This chapter contains a prophecy of the call and conversion of the Jews in the latter day; which being a matter of moment and importance, and that it might continue, and be read hereafter, it is ordered to be written in a book, Jer. 30:1, Jer.

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord The word of prophecy, us the Targum. Some make this to be the “thirteenth” sermon of the prophet’s; it is a consolatory one, as Kimchi observes: saying; as follows:

Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel Who is their covenant God; has not forgotten them; still has a regard for them; and speaks after the following comfortable manner concerning them: saying, write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book; being things of consequence, that they…

For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord And they are yet to come; the prophecy is not yet fulfilled. Kimchi says this belongs to the days of the Messiah; but not to his first coming, or to his coming in the flesh, which the Jews vainly expect; but to his spiritual coming in the latter day: that I…

And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel, and concerning Judah. ] Which follow in this chapter and the next; first concerning Israel, the ten tribes; and then concerning the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, even concerning all Israel; whereas, if this prophecy only respects…

For thus saith the Lord Yet what follows are the words of others; wherefore some supply it, “for thus saith the Lord, the nations shall say” [[14]]; so Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it as what the Gentiles will say in the times of the Messiah; but it might be better supplied, “ye shall say”; that…

Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? &c.] Look into the histories of former times, inquire of those most versed in them, whether ever there was such a thing in the world as that a man should travail with child; ask one and, another you see in distress, whether that is their…

Alas! for that day is great For sorrow and distress: so that none is like it; such were the times of Jerusalem’s siege and destruction by the Romans; and which was an emblem of those times of trouble from antichrist in the latter day; see (Matt. 24:21, Matt. 24:22) (Dan. 12:1, Dan.

For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts When the time is come for Jacob to be saved out of his trouble: that I will break his yoke from off thy neck; not the yoke of the king of Babylon, but of antichrist, and of all the antichristian states, by whom the people of God have…

But they shall serve the Lord their God And him only, in a spiritual manner, in righteousness and true holiness, with reverence and godly fear; having respect to all his precepts and ordinances, and every branch of religious worship; joining themselves to Gospel churches, and worshipping along with…

Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord, &c.] Since the Messiah, who is the Lord God, should be raised up to thorn, whom they should serve, and he should save them; and so had nothing to fear from their enemies; and had no reason to doubt of salvation and deliverance, seeing so…

For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee Not only from temporal enemies, but from spiritual ones, sin, Satan, and the world; and to save them with a spiritual and everlasting salvation, which the presence and power of God, through his rich grace, will bring all his people to: though I will…

For thus saith the Lord, thy bruise is incurable By themselves or others, in all human appearance; there was no help for them from men; their case seemed desperate; there was no likelihood of their recovery to their former state and glory, as at this day the case of the Jews appears to be; there…

There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up None that will give themselves the trouble to look into their wound to judge of it; to consult, and reason, and debate about the nature of it; and what methods are most advisable to take for the healing and binding of it up: or, as…

All thy lovers have forgotten thee The Egyptians and Assyrians, whom they sought unto for help, and entered into an alliance with, and who promised them great things; but forgot their promises and forsook them: they seek thee not; to ask of thy welfare, as the Targum adds; they do not, visit thee,…

Why criest thou for thine affliction? &c.] Or complainest of the hardness, and heaviness, and continuance of it, when there was such a just cause for it? when men have sinned at a high rate, they have no reason to complain of the punishment of their sins, ; thy sorrow is incurable, for the…

Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured Thus rendering the words, they are to be connected with (Jer. 30:10, Jer. 30:11) ; and all between to be put into a parenthesis: but rather, in connection with the preceding words, they should be rendered “nevertheless”, or “notwithstanding”…

For I will restore health to thee That is, bring thee into a comfortable and prosperous condition, both in church and state, with respect to things religions and civil: as the afflictions and distresses of the Jewish nation are expressed by sickness, wounds, and bruises; so their prosperity, both…

Thus saith the Lord, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents That is, the captives of Israel, the inhabitants of them; alluding to the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, dwelling in tents, and to the Israelites in the wilderness; and fitly expresses the present unsettled state of the…

And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving, and the voice of them that make merry That is, out of Jacob’s tents and dwelling places, the city and palaces of Jerusalem; for those who will inhabit them, when thus rebuilt, sensible of the divine favours, and thankful for them, will offer not any…

Their children also shall be as aforetime In the streets of Jerusalem, numerous and free; no more in a strange land, or subject to others, ; and educated in a religious manner.

And their nobles shall be of themselves Or, “his noble One” [[3]]; Jacob’s noble One, the Messiah, in whom all the promises centre; and whose incarnation and priesthood are the foundation of all the things above predicted.

And ye shall be my people For many hundred years the people of the Jews have been called “Loammi” or, “ye are not my people”, ; but now being converted, the covenant of God’s grace shall be renewed, and a fresh manifestation and application of it made unto them; and they partaking of the grace of…

Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury That is, the wrath of God, which like a whirlwind comes suddenly, with great force and strength, and carries all before it; there is no withstanding it; such is the wrath of God against the enemies of his church and people: a continuing…

The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return This explains what is meant by the continuing whirlwind in ; until he hath done it; his whole will and pleasure; brought Babylon to ruin, and destroyed all the antichristian powers: and until he hath performed the intents of his heart; in a way of grace…