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God Turns, We Repent
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that this verse teaches a profound truth about salvation. Genuine repentance is not something a person musters on their own. Instead, it is the result of God first acting to "turn" or convert a person's heart. As scholars like John Calvin and John Gill explain, God's grace initiates the change, renewing the mind and heart, which then enables the human response of repentance.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 31:15–22
18th Century
Theologian
The religious character of the restoration of the ten tribes. Chastisement brought repentance, and with it forgiveness; therefore God decrees their…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 31:19
19th Century
Bishop
After that I was turned. —The words have been referred by some commentators (Hitzig) to the previous turning away from Go…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 31:19
19th Century
Preacher
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed yea, even confounded because …
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 31:19
16th Century
Theologian
Jeremiah now proceeds with what he had previously touched upon briefly, namely, to show that the punishment inflicted on the Israelites had not bee…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 31:19
17th Century
Pastor
Surely after that I was turned I repented
Ephraim's prayer was answered; as he prayed he might be turned, he was; and when he …