Jeremiah 4:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. ”

Jeremiah 4:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Return - The repentance of Israel described in Jeremiah 3:21-25 was a hope, and not a reality. The return, literally, would be their restoration to their land; spiritually, their abandoning the...
Jeremiah 4:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, (a) return to me: and if thou wilt put away thy abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not be removed. (a) That is, wholly and without hypocrisy...
Jeremiah 4:1 - 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 4:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

return. Note the Figure of speech Cycloides. App-6. Israel. Now referring to the northern kingdom. saith the LORD . [is] Jehovah's oracle. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. then shalt...
Jeremiah 4:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet no doubt requires here from the people a sincere return to God, inasmuch as they had often pretended to confess their sins, and had given many signs of repentance, while they were a...
Jeremiah 4:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. Shalt thou not remove - This was spoken before...
Jeremiah 4:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If thou wilt return—return unto me— If thou wilt return—thou shalt return. [ Thou shalt dwell with me. Houb.] If thou wilt remove thy idols, thou shalt not be removed. In the former part, says...
Jeremiah 4:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith t...
Jeremiah 4:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah's Third Prophecy. The Fate of the Ten Tribes a Warning to Judah In this prophecy, as in the last, idolatry is denounced under the figure of unfaithfulness to the marriage vow. But as a ma...
Jeremiah 4:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

IV. (1) If thou wilt return. — The “if” implies a return from the hopes with which Jeremiah 3 ended to the language of misgiving, and so, inferentially, of earnest exhortation. Abominations....
Jeremiah 4:1 - 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...
Jeremiah 4:1 - 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 4:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jehovah immediately promised that if Israel would return, she would be established. Then the prophet declared that judgment was determined on. He appealed to the people to repent, and that not in ext...
Jeremiah 4:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This Chapter, in the opening, is an address to Israel. The subject then relates to Judah and Jerusalem. Both are to one and the same amount; namely, God's gracious call to his people, to re...
Jeremiah 4:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord ,.... To which they had been encouraged, and as they had promised they would, and said they did, Jeremiah 3:14 : return unto me ; with thy whole hear...
Jeremiah 4:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. Ver. 1. If thou wilt return, O Israel. ] As...
Jeremiah 4:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If thou wilt return, O Israel, return unto me Israel having promised repentance in the latter part of the preceding chapter, they are here directed what sort of a repentance it must be; that it mus...
Jeremiah 4:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exhortation to Repentance. B. C. 620. 1 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the L ORD ,...
Jeremiah 4:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

JEREMIAH CHAPTER 4 An invitation to true repentance, by promises, Jeremiah 4:1-4 ; and judgments coming on them by the Babylonians, contrary to the predictions of their false prophets, for their...
Jeremiah 4:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Chronology of the chapter, Contemporary Scriptures, Historic Facts, Contemporary History as in chap. 3. 1. Geographical References. Jeremiah 4:5 . “ Defenced cit...
Jeremiah 4:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 4:1-2 . If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. And thou shalt swear, The L...
Jeremiah 4:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 4:3 . Break up your fallow ground. Hebrews ניר nir, novale; make new land, eradicate the thorns. Hosea 10:12 . Our old phrase, the fallow deer, seems to give the exact import of the...
Jeremiah 4:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

If thou wilt return,.. .and if thou wilt put away thine abominations. .. then shalt thou not remove. The pleadings of God A strange ministry is that of Almightiness. It is almightiness--almost....
Jeremiah 4:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Jeremiah 4:1 , Jeremiah 4:2 The form and structure of the translation require a change. Render, If thou wilt return , O Israel , saith Jehovah , wilt return unto me ; a...
Jeremiah 4:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord, return unto Me, or, "if thou wilt return unto Me," the repetition serving to emphasize the anxious, merciful call of the Lord, and if thou wilt put awa...
Jeremiah 4:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 7:3 ; 2 Chronicles 15:8 ; 2 Chronicles 33:8 ; 2 Kings 23:13 ; 2 Kings 23:24 ; Deuteronomy 27:15 ; Ephesians 4:22-31 ; Ezekiel 11:18 ; Ezekiel 18:13 ; Ezekiel 20:7 ; Ezekiel 20:8 ;...
Jeremiah 4:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

If — If thou wilt return, return; make no longer delay. Remove — Thou shalt not go out of thine own land into exile.

Jeremiah 4:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 4:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 4:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 4:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 4:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 4:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 4:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 4:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 4:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 4:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 4:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 4:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 4:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 4:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 4:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 4:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 4:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 4:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 4:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 4:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 4:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 4:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes