Psalms 127:2; Zechariah 4:1; Zechariah 4:2
The prophet, seeming to himself to awake and look up in the midst of his sleep (whether ecstatic or not we cannot tell), rejoiced in a revelation s...
Upon this I awoke, and beheld; and my sleep (e) was sweet to me. (e) Having understood this vision of the Messiah to come, in whom the two houses of...
At the restoration of Judah there shall be joyous acclamation of the city and the Temple ( Zechariah 8:3 ); agricultural and pastoral life shall be r...
Here the Prophet comes forth, and by his own example encourages the faithful to be confident, even to recumb on God’s promise, as though they r...
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me. Upon this I awaked - It appears that the prophecy, commencing with Jeremiah 30:2 an...
Upon this I awaked— But, considering these things, I awaked, and was delighted with my sleep. Houbigant. The prophet, on awakening, perceived him...
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me. Upon this I awaked - the words of Jeremiah, Upon this (or, By reason of this)...
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 su...
The words of the prophet at the conclusion of his pleasant vision.
Upon this I awaked... — The words that follow have been very differently interpreted. By some writers (Rosenmüller) they have been referred to Jeho...
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...
Continuing, the Prophet dealt with the issues of restoration. He first described the restoration of the city. After affirming the ancient love of Jeh...
I put this verse by itself from the singularity of its contents. And while I propose my views of it, I pray the Reader to look up to the Lord as his...
Upon this I awakened, and beheld ,.... When or after he beheld or had seen the vision and prophecy concerning the incarnation of Christ, and the glo...
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me. Ver. 26. Upon this I awaked. ] Out of my prophetic dream. And my sleep was swee...
Upon this I awaked , &c. These words afford a plain proof that the preceding revelations had been made to the prophet in a dream, or vision. An...
Ephraim's Repentance and Privilege; Encouragements to the Captives. B. C. 594....
Either this revelation was made to Jeremiah in a dream, from whence he awaking, looked about him; and he was very well pleased with his sleep at that...
Sub-Part B. The Coming Days Will Introduce A Completely New Type Of Covenant Provided By YHWH, One That Is Written In The Heart And Will Thus Result...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Vide on chap. 30. These two Chapter s form an unbroken prophecy, “a triumphal hymn of Israel’s salvation.” The forme...
Jeremiah 31:1-3 . At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. Thus saith the LO...
Jeremiah 31:1 . At the same time, faith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. How divinely he t...
Jeremiah 31:18 . I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; It is God who is here speaking. There is never a moan, or a sob, or a cry,o...
Jeremiah 31:22 . For the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man. Here is a prophecy of the birth of Immanuel, Go...
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 lan...
EXPOSITION Jeremiah 31:1-24 The promise of Jeremiah 30:22 is expressly declared to apply to both sections of the nation. Jehovah thus sol...
Sorrow Turned into Joy
Upon this I awaked, namely, from the vision, or ecstasy, in which he had received the revelation of the Lord, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unt...
Upon this I awaked — Probably this revelation was made to Jeremiah, in a dream.
26 Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.