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From Symbol to Substance
Most commentators agree this verse prophesies the New Covenant in Christ. The Ark, the central symbol of God's presence in the Old Testament, would become obsolete. It would be replaced not by a void, but by a greater reality: the presence of God dwelling in the hearts of His people through the Holy Spirit. As Charles Spurgeon notes, believers no longer need the symbol when they have the substance—a direct, spiritual relationship with God Himself.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 3:16
18th Century
Theologian
In those days - This and the phrase “the latter days” had become, under the Messianic teaching of the prophets, a regular formula for the ti…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 3:16
19th Century
Bishop
In those days. — No time had been named, but the phrase had become familiar for the far-off better time of the true king of the Me…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 3:16
19th Century
Preacher
And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of t…
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 3:16
16th Century
Theologian
Interpreters have perverted this verse, for none of them have understood the Prophet's purpose. The Jews, for the most part, have offered strained …
John Gill
On Jeremiah 3:16
17th Century
Pastor
And it shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and
increased in the land
That is,…
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…