Jeremías 31:8

8 He aquí, yo los traigo del país del norte, y los reuniré de los confines de la tierra, entre ellos los ciegos y los cojos, la mujer encinta y también la que está dando a luz; una gran compañía volverá acá.

Jeremías 31:8 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 31:8

Behold, I will bring them from the north country
As from Babylon, at the end of the seventy years' captivity, which lay north of Judea; so, in the latter day, from those northern countries, as ours, where they now are in great numbers: and gather them from the coasts of the earth;
or "sides" of it; from all the parts of the world where they are: [and] with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her
that travaileth with child together;
signifying that no difficulties whatsoever should hinder them in their return to their own land; provision should be made for persons under these circumstances, so unfit to travel. All this may be understood, in a figurative sense, of those who are spiritually "blind"; who are made to see their lost estate, and need of Christ; and are brought to him, and to his church, in a way they had not known, and in paths they knew not before: and of the lame and impotent, unable to do any good thing in a spiritual sense, and will not come to Christ, unless drawn; these are made to leap as a hart, and to flee to Christ for refuge, and run the ways of his commandments: and of such who are laden and burdened, as "women with child"; and who are encouraged and enabled as such to come to Christ, and cast their burdens on him, and find rest for their souls: and of such who are in pain and distress, as one "that travaileth with child": in the pangs of the new birth, under a sense of wrath, and as ready to perish; who also are enabled to come and venture their souls on Christ, receive his Gospel, and submit to his ordinances, where they find peace and comfort: a great company shall return thither;
three thousand were converted under one sermon, in the first times of the Gospel; and, in the latter day, the nation of the Jews shall be born again at once; the number of the children of Israel shall then be as the sand of the sea, and great shall be the day of Jezreel, ( Isaiah 66:8 ) ( Hosea 1:10 Hosea 1:11 ) .

Jeremías 31:8 In-Context

6 Porque habrá un día en que clamarán los guardas en la región montañosa de Efraín: "Levantaos y subamos a Sion, al SEÑOR nuestro Dios."
7 Porque así dice el SEÑOR: Gritad con alegría por Jacob, y dad voces por la primera de las naciones; proclamad, dad alabanza, y decid: "Oh SEÑOR, salva a tu pueblo, al remanente de Israel."
8 He aquí, yo los traigo del país del norte, y los reuniré de los confines de la tierra, entre ellos los ciegos y los cojos, la mujer encinta y también la que está dando a luz; una gran compañía volverá acá.
9 Con llanto vendrán, y entre súplicas los guiaré; los haré andar junto a arroyos de aguas, por camino derecho en el cual no tropezarán; porque soy un padre para Israel, y Efraín es mi primogénito.
10 Oíd, naciones, la palabra del SEÑOR, anunciad en las costas lejanas, y decid: El que dispersó a Israel lo reunirá, y lo guardará como un pastor a su rebaño.
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