of the Jews belonging to the ten tribes, upon their being captivated by the Assyrians, or to the...
Jeremiah 31:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

But This Great Joy Will Arise Out Of Sorrow And Out Of What YHWH Has Caused To Happen To His People ( Jeremiah 31:15 ). In a deliberate contrast to the joy and exultancy of the previous verses, Je...
Jeremiah 31:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Vide on chap. 30. These two Chapter s form an unbroken prophecy, “a triumphal hymn of Israel’s salvation.” The former chapter pledges the recovery from captivity of b...
Jeremiah 31:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 31:1 . At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. During the Israelites' banishment to Babylon, God's covenant with t...
Jeremiah 31:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 31:1 . At the same time, namely, as the last words of the preseding chapter, in the latter day. Here the subject is glorious, and the language sublime. Jeremiah 31:3 . I have loved the...
Jeremiah 31:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her children. Innocents’ day Undoubtedly it seems strange, that one of the earliest consequences of the incarnati...
Jeremiah 31:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Jeremiah 31:1-24 The promise of Jeremiah 30:22 is expressly declared to apply to both sections of the nation. Jehovah thus solemnly declares his purpose of mercy, and dwells wi...
Jeremiah 31:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thus saith the Lord, A voice was heard in Ba-mah, a city some nine or ten miles north of Jerusalem, on the boundary between the former kingdoms of Israel and Judah, lamentation and bitter weeping: B...
Jeremiah 31:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 7:17 ; Ezekiel 2:10 ; Genesis 37:35 ; Genesis 42:13 ; Genesis 42:36 ; Isaiah 22:4 ; Jeremiah 40:1 ; Job 7:21 ; Joshua 18:25 ; Lamentations 5:7 ; Matthew 2:16 ; Matthew 2:18 ; Ps...
Jeremiah 31:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

In Ramah — That is, in Canaan, and particularly in Ramah, where Nebuzar — adan, Jeremiah 40:1 , disposed of the prisoners he had taken, setting some at liberty, ordering others to death, and carry...

Jeremiah 31:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 31:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 31:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 31:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 31:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 31:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 31:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 31:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 31:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 31:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 31:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 31:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 31:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 31:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 31:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 31:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 31:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 31:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 31:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 31:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 31:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 31:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 31:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 31:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 31:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 31:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 31:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes