21 "Set up for yourself roadmarks , Place for yourself guideposts ; Direct your mind to the highway , The way by which you went . Return , O virgin of Israel , Return to these your cities . 22 "How long e will you go here and there , O faithless daughter ? For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth - A woman will encompass a man ." 23 Thus says the Lord of hosts , the God of Israel , "Once again they will speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities when I restore their fortunes , 'The Lord bless you, O abode of righteousness , O holy hill !' 24 "Judah and all its cities will dwell together in it, the farmer and they who go about with flocks . 25 " For I satisfy the weary ones and refresh everyone who languishes ." 26 At this I awoke and looked , and my sleep was pleasant to me.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 31:21-26
Commentary on Jeremiah 31:21-26
(Read Jeremiah 31:21-26)
The way from the bondage of sin to the liberty of God's children, is a high-way. It is plain, it is safe; yet none are likely to walk in it, unless they set their hearts towards it. They are encouraged by the promise of a new, unheard-of, extraordinary thing; a creation, a work of Almighty power; the human nature of Christ, formed and prepared by the power of the Holy Ghost: and this is here mentioned as an encouragement to the Jews to return to their own land. And a comfortable prospect is given them of a happy settlement there. Godliness and honesty God has joined: let no man think to put them asunder, or to make the one atone for the want of the other. In the love and favour of God the weary soul shall find rest, and the sorrowful shall find joy. And what can we see with more satisfaction than the good of Jerusalem, and peace upon Israel?