Dent.30 Behold, I will *gather themout of all countreys, . Chap. whether I have driven them in mine anger, and in my 23. 3:and fury, and in great wrath 2 and I will bring 'them again 2:14:and 1 nto this place, and I will cauſe them to dwel! ſafely o. =_— o Though the City ſhall becaken, and you ſhall go into Capti- | vity, yet you ſhall not be utterly loſt, I will gather you againy and you ſhall have as quiet an habitation as ever. . Chap: 38 And they ſhall be * my people,and I will be their 24: 7 and God p, 4 g30.22:and pI will renew my Covenant with them, and keep my Covenant 31: 33: towards them, they ſhall ſ:rve me more faithfully, and I will own them, and take care of them, and blels them, |
39 And I will give them * one heart q, and one * Ezek. | ——_ way 7, thatthey may fear me for + ever /, for the good + Heb. ofthem, and of their children after them #. days. g I will give them union and concord, or an oneneſs of mind 2nd judgment; as to the things of God, they ſhall nor be ſome for ſuperſtitious and idolatrons Worſhip, and ſomefor my true Wor- ſhip. » They ſhall all Worſhip me according to- the rule I have given them. ſ That they may worſhip me in Truth, as a People that have a dread of me upon their hearts. + This will be for the profit both of them, and their Poſterity, many days, even ſo long as they ſhall continue fo ro do. i | wh » Chap. 40 And *I will make an everlaſting covenant with 3i
"2; . them, thatT wi'l not turn away + from them to do $ H:b, them good », bur { will put my fear into their hearts,
#{ter that they ſhall not depart from me w-
, is This Promiſe manifeſtly relateth to thoſe Jews that ſhould receive the Lord Jcſus Chriſt, or that wer®77elites indeed ; for as £5 Others, God did turn away from doing them good, when their Ciry was taken by Titus ; unleſs it be to be underſtood of a national Converſion of the Jews, not yet effeed. w My ſpirit which ſhal
Hence ſome conclude well, that when once the Body of the Jews ſhall be converted, they ſhall never again apoſtatize from God, It may well from hence be concluded that both Converſion unto God, and perſeverance in the ways of God are the Gifts of God, we are | kepr by the power of God, through faith un!0 Salvation.
*Zephi— #! Yea, * I will rejoice over them, to do them good
3.12. Xx, and * I will plant them ia this land F affuredly,with
*Chap. my whole heart and wichmy whole ſoul ys
24: 6: x | willnot only do them good, but I will take pleaſure,and de-
Amos 9: light in doing them good, and I will y cectaialy bring them to his
$3L Land,and conftantly and freely do chem good*when they ſhal be there
5 _ =» 42 For Thus faith the LORD, Likeas I have
febilicy, brought all this great evil upon this people, ſo will I
b- bring upon them all, the good that I have promiſed
them =. :
z You ſhall find me as true to my Promiſer, as you have found me to my — ings. ;
And fields {hall be bought in this land, where- of ye ſay, It is deſolate without man and beaſt.
44 Men {hall buy fields for money, and ſubſcribe e- vidences and ſeal them, and take witneſſes * in the land. "» Chap, of Benjamin, and in the places about Jeruſalem, and £15; 26. in the cities of ſfudah, and in the Cities of the moun- 4 tains, and in the cities cf the valley, and in the cities + Chap: of che ſouth, for*LI will cauſe their captivity co return, $3: 7: 21: ſgjc; rhe LORD a. | iq 26: . 8 Now, Jeremis#, thou underſtandeſt wherefore I commanded thze to buy the Field offered thee by Hanamec! in Anarhoth in the Lot of Benjamin ; it was to aſſure thee, that though at Preſent the Chaldeans ſhall prevail againſt Jeruſalem, and the Jews ſhall be car- ried into Captivity, andthe Jews ſhall neither buy nor ſell here ar preſent, yet Fields thall here be bought again ; Men ſhall buy 'and ſell and ſeal Evidences in all parts ot Judes, as they were wont to do if former times, for they ſhall retura again out of the Caprivi- ty of Babylon into Cieir own Land, and have Commerce one with a- nother as formerly.
CHAP. XXXIII.
The taking of Jeruſalem, carrying away the People, their Return, 1 3; Joyfwll State and ſetled Grovernment, 9 14. Chriſt tho Branch of Righteouſneſs ; His everlaiting Kingdom and Priethood ; And Bl:Jcd Seed, 15 —26.
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beget in them a dread of me, ſo as they ſhallnor depart from me:
'* | | : = IM | 'S AAP. XXX1ll. 7 E R E = 4 2. Chap. AK Atl | Cn: Chap. + 34 But they *ſet their abominations þ in the houſe | Oreover the word of the LORD came unto Je-_ |
remiah the ſecond time ( while he was yet * _ ©P-
ſhut up in the court cf the priſon) ſaying s. I 2, 3: # See the Notes on Chop. 32. 2. Jeremiah was forced out of the
Temple, God followeth him to the Priſon, and there revealeth his
mind to him onceand again The wickedneſs of the Jews in peri
ſecuting the Prophet, could not make God's Promiſes of no efte&
for mercy to be ſhewed to rhe People, afie* the Captivity, which
though made before, are again conhrmed a ſecond time, for this
Chapter for ſubſtance contains no more than Promiſes of the like
nature with thoſe in the foregoing Chapters.
2 Thus faith the LORD the * maker thereof, the -2E LORD that formed ir, to eſtabliſh it, the LORD is | his name 6. | :
b The maker theresf , that is ſay ſome of Jeruſalem ( ſo Mr. Calvin ) | or the maker of theſe Promiſes ( ſo others interpret it ) his Name F $4 is Jehovah, ſo as he hath a ſufficiency in himſelfro make good his word to eſtabliſh Jeru[alem, or to eſtablilk the word ſpoken by him for the ; eſtabliſhment of it. '
3 Call unto me, and T will anſwer the, and ſhew
thee, great and || mighty things which thou knoweſt nor ec,
c God either ſpeaketh to the People to pray unto him, or to the Propitet on the behalf of the People to pray, promiſing bim he would ſhew him great things. O6je#. Bur how doth God ſay that Jeremiah did not know them, when God before this time kad ree vealed them to the Prophet, and the Prophet had revealed them. Sol, He did not know them before God had revealed them, and though God had revealed them, yer by his Prayer in the former Chapter it appears, he did not fully underſtand them; os firmly believe them as he ought to have done.
4 For thus ſaith the LORD, the God of Iſrael, con- cerning the houſes of this city, and concerning the houſes of the kings 'of Judah, . which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the ſword 4.