Jeremiah 3:12-15 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, said the LORD… I. GOD SENDS MESSENGERS OF MERCY AND NOT OF JUDGMENT (ver. 12). II. GOD REQUIRES THAT THEY HUMBLE THEMSELVES BEFORE HIM (ver. 13). III. GOD URGES THE MOST AFFECTING CONSIDERATIONS, IN ORDER TO PREVAIL UPON THEM. 1. The merciful disposition He felt towards them. 2. The relation under which He still regarded them. 3. The benefits which He was still ready to confer upon them. (C. Simeon, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever. |
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