Jeremia 31:9

Lutherbibel

Sie werden weinend kommen und betend, so will ich sie leiten; ich will sie leiten an den Wasserbächen auf schlichtem Wege, daß sie sich nicht stoßen; denn ich bin Israels Vater, so ist Ephraim mein erstgeborenen Sohn.

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Weinend kommen sie, und betend lasse ich sie wallen; ich will sie zu Wasserflüssen führen auf einer ebenen Straße, da sie nicht anstoßen sollen; denn ich bin Israels Vater, und Ephraim ist mein Erstgeborener.

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come: Jeremiah 3:4, Jeremiah 50:4, Psalms 126:5, Psalms 126:6, Hosea 12:4, Zechariah 12:10, Daniel 9:17, Daniel 9:18, Matthew 5:4, Luke 6:21, Romans 8:26, 2 Corinthians 7:9-11, Hebrews 5:7

supplications: or, favours

I will: Psalms 23:2, Isaiah 35:6-8, Isaiah 41:17-19, Isaiah 43:16-19, Isaiah 49:9-11, Revelation 7:17

in a: Isaiah 40:3, Isaiah 40:4, Isaiah 57:14, Isaiah 63:13, Matthew 3:3, Luke 3:4-6, Hebrews 12:13

for I: Jeremiah 31:20, Jeremiah 3:4, Jeremiah 3:19, Exodus 4:22, Deuteronomy 32:6, 1 Chronicles 29:10, Isaiah 63:16, Isaiah 64:8, Matthew 6:9, 2 Corinthians 6:18, Hebrews 12:23

Ephraim: Ezekiel 34:12-14

Reciprocal: Leviticus 23:29 - that shall Numbers 10:33 - went before Judges 2:4 - the people 1 Samuel 7:2 - lamented Ezra 3:12 - wept Ezra 8:21 - afflict ourselves Job 9:15 - I would Psalms 25:5 - Lead Psalms 51:12 - Restore Psalms 103:13 - Like Psalms 107:7 - he led Proverbs 4:12 - thou shalt Ecclesiastes 7:3 - is better Isaiah 1:2 - I have Isaiah 30:19 - thou shalt Isaiah 42:16 - I will bring Isaiah 43:5 - I will Isaiah 43:20 - to give Isaiah 45:11 - concerning my sons Isaiah 48:21 - they thirsted Isaiah 49:10 - he that Jeremiah 3:21 - A voice Jeremiah 29:12 - General Jeremiah 31:18 - Ephraim Ezekiel 7:16 - mourning Ezekiel 47:8 - and go down Hosea 11:10 - walk Zephaniah 3:18 - gather Malachi 1:6 - if then Malachi 4:2 - ye shall Luke 7:38 - weeping John 10:3 - and leadeth John 11:9 - he stumbleth not John 16:20 - your Romans 9:4 - the adoption 2 Corinthians 7:10 - repentance 1 Thessalonians 3:11 - God James 4:9 - afflicted

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They shall come with weeping,.... For joy, as Kimchi and Ben Melech observe; of which there are instances, Genesis 29:11; so the Jews will come to Christ, and to the Gospel church, as well as into their own land, with joy that they have found the Messiah, and are brought under his government, and into the enjoyment of the privileges of the Gospel, and the possession of their own land; or with tears of repentance for all their sins, original and actual, especially for their sin of unbelief, and rejection of the Messiah; they shall look upon him whom they have pierced, and mourn, when a spirit of grace and supplication is poured out upon them, Zechariah 12:10; with which agrees what follows:

and with supplications will I lead them; to Christ, and his church; and being drawn by the Father, and led by the Spirit, they will come to him with supplications and entreaties for mercy to be showed unto them; particularly for pardoning grace and mercy, and for salvation by him, which they will now see they stand in need of. Some render it, "with favours" n, or mercies; blessings of grace bestowed on them; as a justifying righteousness; remission of sins; adoption; sanctifying grace; a right and title and meetness for eternal life; which are all owing to the free favour and grace of God:

I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters; or, "to rivers of waters" o; to God himself, the fountain of living waters; and his everlasting love, that river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God; and to Christ, the fountain of gardens, and well of living waters; and to those wells of salvation, and fulness of grace, that are in him; and to the Gospel, its doctrines and ordinances, which are the still waters to it, by which the great Shepherd leads his flock. These rivers of waters may denote the blessings of grace which spring from the love of God, and flow through Christ in his word and ordinances, in great abundance; and it is very pleasant and profitable walking by these:

in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble; in a direct way to Christ, without going round about, by works of righteousness done by them, to render them acceptable to him; but they shall go directly to him as they are; or in a plain way, as it is to them that understand it, and in which men, though fools, shall not err: or in a righteous way, a way of righteousness; in a way that leads to Christ for righteousness; and in which men are taught to live soberly, righteously, and godly; and in which, though they may stumble and fall into sin, for "in many things we all offend", James 3:2; yet not stumble at the word, as some do; or at the stumbling stone, Christ, as the Jews' forefathers did; or so as to fall, be broken, and perish, Isaiah 8:14;

for am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn; and so very dear to him, as in Jeremiah 31:20. So the Targum,

"and Ephraim is beloved before me;''

all the blessings of grace which God bestows upon men, whether Jews or Gentiles, all flow from a prior relation he stands in to them; he first takes them into the relation of children, is a father to them in covenant; and then bestows children's blessings and covenant mercies on them. The allusion, perhaps, is to Joseph's having the birthright, and whose younger son, Ephraim, was preferred to Manasseh the elder, 1 Chronicles 5:2. Ephraim intends the same as Israel, the ten tribes, and includes the whole body of the Jewish nation.

n בתחנונים "cum beneficientiis", Tigurine version, Gataker; so Kimchi and Ben Melech. o אל נחלי מים "ad torrentes, vel fluvios aquarum", Munster, Tigurine version, Calvin, Cocceius; "ad fontes aquarum", Schmidt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Weeping - For joy, not for sorrow.

Supplications - The conviction that God is guiding them, encourages them to pray.

Ephraim is My firstborn - The house of Joseph is thus to be restored to its old preeminence.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 31:9. They shall come with weeping — Duly penetrated with a sense of their sins, they shall deeply deplore them; and, while weeping for them, earnestly supplicate God to have mercy upon them.

By the rivers of waters — I will so guide and provide for them in the arid deserts, that they shall find streams of water whenever necessary. Every one knows of how much consequence water is to travellers in the eastern deserts.

Ephraim is my first-born. — Ephraim, being the most considerable, is often put for the whole of the ten tribes.