24 "Judah and all its cities will dwell together in it, the farmer and they who go about with flocks . 25 " For I satisfy the weary ones and refresh everyone who languishes ." 26 At this I awoke and looked , and my sleep was pleasant to me.
27 "Behold , days are coming ," declares the Lord , "when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of beast . 28 "As I have watched over them to pluck up, to break down , to overthrow , to destroy and to bring disaster , so I will watch over them to build and to plant ," declares the Lord . 29 "In those days they will not say again , ' The fathers have eaten sour grapes , And the children's teeth are set on edge .' 30 "But everyone will die for his own iniquity ; each man who eats the sour grapes , his teeth will be set on edge . 31 " Behold , days are coming ," declares the Lord , "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah ,
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 31:24-31
Commentary on Jeremiah 31:21-26
(Read Jeremiah 31:21-26)
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?
Commentary on Jeremiah 31:27-34
(Read Jeremiah 31:27-34)
The people of God shall become numerous and prosperous. In Hebrews 8:8,9, 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.