I will return Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead. And I will bring Israel backThis phrase speaks to the promise of restoration. The Hebrew root for "bring back" is "שׁוּב" (shuv), which means to return or restore. This is a powerful promise of God’s faithfulness to His covenant people, Israel. Historically, this reflects the return from exile, a theme of hope and renewal. It signifies God's unchanging commitment to His people, despite their past disobedience. to his pasture
The imagery of a pasture suggests peace, provision, and safety. In the Hebrew context, a pasture is a place of sustenance and rest. This metaphor indicates that God will provide for Israel's needs and ensure their well-being. It evokes the pastoral care of a shepherd, a common biblical image for God's guidance and protection. and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan
Carmel and Bashan were regions known for their fertility and abundance. Grazing here symbolizes prosperity and blessing. Historically, these areas were lush and productive, representing the fullness of God's provision. The mention of these specific locations underscores the completeness of the restoration God promises. his soul will be satisfied
The satisfaction of the soul implies a deep, spiritual fulfillment. The Hebrew word for "satisfied" is "שָׂבַע" (sava), which conveys a sense of being filled or content. This satisfaction is not merely physical but also spiritual, indicating a holistic restoration that God offers to His people. on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead
Ephraim and Gilead were significant regions in Israel's history. Ephraim, representing the northern kingdom, and Gilead, known for its balm, symbolize healing and unity. The hills suggest stability and strength. This phrase highlights the geographical and spiritual restoration of Israel, pointing to a future where the nation is whole and at peace. Persons / Places / Events 1. IsraelRefers to the people of God, the descendants of Jacob, who are often depicted as a flock in need of a shepherd. 2. CarmelA fertile region known for its lush pastures, symbolizing abundance and restoration. 3. BashanAnother region known for its rich pastures and strong cattle, representing strength and provision. 4. EphraimA significant tribe of Israel, often representing the Northern Kingdom, known for its fruitful land. 5. GileadA region east of the Jordan River, known for its balm and healing properties, symbolizing restoration and healing. Teaching Points God's Promise of RestorationGod is faithful to restore His people to a place of abundance and satisfaction. This promise is not just historical but also spiritual, as He restores our souls. The Abundance of God's ProvisionThe regions mentioned (Carmel, Bashan, Ephraim, Gilead) symbolize God's abundant provision. Trust in God's ability to provide for all our needs. Spiritual SatisfactionTrue satisfaction comes from being in the presence of God and following His guidance. Seek spiritual nourishment through prayer, scripture, and fellowship. God as ShepherdJust as God promised to bring Israel back to their pasture, He shepherds us today, guiding us through life's challenges and leading us to spiritual fulfillment. Hope in God's FaithfulnessIn times of exile or spiritual dryness, hold onto the hope that God will bring restoration and healing, just as He promised to Israel. Bible Study Questions 1. How does the imagery of God as a shepherd in Jeremiah 50:19 enhance your understanding of His care for you? 2. In what ways can you experience spiritual satisfaction in your daily life, similar to Israel grazing on fertile lands? 3. How do the regions of Carmel, Bashan, Ephraim, and Gilead symbolize different aspects of God's provision and restoration in your life? 4. What connections can you draw between the promise of restoration in Jeremiah 50:19 and Jesus' role as the Good Shepherd in the New Testament? 5. Reflect on a time when you felt spiritually dry or in exile. How can the promise of restoration in Jeremiah 50:19 encourage you in your current circumstances? Connections to Other Scriptures Psalm 23This psalm speaks of the Lord as a shepherd who leads His people to green pastures and still waters, paralleling the imagery of God bringing Israel back to fertile lands. Ezekiel 34God promises to be the shepherd of Israel, seeking out the lost and bringing them back to their own land, similar to the promise in Jeremiah 50:19. Isaiah 49:9-10Describes God’s promise to guide His people to springs of water and pastures, echoing the themes of restoration and satisfaction found in Jeremiah 50:19. Hosea 14:4-7Speaks of God’s healing and restoration of Israel, with imagery of flourishing like a garden, connecting to the promise of satisfaction in Jeremiah 50:19. John 10:11-16Jesus as the Good Shepherd who lays down His life for the sheep, fulfilling the ultimate restoration and satisfaction promised to God’s people. People Babylonians, Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar, NebuchadrezzarPlaces Assyria, Babylon, Bashan, Carmel, Chaldea, Gilead, Gomorrah, Jordan River, Merathaim, Pekod, Sodom, ZionTopics Appetite, Bashan, Bring, Carmel, Desire, Ephraim, E'phraim, Fed, Feed, Full, Gilead, Graze, Habitation, Hill, Hills, Measure, Mount, Pasture, Resting-place, Restore, Satisfied, SoulDictionary of Bible Themes Jeremiah 50:19 5792 appetite
5939 satisfaction Library The Kinsman-Redeemer
'Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of Hosts is His name: He shall thoroughly plead their cause.'--JER. l. 34. Among the remarkable provisions of the Mosaic law there were some very peculiar ones affecting the next-of-kin. The nearest living blood relation to a man had certain obligations and offices to discharge, under certain contingencies, in respect of which he received a special name; which is sometimes translated in the Old Testament 'Redeemer,' and sometimes 'Avenger' of blood. What the etymological …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy ScriptureCovenanting Predicted in Prophecy.
The fact of Covenanting, under the Old Testament dispensations, being approved of God, gives a proof that it was proper then, which is accompanied by the voice of prophecy, affording evidence that even in periods then future it should no less be proper. The argument for the service that is afforded by prophecy is peculiar, and, though corresponding with evidence from other sources, is independent. Because that God willed to make known truth through his servants the prophets, we should receive it …
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting Moses' Prayer to be Blotted Out of God's Book.
"And Moses returned unto the Lord and said. Oh! this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou--wilt, forgive their sin; and if not, blot me, I pray they, out of thy book which than hast written." In the preceding discourse we endeavored to show that the idea of being willing to be damned for the glory of God is not found in the text--that the sentiment is erroneous and absurd--then adduced the constructions which have been put on the text by sundry expositors, …
Andrew Lee et al—Sermons on Various Important Subjects Covenanting Confers Obligation.
As it has been shown that all duty, and that alone, ought to be vowed to God in covenant, it is manifest that what is lawfully engaged to in swearing by the name of God is enjoined in the moral law, and, because of the authority of that law, ought to be performed as a duty. But it is now to be proved that what is promised to God by vow or oath, ought to be performed also because of the act of Covenanting. The performance of that exercise is commanded, and the same law which enjoins that the duties …
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting The Old Testament Canon from Its Beginning to Its Close.
The first important part of the Old Testament put together as a whole was the Pentateuch, or rather, the five books of Moses and Joshua. This was preceded by smaller documents, which one or more redactors embodied in it. The earliest things committed to writing were probably the ten words proceeding from Moses himself, afterwards enlarged into the ten commandments which exist at present in two recensions (Exod. xx., Deut. v.) It is true that we have the oldest form of the decalogue from the Jehovist …
Samuel Davidson—The Canon of the Bible "If So be that the Spirit of God Dwell in You. Now if any Man have not the Spirit of Christ, He is None of His. "
Rom. viii. 9.--"If so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." "But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth?" 2 Chron. vi. 18. It was the wonder of one of the wisest of men, and indeed, considering his infinite highness above the height of heavens, his immense and incomprehensible greatness, that the heaven of heavens cannot contain him, and then the baseness, emptiness, and worthlessness of man, it may be a wonder to the …
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Scriptures Showing the Sin and Danger of Joining with Wicked and Ungodly Men.
Scriptures Showing The Sin And Danger Of Joining With Wicked And Ungodly Men. When the Lord is punishing such a people against whom he hath a controversy, and a notable controversy, every one that is found shall be thrust through: and every one joined with them shall fall, Isa. xiii. 15. They partake in their judgment, not only because in a common calamity all shares, (as in Ezek. xxi. 3.) but chiefly because joined with and partakers with these whom God is pursuing; even as the strangers that join …
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Being Made Archbishop of Armagh, He Suffers Many Troubles. Peace Being Made, from Being Archbishop of Armagh He Becomes Bishop of Down.
[Sidenote: 1129] 19. (12). Meanwhile[365] it happened that Archbishop Cellach[366] fell sick: he it was who ordained Malachy deacon, presbyter and bishop: and knowing that he was dying he made a sort of testament[367] to the effect that Malachy ought to succeed him,[368] because none seemed worthier to be bishop of the first see. This he gave in charge to those who were present, this he commanded to the absent, this to the two kings of Munster[369] and to the magnates of the land he specially enjoined …
H. J. Lawlor—St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh The Godly are in Some Sense Already Blessed
I proceed now to the second aphorism or conclusion, that the godly are in some sense already blessed. The saints are blessed not only when they are apprehended by God, but while they are travellers to glory. They are blessed before they are crowned. This seems a paradox to flesh and blood. What, reproached and maligned, yet blessed! A man that looks upon the children of God with a carnal eye and sees how they are afflicted, and like the ship in the gospel which was covered with waves' (Matthew 8:24), …
Thomas Watson—The Beatitudes: An Exposition of Matthew 5:1-12 Saved by Grace;
OR, A DISCOURSE OF THE GRACE OF GOD: SHOWING-- I. WHAT IT IS TO BE SAVED. II. WHAT IT IS TO BE SAVED BY GRACE. III. WHO THEY AEE THAT ABE SAVED BY GRACE. IV. HOW IT APPEARS THAT THEY ARE SAVED BY GRACE. V. WHAT SHOULD BE THE REASON THAT GOD SHOULD CHOOSE TO SAVE SINNERS BY GRACE RATHER THAN BY ANY OTHER MEANS. ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. THIS admirable Treatise upon the most important of all subjects, that of the soul's salvation, was first published in a pocket volume, in the year 1675. This has …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 Covenanting Performed in Former Ages with Approbation from Above.
That the Lord gave special token of his approbation of the exercise of Covenanting, it belongs to this place to show. His approval of the duty was seen when he unfolded the promises of the Everlasting Covenant to his people, while they endeavoured to perform it; and his approval thereof is continually seen in his fulfilment to them of these promises. The special manifestations of his regard, made to them while attending to the service before him, belonged to one or other, or both, of those exhibitions …
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting Jeremiah
The interest of the book of Jeremiah is unique. On the one hand, it is our most reliable and elaborate source for the long period of history which it covers; on the other, it presents us with prophecy in its most intensely human phase, manifesting itself through a strangely attractive personality that was subject to like doubts and passions with ourselves. At his call, in 626 B.C., he was young and inexperienced, i. 6, so that he cannot have been born earlier than 650. The political and religious …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament Links Jeremiah 50:19 NIVJeremiah 50:19 NLTJeremiah 50:19 ESVJeremiah 50:19 NASBJeremiah 50:19 KJV
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