And I will give them an heart to know me, that I [am] the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
Ver. 7. And I will give them an heart to know me.] a This was better than all the rest, scil., a sanctified use of their afflictions. This we should highly prize, and pray for.
And they shall be my people.] This falling out of lovers shall but be a renewing of love between us.
For they shall return unto me.] God must sometimes whip his people to duty, and gather them from evil, as well as entice them, ut uvae dulces sint et non labruseae.
a Promissio Evangelica, ut infra., chap, xxxi. 33.