And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.
Ver. 8. And I will bring them] And then they are sure to be brought. For who hath resisted his will? he will breathe life into those dead bones, and flesh shall cover them; he will make up those two sticks into one, and David his servant shall be king over them for ever, Ezekiel 37:24 .
And they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem] They shall, they shall. Oh the rhetoric of God! Oh the certainty of the promises! what a monstrous sin is unbelief!
And they shall be my people, and I will be their God] This is a short gospel; this is the sum of the covenant of grace. Brevis et longa, planeque aurea est haec clausula, as Pareus somewhere speaks of another text. This is a long, and yet a short clause; short in sound, long in sense, but golden all over.
In truth and righteousness] I will be their God.
in truth] That is, in an assured performance of promise.
And they shall be my people in righteouness] That is, in obedience to my commandments. So here is the covenant renewed in a mutual stipulation.