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A Message for Two Audiences
Commentators explain that while Jeremiah's proclamation is directed "toward the north" to the exiled ten tribes of Israel, it also had a secondary audience. By publicly offering mercy to Israel, who was judged more harshly than Judah, God was simultaneously shaming the unrepentant kingdom of Judah and demonstrating the path of return available to them as well.
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 3:12
18th Century
Theologian
The north – The ten tribes, settled by Salmanezer in the north of Assyria.
I will not cause my anger to fall upon you…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 3:12
19th Century
Bishop
Toward the north. —The prophet utters his message toward the far land of Assyria and the cities of the Medes, to which th…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 3:10–12
19th Century
Preacher
And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to me with her whole heart, but insincerely, says the LORD.
An…
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 3:12
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet, after having shown that the tribe of Judah deserved a heavier punishment than the ten tribes, and having mentioned the cause: that the…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 3:12
17th Century
Pastor
Go and proclaim these words towards the north
With his face thitherwards, towards Babylon, which lay north of Judea,…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 3:12–20
17th Century
Minister
See God's readiness to pardon sin, and the blessings reserved for gospel times. These words were proclaimed toward the north: to Israel, the ten tr…