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If these ordinances depart from before me, says Yahweh, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.

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A Promise as Sure as Creation

Scholars explain that God uses the most reliable things we can observe—the daily rising of the sun and the fixed courses of the moon and stars—as a powerful guarantee. Just as these fundamental laws of nature are constant and unbreakable, so is God's covenant promise to preserve His people. His faithfulness is as certain as the sunrise.

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Jeremiah

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Jeremiah 31:36

18th Century

Theologian

If those - If these. From the uniformity of God’s operations in the material world, the prophet deduces the certainty of a similar uniformit…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Jeremiah 31:35–36

19th Century

Bishop

Which giveth the sun for a light by day ... —The leading thought in the lofty language of this passage is that the reign …

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

On Jeremiah 31:35–37

19th Century

Preacher

Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divid…

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John Calvin

John Calvin

On Jeremiah 31:35–36

16th Century

Theologian

He confirms the promises we have been considering, for it was difficult to believe that the people would not only recover what they had lost but al…

John Gill

John Gill

On Jeremiah 31:36

17th Century

Pastor

If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord ,
&c.] Of the sun, moon, and stars; should these leave the…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Jeremiah 31:35–40

17th Century

Minister

As surely as the heavenly bodies will continue their settled course, according to the will of their Creator, to the end of time, and as the raging …

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