Jeremiah 3:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.

They shall say no more - the Jews shall no longer glory in the possession of the ark; it shall not be missed, so great. shall be the blessings of the new dispensation. The Throne of the Lord, present Himself, shall eclipse and put out of mind the ark of the covenant and the mercy-seat between the cherubim. Gods former throne. The ark, containing the two tables of the law, disappeared at the Babylonian captivity, and was not restored to the second temple, implying that the symbolical "glory" was to be superseded by a "greater glory" (Haggai 2:9).

Neither shall they visit it - rather 'neither shall it be missed' х yipqoduw (H6485)], (so in Jeremiah 23:4).

Done - rather, 'neither shall it (the ark) be made (i:e., be restored) anymore' (Maurer).

Jeremiah 3:16

16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind:d neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.