Jeremiah 3:16

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 the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
multiplied	תִרְבּוּ֩ tir.Bu	H7235	to increase (in whatever respect) · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural
increased	וּפְרִיתֶ֨ם u.fe.ri.Tem	H6509	to bear fruit (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
land	בָּאָ֜רֶץ ba.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
days	בַּיָּמִ֤ים bai.ya.Mim	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
saith	נְאֻם ne.'um-	H5002	an oracle · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title

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Cross-references

Amos 9:14-15 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant v…
Isaiah 65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
Ezekiel 37:26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them,…
Isaiah 66:1-2 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the plac…
Hosea 1:10-11 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass,…
Zechariah 8:4-5 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his h…
Isaiah 60:22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.
Isaiah 61:4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 3:12-19

Here is a great deal of gospel in these verses, both that which was always gospel, God's readiness to pardon sin and to receive and entertain returning repenting sinners, and those blessings which were in a special manner reserved for gospel times, the forming and founding of the gospel church by bringing into it the children of God that were scattered abroad, the superseding of the ceremonial law, and the uniting of Jews and Gentiles, typified by the uniting of Israel and Judah in their return out of captivity. The prophet is directed to proclaim these words towards the north, for they are a call to backsliding Israel, the ten tribes that were carried captive into Assyria, which lay north f…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 3:16

they shall say no more--The Jews shall no longer glory in the possession of the ark; it shall not be missed, so great shall be the blessings of the new dispensation. The throne of the Lord, present Himself, shall eclipse and put out of mind the ark of the covenant and the mercy seat between the cherubim, God's former throne. The ark, containing the two tables of the law, disappeared at the Babylonian captivity, and was not restored to the second temple, implying that the symbolical "glory" was to be superseded by a "greater glory" (Hag 2:9). neither . . . visit it--rather, "neither shall it be missed" (so in Jer 23:4). done--rather, "neither shall it (the ark) be made (that is, be restor…

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John Gill on Jeremiah 3:16

And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land,.... That is, when the number of the disciples and followers of Christ, and true believers in him, shall be multiplied and increased in the land of Judea, and in the Gentile world also, under the ministry of the above said pastors, apostles, and ministers of the Gospel, who should be succeeded everywhere, as they were; see Acts 6:1, in those days, saith the Lord of hosts, they shall say no more, the ark of the covenant of the Lord; because the antitype of it would be come, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Word that is made flesh and dwelt among men; and in whom the Shechinah, or divine Majesty, dwells in a more glorious ma…

Dictionary and topics

Ark · OF THE COVENANT — OF THE COVENANT

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 3:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 3:12-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 3:16

John Gill on Jeremiah 3:16

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Jeremiah 3:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 3:12-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 3:16

John Gill on Jeremiah 3:16

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Jeremiah 3:16

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 3:16-17

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 3:16

Rashi on Jeremiah 3:16