Jeremiah 31:10 — meaning, Hebrew and Greek word study, commentary
Jeremiah 31:10
Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
properly · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
off
מִמֶּרְחָ֑קmi.mer.Chak
H4801
remoteness · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
say
וְאִמְר֗וּve.'im.Ru
H559
to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
scattered
מְזָרֵ֤הme.za.Reh
H2219
to toss about · verb, piel active participle, masculine singular construct
Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'El
H3478
Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
gather
יְקַבְּצֶ֔נּוּye.ka.be.Tze.nu
H6908
to grasp · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
keep
וּשְׁמָר֖וֹu.she.ma.Ro
H8104
properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
shepherd
כְּרֹעֶ֥הke.ro.'Eh
H7462
to tend a flock · preposition + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
flock
עֶדְרֽוֹed.Ro
H5739
an arrangement · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Cross-references
Isaiah 40:11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those th…
Ezekiel 34:12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver…
Deuteronomy 30:4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch…
Isaiah 66:19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow,…
John 11:52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
Ezekiel 11:16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the co…
Micah 4:6 In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
Zephaniah 3:19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get…
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 31:10-17
This paragraph is much to the same purport with the last, publishing to the world, as well as to the church, the purposes of God's love concerning his people. This is a word of the Lord which the nations must hear, for it is a prophecy of a work of the Lord which the nations cannot but take notice of. Let them hear the prophecy, that they may the better understand and improve the performance; and let those that hear it themselves declare it to others, declare it in the isles afar off. It will be a piece of news that will spread all the world over. it will look very great in history; let us see how it looks in prophecy.
It is foretold, 1. That those who are dispersed shall be brought together…
The tidings of God's interposition in behalf of Israel will arrest the attention of even the uttermost Gentile nations.
He that scattered will gather--He who scattered knows where to find Israel; He who smote can also heal.
keep--not only will gather, but keep safely to the end (Joh 13:1; Joh 17:11).
shepherd-- (Isa 40:11; Eze 34:12-14).
John Gill on Jeremiah 31:10
Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations,.... The Gentiles: who are called upon to hear the word of the Gospel; the word of peace, reconciliation, and salvation by Christ, sent among them by him, for the calling and conversion of them, that they might believe in him, and profess his name:
and declare it in the isles afar off; having heard, received, and embraced the Gospel themselves, it became them to make it known to others; not only to those upon the continent and the isles adjacent, but to those afar off from it; such as these isles of ours, of Great Britain and Ireland; where, blessed be the Lord, this Gospel has been declared to the conversion and comfort of many, and to the glory of C…
Jeremiah 31:10
10. Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
10. Audite sermonem Jehovae, gentes, et annuntiate in insulis e longinquo, et dicite, Qui dispersit Israel congregabit eum, et custodiet tanquam pastor gregem suum.
The Prophet dwells at large on the redemption which was in the opinion of all incredible, especially as so many years had already elapsed; for it was the full extent of human life when the people had been buried, as it were, in their graves for seventy years. Then the length of time alone was sufficient to cut off every hope. No wonder t…
The Church Fathers
(Verse 10) Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, and proclaim it in distant islands, and say: He who scattered Israel will gather him and will watch over him as a shepherd does his flock. Clearly the calling of the nations is shown, with the Scripture saying: Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, and declare it on the islands far away, and say. What do the islands that are far away announce? It is the Lord, who dispersed Israel, who will gather them together. Therefore, it was not by the power of their enemies that they were scattered, but by the will of the Lord. And He will guard them as a shepherd guards his flock. For a good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep (John 10).
The calling of the nations is demonstrated clearly when Scripture says, "Hear the word of the Lord, nations, and announce it to the distant coastlands." What do they announce to the distant coastlands? They announce that "the same Lord who scattered Israel will gather him," showing that it was never in the power of his enemies to scatter Israel, but only in the will of the Lord, "and guard Israel as a shepherd guards his flock," since "the good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep," "for the Lord redeemed Jacob with his own precious blood and freed him from the hands of those who were more powerful or stronger." … "They will come," it continues, no doubt referring to those who were liberated from the hand of the powerful, "and praise their liberator on Mount Zion," that is, in the church, "and stream to the goodness of the Lord of all abundance," which is known not in the fruits and foods of this flesh but in a diversity of virtues.
The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).
Dictionary and topics
Christ, The Shepherd · His sheep: He protects and preserves — His sheep: He protects and preserves
Joy · Of saints is: For deliverance from bondage — Of saints is: For deliverance from bondage
Shepherd · One who — One who
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).
The restoration of Israel. - Jer 31:7. "For thus saith Jahveh: Shout for joy over Jacob, and cry out over the head of the nations! Make known, praise, and say, I Jahveh, save Thy people, the remnant of Israel! Jer 31:8. Behold, I will bring them out of the land of the north, and will gather them from the sides of the earth. Among them are the blind and lame, the woman with child and she that hath born, together; a great company shall they return hither. Jer 31:9. With weeping shall they come, and with supplications will I lead them: I will bring them to streams of water, by a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I have become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born. Jer…
The Lord promised to gather his people from the nations of the world and be their shepherd in place of the wicked shepherds who had led Israel and Judah astray.
Rashi on Jeremiah 31:10
“He Who scattered” (separant in French, separating.
