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Jeremías 31
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«En ese día —dice el Señor
—, seré el Dios de todas las familias de Israel, y ellas serán mi pueblo.
:
»Los que sobrevivan de la destrucción venidera
encontrarán bendiciones aun en las tierras áridas,
porque al pueblo de Israel le daré descanso».
le dijo a Israel:
«Yo te he amado, pueblo mío, con un amor eterno.
Con amor inagotable te acerqué a mí.
Volverás a ser feliz
y con alegría danzarás con las panderetas.
y allí comerás de tus propios huertos.
desde la zona montañosa de Efraín:
“Vengan, subamos a Jerusalén
a adorar al Señor
nuestro Dios”».
:
«Canten con alegría por Israel.
¡Griten por la mejor de las naciones!
Griten de alabanza y alegría:
“¡Salva a tu pueblo, oh Señor
,
el remanente de Israel!”.
y de los extremos más lejanos de la tierra.
No me olvidaré del ciego ni del cojo,
ni de las mujeres embarazadas ni de las que están en trabajo de parto.
¡Volverá un enorme grupo!
y con mucho cuidado los guiaré a casa.
Caminarán junto a arroyos quietos
y por caminos llanos donde no tropezarán.
Pues soy el padre de Israel,
y Efraín es mi hijo mayor.
escuchen este mensaje del Señor
;
proclámenlo en las costas lejanas:
El Señor
que dispersó a su pueblo,
lo reunirá y lo cuidará
como hace un pastor con su rebaño.
Estarán radiantes debido a los buenos regalos del Señor
:
abundancia de grano, vino nuevo y aceite de oliva,
y los rebaños y las manadas saludables.
Su vida será como un jardín bien regado
y desaparecerán todas sus tristezas.
y los hombres —jóvenes y viejos— se unirán a la celebración.
Convertiré su duelo en alegría.
Los consolaré y cambiaré su aflicción en regocijo.
y mi pueblo se saciará de mis buenos regalos.
¡Yo, el Señor
, he hablado!».
Esto dice el Señor
:
«En Ramá se oye una voz,
profunda angustia y llanto amargo.
Raquel llora por sus hijos,
se niega a que la consuelen,
porque sus hijos se han ido».
:
«No llores más,
porque te recompensaré —dice el Señor
—.
Tus hijos volverán a ti
desde la tierra lejana del enemigo.
decir:
“Me disciplinaste severamente,
como a un becerro que necesita ser entrenado para el yugo.
Hazme volver a ti y restáurame,
porque solo tú eres el Señor
mi Dios.
pero después tuve remordimiento.
¡Me di golpes por haber sido tan estúpido!
Estaba profundamente avergonzado por todo lo que hice en los días de mi juventud”.
mi hijo querido? —dice el Señor
—.
A menudo tengo que castigarlo,
pero aun así lo amo.
Por eso mi corazón lo anhela
y ciertamente le tendré misericordia.
coloca postes indicadores.
Marca bien el camino
por el que viniste.
Regresa otra vez, mi virgen Israel;
regresa aquí a tus ciudades.
mi hija descarriada?
Pues el Señor
hará que algo nuevo suceda:
Israel abrazará a su Dios».
de los Ejércitos Celestiales, Dios de Israel: «Cuando los traiga de regreso del cautiverio, el pueblo de Judá y sus ciudades volverán a decir: “¡El Señor
te bendiga, oh casa de rectitud, oh monte santo!”.
—, cuando aumentaré en gran manera la población humana y el número de los animales en Israel y Judá.
, he hablado!
“Los padres comieron uvas agrias
pero la boca de sus hijos se frunce por el sabor”.
—, en que haré un nuevo pacto con el pueblo de Israel y de Judá.
.
—. Pondré mis instrucciones en lo más profundo de ellos y las escribiré en su corazón. Yo seré su Dios y ellos serán mi pueblo.
”. Pues todos ya me conocerán, desde el más pequeño hasta el más grande —dice el Señor
—. Perdonaré sus maldades y nunca más me acordaré de sus pecados».
quien provee el sol para alumbrar el día
y la luna y las estrellas para alumbrar la noche,
y agita el mar y hace olas rugientes.
Su nombre es el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales,
y esto es lo que dice:
como que rechace a mi pueblo Israel!».
:
«Así como no se pueden medir los cielos
ni explorar los fundamentos de la tierra,
así tampoco consideraré echarlos fuera
por las maldades que han hecho.
¡Yo, el Señor
, he hablado!
—, cuando toda Jerusalén será reconstruida para mí, desde la torre de Hananeel hasta la puerta de la Esquina.
. Nunca más la ciudad será conquistada ni destruida».
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Jeremías 31 Commentary
Chapter 31
The restoration of Israel. (1-9) Promises of guidance and happiness; Rachel lamenting. (10-17) Ephraim laments his errors. (18-20) The promised Saviour. (21-26) God's care over the church. (27-34) Peace and prosperity in gospel time. (35-40)
Verses 1-9 God assures his people that he will again take them into covenant relation to himself. When brought very low, and difficulties appear, it is good to remember that it has been so with the church formerly. But it is hard under present frowns to take comfort from former smiles; yet it is the happiness of those who, through grace, are interested in the love of God, that it is an everlasting love, from everlasting in the counsels, to everlasting in the continuance. Those whom God loves with this love, he will draw to himself, by the influences of his Spirit upon their souls. When praising God for what he has done, we must call upon him for the favours his church needs and expects. When the Lord calls, we must not plead that we cannot come; for he that calls us, will help us, will strengthen us. The goodness of God shall lead them to repentance. And they shall weep for sin with more bitterness, and more tenderness, when delivered out of their captivity, than when groaning under it. If we take God for our Father, and join the church of the first-born, we shall want nothing that is good for us. These predictions doubtless refer also to a future gathering of the Israelites from all quarters of the globe. And they figuratively describe the conversion of sinners to Christ, and the plain and safe way in which they are led.
Verses 10-17 He that scattered Israel, knows where to find them. It is comfortable to observe the goodness of the Lord in the gifts of providence. But our souls are never valuable as gardens, unless watered with the dews of God's Spirit and grace. A precious promise follows, which will not have full accomplishment except in the heavenly Zion. Let them be satisfied of God's loving-kindness, and they will be satisfied with it, and desire no more to make them happy. Rachel is represented as rising from her grave, and refusing to be comforted, supposing her offspring rooted out. The murder of the children at Bethlehem, by Herod, ( Matthew 2:16-18 ) , in some degree fulfilled this prediction, but could not be its full meaning. If we have hope in the end, concerning an eternal inheritance, for ourselves and those belonging to us, all temporal afflictions may be borne, and will be for our good.
Verses 18-20 Ephraim (the ten tribes) is weeping for sin. He is angry at himself for his sin, and folly, and frowardness. He finds he cannot, by his own power, keep himself close with God, much less bring himself back when he is revolted. Therefore he prays, Turn thou me, and I shall be turned. His will was bowed to the will of God. When the teaching of God's Spirit went with the corrections of his providence, then the work was done. This is our comfort in affliction, that the Lord thinks upon us. God has mercy in store, rich mercy, sure mercy, suitable mercy, for all who seek him in sincerity.
Verses 21-26 The way from the bondage of sin to the liberty of God's children, is a high-way. It is plain, it is safe; yet none are likely to walk in it, unless they set their hearts towards it. They are encouraged by the promise of a new, unheard-of, extraordinary thing; a creation, a work of Almighty power; the human nature of Christ, formed and prepared by the power of the Holy Ghost: and this is here mentioned as an encouragement to the Jews to return to their own land. And a comfortable prospect is given them of a happy settlement there. Godliness and honesty God has joined: let no man think to put them asunder, or to make the one atone for the want of the other. In the love and favour of God the weary soul shall find rest, and the sorrowful shall find joy. And what can we see with more satisfaction than the good of Jerusalem, and peace upon Israel?
Verses 27-34 The people of God shall become numerous and prosperous. In ( hebrews 8:8 hebrews 8:9 ) , this place is quoted as the sum of the covenant of grace made with believers in Jesus Christ. Not, I will give them a new law; for Christ came not to destroy the law, but to fulfil it; but the law shall be written in their hearts by the finger of the Spirit, as formerly written in the tables of stone. The Lord will, by his grace, make his people willing people in the day of his power. All shall know the Lord; all shall be welcome to the knowledge of God, and shall have the means of that knowledge. There shall be an outpouring of the Holy Spirit, at the time the gospel is published. No man shall finally perish, but for his own sins; none, who is willing to accept of Christ's salvation.
Verses 35-40 As surely as the heavenly bodies will continue their settled course, according to the will of their Creator, to the end of time, and as the raging sea obeys him, so surely will the Jews be continued a separate people. Words can scarcely set forth more strongly the restoration of Israel. The rebuilding of Jerusalem, and its enlargement and establishment, shall be an earnest of the great things God will do for the gospel church. The personal happiness of every true believer, as well as the future restoration of Israel, is secured by promise, covenant, and oath. This Divine love passes knowledge; and to those who take hold upon it, every present mercy is an earnest of salvation.
Chapter Summary
INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 31
This chapter is connected with the former, respects the same times, and is full of prophecies and promises of spiritual blessings; of the coming of Christ; of the multiplication of his people, and the increase of their joy; of the conversion of the Gentiles; of the covenant of grace; and of the stability of the saints. It begins with the principal promise of the covenant, confirmed by past experience, of divine goodness, and with a fresh declaration of God's everlasting love, Jer 31:1-3; an instance of which would appear, in planting vines or churches in Samaria, the metropolis of Ephraim or the ten tribes, under the ministry of the apostles, the watchmen, on Mount Ephraim; whereby the Israel of God would be built, beautified, and made to rejoice, Jer 31:4-6; yea, it would be matter of joy to all that heard of it; since, notwithstanding distance and other difficulties, a great number should come to Christ, and to his church, drawn by the Father's love to them, and as owing to the relation he stands in to them, Jer 31:7-9; redemption out of the hands of Satan, and every spiritual enemy, must be published among the Gentiles; which would cause great joy, and give great satisfaction to the priests and people of the Lord, expressed by various metaphors, Jer 31:10-14; and though, upon the birth of the Redeemer, there would be an event, which might tend to damp the joy of saints on account of it, the murder of the infants at Bethlehem; yet some things are said to encourage faith, hope, and joy, and to abate sorrow and weeping, Jer 31:15-17; Ephraim's affliction, and behaviour under it, his repentance and reception, are recorded, Jer 31:18-20; backsliding Israel are called upon to return, in consideration of the birth of the Messiah, Jer 31:21,22; the happy and flourishing estate of the people of God is promised; all which were made known to the prophet by a dream in the night, Jer 31:23-26; and fresh promises are made, that the Lord would do them good, and not punish the children for their fathers' sins, but everyone for their own, Jer 31:28-30; and then an account is given of the new covenant of grace, as distinct from the old, and of the articles of it; the inscription of the law in the heart, spiritual knowledge of the Lord, and remission of sin, Jer 31:31-34; then follow assurances of the everlasting continuance of the true Israel and church of God, Jer 31:35-37; and the chapter is concluded with a promise of rebuilding the city of Jerusalem, and of the holiness of it, and of its abiding for ever, Jer 31:38-40.