Jeremiah 31:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. ”

Jeremiah 31:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of old - From afar (margin). See Jeremiah 30:10 . To the Jew God was enthroned in Zion, and thus when His mercy was shown unto the exiles in Assyria it came from a distant region 2Ch 6:20 ,...
Jeremiah 31:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The LORD appeared (d) of old to me, [saying], (e) I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. (d) The people thus reason as though he were not so ben...
Jeremiah 31:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

This prophecy of the restoration of the northern kingdom may belong, like ch. 3, to Jeremiah's early period. The northern Israelites shall be gathered from exile (the wilderness). Yahweh will appear...
Jeremiah 31:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

everlasting love. See notes on Isaiah 44:7 .
Jeremiah 31:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The last part is commonly rendered, “I have therefore drawn thee in mercy;” but the sense is frigid and unsuitable. I therefore doubt not but that he, on the contrary, means, that the mercy of...
Jeremiah 31:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1068 GRACIOUS INFLUENCES THE FRUIT OF ELECTING LOVE Jeremiah 31:3 . The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with lovi...
Jeremiah 31:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying , Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. I have loved thee with an everlasting love - ואהבת ע...
Jeremiah 31:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The Lord hath appeared of old unto me— From afar off Jehovah appeared unto me. These words, it is certain, were not spoken in reference to the same time that those were which go before. They may...
Jeremiah 31:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. The Lord hath appeared of old unto me ... Yea,...
Jeremiah 31:3 - 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 31:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The Lord hath appeared of old unto me... — The Hebrew adverb more commonly refers to distance than to time. From afar the Lord appeared unto me. The thought is that of a deliverer who hears the c...
Jeremiah 31:3 - 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 31:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

15-34, an Everlasting Love Jeremiah 31:1-9 It is all-inclusive: all the families of Israel . It is patient under provocation: during forty years it bore with Israel. It has a drawing-power whi...
Jeremiah 31:3 - 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 31:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I do not presume to determine, but I venture to observe, that I conceive the former part of this verse is the language of the Church; and the latter the words of Jehovah. The Church having heard the...
Jeremiah 31:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

‘LOVED WITH EVERLASTING LOVE’ ‘I have loved thee with an everlasting love.’ Jeremiah 31:3 I. We cannot estimate the length of God’s love. —When did it begin to be? Long before I was born. L...
Jeremiah 31:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, [saying] ,.... Either to the prophet, bidding him say to the church what follows, so Jarchi: or to Christ, who was from eternity with the Father; lay in his bo...
Jeremiah 31:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, [saying], Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. Ver. 3. The Lord hath appeared of old unto me. ]...
Jeremiah 31:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord hath appeared of old unto me The prophet here personifies the Jewish nation, the people spoken of in the foregoing verse, who are introduced as calling to mind how God, in times of old, ha...
Jeremiah 31:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Promises to Israel; Joyful Return from Captivity. B. C. 594. 1 At the same time, saith t...
Jeremiah 31:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The word saying being not in the original, hath given advantage to some to think that the first words are either the words of some of the people owning that the Lord indeed had of old appeared to a...
Jeremiah 31:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

As They Were Of Old Delivered From Egypt, So Israel Are Now Again To Be Redeemed And Delivered, So That They Might Find Rest Because Of YHWH's Love For Them ( Jeremiah 31:2-6 ). The reference back...
Jeremiah 31:3 - 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 31:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 31:3 I. Divine love is a fact; there can be no doubt of the teaching of the Scripture on this subject. The God of the Bible is a God of love, He is a Father in heaven. He cares for us, He...
Jeremiah 31:3 - 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 31:3 - 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 31:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. Everlasting love I. Our once desolate and miserable condition by nature. Were we not captives? yea,...
Jeremiah 31:3 - 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 31:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Decree Of Restoration and its Execution
Jeremiah 31:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 4:19 ; 1 Peter 1:3 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-16 ; 2 Timothy 1:9 ; Deuteronomy 10:15 ; Deuteronomy 33:26 ; Deuteronomy 33:3 ; Deuteronomy 7:7-9 ; Ephesians 1:3-5 ; Ephesians 2:4 ; Ephes...

Jeremiah 31:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 31:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 31:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 31:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 31:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 31:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Jeremiah 31:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 31:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 31:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 31:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 31:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 31:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 31:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 31:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 31:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 31:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 31:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 31:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 31:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 31:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 31:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 31:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 31:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 31:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 31:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 31:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 31:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 31:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 31:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 31:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge