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Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Yahweh’s answer to their prayer in (Jeremiah 3:21) is immediately followed by their acceptance of the offer of divine mercy.

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Return, you backsliding children ... —We lose, as before, the force of the Hebrew repetition of the same root, Turn, …

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

And I said, Thou shalt call me, My father and shalt not turn away from me. Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have y…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

God here exhorts the Israelites to repent, so that by their example He might move the Jews. The benefit of what is taught here might indeed have re…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Return, you backsliding children
This is the call of the Jews to repentance in the latter day; (See Gill on Jere…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Sin is turning aside to crooked ways. And forgetting the Lord our God is at the bottom of all sin. By sin we bring ourselves into trouble. The prom…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century
  1. Here, the author discu es the fruit of their return.
    1. First, he speaks of the nece ity of their being called back regarding their own…

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