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Jer 3:1-25.
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Jer 3:1-25.
GOD'S MERCY NOTWITHSTANDING JUDAH'S VILENESS.
Contrary to all precedent in the case of adultery, Jehovah offers a return to Judah, the spiritual adulteress
(Jer 3:1-5).
A new portion of the book, ending with the sixth chapter. Judah worse than Israel; yet both shall be restored in the last days
(Jer 3:6-25).
1. They say--rather, as Hebrew, "saying," in agreement with "the LORD";
Jer 2:37
of last chapter [MAURER]. Or, it is equivalent to, "Suppose this case." Some copyist may have omitted, "The word of the Lord came to me," saying.
shall he return unto her--will he take her back? It was unlawful to do so
(De 24:1-4).
shall not--Should not the land be polluted if this were done?
yet return--
(Jer 3:22; Jer 4:1; Zec 1:3;
compare
Eze 16:51, 58, 60).
"Nevertheless," &c. (see on
Isa 50:1).
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2. 邱壇——偶像崇拜的場所，這些偶像崇拜屬靈的淫亂。
在……道上……等候他們——如妓女一般觀望情人
（Ge 38:14, 21； Pr 7:12; 23:28； Eze 16:24, 25），
又如阿拉伯人埋伏等候旅客。巴勒斯坦以東與以南的曠野阿拉伯人至今仍以搶劫聞名。
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2. high places--the scene of idolatries which were spiritual adulteries.
In . . . ways . . . sat for them--watching for lovers like a prostitute
(Ge 38:14, 21; Pr 7:12; 23:28; Eze 16:24, 25),
and like an Arab who lies in wait for travellers. The Arabs of the desert, east and south of Palestine, are still notorious as robbers.
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3. 露水不降——對巴勒斯坦的莊稼至為重要；作為審判而被扣留
（Le 26:19；
比較
Joe 2:23）。
妓女的額頭——
（Jer 8:12； Eze 3:8）。
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3. no latter rain--essential to the crops in Palestine; withheld in judgment
(Le 26:19;
compare
Joe 2:23).
whore's forehead--
(Jer 8:12; Eze 3:8).
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4. 從今以後——並非如 MICHAELIS 所認為的，指前一年（即約西亞第十二年）開始的改革；其意為——如今立即，如今終於。
我——與他們從前稱為「父」的「木頭」相對
(耶 2:27； 路 15:18)。
你是——宜作「你曾是」。
幼年引導你的——即丈夫
(耶 2:2； 箴 2:17； 何 2:7, 15)。
丈夫與父親是最親密的兩種關係。
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4. from this time--not referring, as MICHAELIS thinks, to the reformation begun the year before, that is, the twelfth of Josiah; it means--now at once, now at last.
me--contrasted with the "stock" whom they had heretofore called on as "father"
(Jer 2:27; Lu 15:18).
thou art--rather, "thou wast."
guide of . . . youth--that is, husband
(Jer 2:2; Pr 2:17; Ho 2:7, 15).
Husband and father are the two most endearing of ties.
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5. 他——前文一直是第二人稱「你」。轉為第三人稱暗示神被推到離他們更遠的距離；他們沒有悔改、離棄偶像，只是懇求刑罰不要繼續。
耶 3:12
與詩 103:9
在他們悔改的情況下回答了他們的問題。
說了又——宜作（神對他們的回答）：「你說了（如此），卻（始終）行了惡」等。
盡力——即竭盡所能；以不可救藥的頑固〔CALVIN〕。
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5. he--"thou," the second person, had preceded. The change to the third person implies a putting away of God to a greater distance from them; instead of repenting and forsaking their idols, they merely deprecate the continuance of their punishment.
Jer 3:12 and Ps 103:9,
answer their question in the event of their penitence.
spoken and--rather (God's reply to them), "Thou hast spoken (thus), and yet (all the while) thou hast done evil," &c.
as thou couldest--with all thy might; with incorrigible persistency [CALVIN].
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6. Jer 3:6-6:30 是一篇新的講章，發表於約西亞在位年間。全段分為兩部分：前一部分延至 Jer 4:3，其中他以以色列的厄運為鑑戒警告猶大，卻又應許以色列終將復興；後一部分則是巴比倫入侵的威脅。由於尼波普拉撒於主前 625 年建立巴比倫帝國，即約西亞第十七年，這段預言可能不早於該年（Jer 4:5 等；Jer 5:14 等；Jer 6:1 等；Jer 22:1-30）；且大概不晚於同一次改革在第十八年所行的全面整頓。
背道——字面意思是「叛教」；不僅僅是叛教者，而是叛教本身，即其本質（Jer 3:14、22）。
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6.
Jer 3:6-6:30,
is a new discourse, delivered in Josiah's reign. It consists of two parts, the former extending to
Jer 4:3,
in which he warns Judah from the example of Israel's doom, and yet promises Israel final restoration; the latter a threat of Babylonian invasion; as Nabopolassar founded the Babylonian empire, 625 B.C., the seventeenth of Josiah, this prophecy is perhaps not earlier than that date
(Jer 4:5, &c.; Jer 5:14, &c.; Jer 6:1, &c.; Jer 22:1-30);
and probably not later than the second thorough reformation in the eighteenth year of the same reign.
backsliding--literally, "apostasy"; not merely apostate, but apostasy itself, the essence of it
(Jer 3:14, 22).
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7. 我說——
(2Ki 17:13)。
姊姊——
(Eze 16:46；23:2, 4)。
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7. I said--
(2Ki 17:13).
sister--
(Eze 16:46; 23:2, 4).
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8. 我看見，雖然（既然）正因這緣故——即因為背道（叛教）的以色列犯了淫亂，我已經休了她（2Ki 17:6、18），並給她休書——然而猶大……（Eze 23:11 等）。
休書——字面作「切斷之書」。複數暗示決裂的徹底。此處如前一篇講章（Jer 3:1）一樣使用這比喻，暗示兩篇講章之間的密切關聯。那些形容詞各有特徵：以色列是「叛教的」（希伯來文「背道」一詞如此翻譯更佳）；猶大則尚未完全叛教，而是詭詐或不忠。
也——她自己也是，如同以色列一樣。
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8. I saw that, though (whereas) it was for this very reason (namely), because backsliding (apostate) Israel had committed adultery I had put her away
(2Ki 17:6, 18),
and given her a bill of divorce, yet Judah, &c.
(Eze 23:11,
&c.).
bill of divorce--literally, "a writing of cuttings off." The plural implies the completeness of the severance. The use of this metaphor here, as in the former discourse
(Jer 3:1),
implies a close connection between the discourses. The epithets are characteristic; Israel "apostate" (as the Hebrew for "backsliding" is better rendered); Judah, not as yet utterly apostate, but treacherous or faithless.
also--herself also, like Israel.
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9. 這——有人將本節論到猶大，因
Jer 3:8
末了是指著猶大。但
Jer 3:10
卻將猶大與本節的以色列對比。「雖然如此」，是指以色列那可悲的鑑戒；若
Jer 3:9
是指猶大，那麼
Jer 3:10
便會寫作「她」，而非「猶大」。譯作：「這事（以色列被休）之所以發生，是因……淫亂；並且（即因為）她（以色列）玷污了那地」云云〔MAURER〕。然而英文譯本也可解作指以色列。
輕忽——「醜名」〔EWALD〕。MAURER 則從希伯來文詞根譯作「聲音」、「名聲」，較為不妥。
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9. it--Some take this verse of Judah, to whom the end of
Jer 3:8
refers. But
Jer 3:10
puts Judah in contrast to Israel in this verse. "Yet for all this," referring to the sad example of Israel; if
Jer 3:9
referred to Judah, "she" would have been written in
Jer 3:10,
not "Judah." Translate, "It (the putting away of Israel) had come to pass through . . . whoredom; and (that is, for) she (Israel) had defiled the land" &c. [MAURER]. English Version, however, may be explained to refer to Israel.
lightness--"infamy." [EWALD]. MAURER not so well takes it from the Hebrew root, "voice," "fame."
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10. 雖然——儘管以色列叛教帶來致命後果的事例已作了鑑戒。
不……誠心——約西亞第十八年的改革在百姓方面並不徹底，因他死後他們便重新陷入偶像崇拜（2Ch 34:33；Ho 7:14）。
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10. yet--notwithstanding the lesson given in Israel's case of the fatal results of apostasy.
not . . . whole heart--The reformation in the eighteenth year of Josiah was not thorough on the part of the people, for at his death they relapsed into idolatry
(2Ch 34:33; Ho 7:14).
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11. 有理——因猶大罪上加罪，顯得以色列幾乎有理（即相對無辜）。猶大在其罪上還加上虛偽和詭詐，且有以色列為前車之鑑，卻仍徒然（參
Eze 16:51; 23:11)。
勝過——與……相比。
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11. justified herself--has been made to appear almost just (that is, comparatively innocent) by the surpassing guilt of Judah, who adds hypocrisy and treachery to her sin; and who had the example of Israel to warn her, but in vain (compare
Eze 16:51; 23:11).
more than--in comparison with.
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12. 去——並非實際前往；而是轉向北方宣告（瑪代和亞述，十支派被提革拉毘列色和撒縵以色安置之處，
2Ki 15:29; 17:6; 18:9, 11)。
回轉……背道——希伯來文作 Shubah、Meshubah，讀音上的文字遊戲。為激發猶大敬虔的嫉妒
(Ro 11:14)，
耶和華以充滿愛的呼召對被擄的以色列十支派說話。
使……怒氣落下——字面作「我必不讓我的臉面落下」（參
Ge 4:5, 6； Job 29:3)，
即我必不繼續向你皺眉。
存——當補上「怒氣」（見
Jer 3:5
之註解）。
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12. Go--not actually; but turn and proclaim towards the north (Media and Assyria, where the ten tribes were located by Tiglath-pileser and Shalmaneser,
2Ki 15:29; 17:6; 18:9, 11).
Return . . . backsliding--Hebrew, Shubah, Meshubah, a play on sounds. In order to excite Judah to godly jealousy
(Ro 11:14),
Jehovah addresses the exiled ten tribes of Israel with a loving invitation.
cause . . . anger to fall--literally, "I will not let fall My countenance" (compare
Ge 4:5, 6; Job 29:3),
that is, I will not continue to frown on you.
keep--"anger" is to be supplied (see on
Jer 3:5).
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13. 只要承認——
(De 30:1, 3； Pr 28:13)。
分撒你的道路云云——
(Jer 2:25)。
他們敬拜的對象不僅是伯特利的牛犢，更是各個方向的偶像
(Eze 16:15, 24, 25)。
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13. Only acknowledge--
(De 30:1, 3; Pr 28:13).
scattered thy ways, &c.--
(Jer 2:25).
Not merely the calves at Beth-el, but the idols in every direction, were the objects of their worship
(Eze 16:15, 24, 25).
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14. 我作——字面作「我是主」，即作你們的丈夫（參
Jer 31:32；
參
Ho 2:19, 20； Isa 54:5)。
GESENIUS 根據七十士譯本對
Jer 31:32
的翻譯，以及保羅的引用
(Heb 8:9)， 譯作「我已經棄絕你們」；相應的阿拉伯文詞以及主權的概念，可以過渡為輕看，進而棄絕。但七十士譯本在本段經文譯作「我必作你們的主」。而且「因為」在英文譯本中比在 GESENIUS 的譯本中有力得多。希伯來文幾乎不容譯作雖然〔HENGSTENBERG〕。
從一城取一人——即使在一個（外邦）城中只有一兩個以色列人，也不會被忘記；所有人都要歸回
(Am 9:9)。
照樣，在屬靈的以色列中，神在此處收一個歸信者，在彼處收另一個，進入祂的教會；連最小的一個也不失喪
(Mt 18:14； Ro 11:5；
參
Jer 24:5-7)。
宗族——即一個氏族或支派。
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14. I am married--literally, "I am Lord," that is, husband to you (so
Jer 31:32;
compare
Ho 2:19, 20; Isa 54:5).
GESENIUS, following the Septuagint version of
Jer 31:32,
and Paul's quotation of it
(Heb 8:9),
translates, "I have rejected you"; so the corresponding Arabic, and the idea of lordship, may pass into that of looking down upon, and so rejecting. But the Septuagint in this passage translates, "I will be Lord over you." And the "for" has much more force in English Version than in that of GESENIUS. The Hebrew hardly admits the rendering though [HENGSTENBERG].
take you one of a city--Though but one or two Israelites were in a (foreign) city, they shall not be forgotten; all shall be restored
(Am 9:9).
So, in the spiritual Israel, God gathers one convert here, another there, into His Church; not the least one is lost
(Mt 18:14; Ro 11:5;
compare
Jer 24:5-7).
family--a clan or tribe.
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15. 牧者——並非宗教上的，而是民事上的統治者，如所羅巴伯、尼希米
(Jer 23:4; 2:8)。
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15. pastors--not religious, but civil rulers, as Zerubbabel, Nehemiah
(Jer 23:4; 2:8).
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16. 他們不再說——猶大人不再因擁有約櫃而誇口；約櫃也不再被記念，因為新時代的福氣將如此浩大。主自己親自臨在的寶座，必使約櫃和二基路伯之間的施恩座——神先前的寶座——黯然失色，甚至被人遺忘。藏有兩塊法版的約櫃，在巴比倫被擄時消失，也未被恢復於第二聖殿之中，暗示那象徵性的「榮耀」將被「更大的榮耀」所取代
(Hag 2:9)。
也不……造訪它——寧可譯為「也不再被記念」（與
Jer 23:4
相同）。
造——寧可譯為「也不再製造（即恢復）它了」
[MAURER]。
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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 restored) any more" [MAURER].
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17. 耶路撒冷——指全城，不僅限於聖殿。正如她素來是希伯來神權政體的中心，將來她也必成為吸引全地的中心
（賽二2-4；亞二10-11、14-21）。
耶和華的寶座——舍金納（Shekinah），象徵神對以色列特殊的親近
（申四7）
將被其本體所超越——即神親自在耶路撒冷設立寶座
（詩二6、8；結三十四23-24；亞二5）。
想像——不如按旁註譯作「頑梗」或「執拗」。
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17. Jerusalem--the whole city, not merely the temple. As it has been the center of the Hebrew theocracy, so it shall be the point of attraction to the whole earth
(Isa 2:2-4; Zec 2:10, 11; 14:16-21).
throne of . . . Lord--The Shekinah, the symbol of God's peculiar nearness to Israel
(De 4:7)
shall be surpassed by the antitype, God's own throne in Jerusalem
(Ps 2:6, 8; Eze 34:23, 24; Zec 2:5).
imagination--rather, as Margin, "the obstinacy" or stubbornness.
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18. 猶大……以色列……一同——以色列的背道與猶大的背道，這兩件事都被預言了
（耶三8、10）。
自從巴比倫被擄以來，兩者從未合一；因此其共同的復興必仍在未來
（賽十一12-13；結三十七16-22；何一11）。
北方——
（耶三12）。
地……為業——
（摩九15）。
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18. Judah . . . Israel . . . together--Two distinct apostasies, that of Israel and that of Judah, were foretold
(Jer 3:8, 10).
The two have never been united since the Babylonish captivity; therefore their joint restoration must be still future
(Isa 11:12, 13; Eze 37:16-22; Ho 1:11).
north--
(Jer 3:12).
land . . . given . . . inheritance--
(Am 9:15).
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19. 與亞伯拉罕立約所應許的美地必歸還給他的後裔。但問題是：這事將如何成就？
放在……兒女之中——希臘文的收納為兒子，字面意思就是「放在眾子之中」。
兒女——即我的兒女。「我怎能將你重新接納入我的家中，在你長久為偶像離棄我之後？」答案是：他們要承認祂為「父」，不再背離祂。神以一個驚奇怎能有如此絕望的叛道者被恢復到祂家中並享受其特權之人的口吻說話（參
Eze 37:3；
CALVIN理解為：亞伯拉罕的後裔怎能重新繁衍，因他們彷彿已經死了）；然而祂的旨意既已如此定規，祂就指明將如何成就，即：他們要從祂領受收納為兒子的靈，呼叫「我的父」
(Joh 1:12; Ga 4:6)。
選民在神旨意中早已是「兒女」；這是此後這關係得以實現的基礎
(Eph 1:5; Heb 2:13)。
佳美之地——
(Jer 11:5; Eze 20:6; Da 11:16，《邊註》)。
萬軍的產業——即萬國中最美好的產業
[MAURER]；
或作「為強大列國所佔據的產業」
(De 4:38; Am 2:9)。
若譯作「輝煌」而非「萬軍」，則與以下事實相悖：希伯來文中「輝煌」一詞不用複數。
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19. The good land covenanted to Abraham is to be restored to his seed. But the question arises, How shall this be done?
put . . . among . . . children--the Greek for adoption means, literally, "putting among the sons."
the children--that is, My children. "How shall I receive thee back into My family, after thou hast so long forsaken Me for idols?" The answer is, they would acknowledge Him as "Father," and no longer turn away from Him. God assumes the language of one wondering how so desperate apostates could be restored to His family and its privileges (compare
Eze 37:3;
CALVIN makes it, How the race of Abraham can be propagated again, being as it were dead); yet as His purpose has decreed it so, He shows how it shall be effected, namely, they shall receive from Him the spirit of adoption to cry, "My Father"
(Joh 1:12; Ga 4:6).
The elect are "children" already in God's purpose; this is the ground of the subsequent realization of this relationship
(Eph 1:5; Heb 2:13).
pleasant land--
(Jer 11:5; Eze 20:6; Da 11:16,
Margin).
heritage of . . . hosts--a heritage the most goodly of all nations [MAURER]; or a "heritage possessed by powerful hosts"
(De 4:38; Am 2:9).
The rendering "splendors," instead of "hosts," is opposed by the fact that the Hebrew for "splendor" is not found in the plural.
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20. 誠然——寧可譯為「但是」。
丈夫——直譯為「朋友」。
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20. Surely--rather, "But."
husband--literally, "friend."
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21. 與前文神的應許相應，以色列悔改的認罪得以聽見。
高處——他們拜偶像之處，也是他們認罪之處。試比較耶三23，在那裡他們揚棄對這些偶像高處的信靠。這也暗示他們的悔改是公開的（參耶七29，四十八38）。
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21. In harmony with the preceding promises of God, the penitential confessions of Israel are heard.
high places--The scene of their idolatries is the scene of their confessions. Compare
Jer 3:23,
in which they cast aside their trust in these idolatrous high places. The publicity of their penitence is also implied (compare
Jer 7:29; 48:38).
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22. 耶和華再次的邀請
(Jer 3:12, 14)
與他們立刻的回應。
醫治——赦免
(2Ch 30:18, 20； Ho 14:4)。
向你——當譯作「順服你」；字面作「為你」
[ROSENMULLER]。
英文原文
22. Jehovah's renewed invitation
(Jer 3:12, 14)
and their immediate response.
heal--forgive
(2Ch 30:18, 20; Ho 14:4).
unto thee--rather, "in obedience to thee"; literally, "for thee" [ROSENMULLER].
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23. 多山——即在山上敬拜的眾多神明
（參
Ps 121:1, 2，
旁註)。
英文原文
23. multitude of mountains--that is, the multitude of gods worshipped on them (compare
Ps 121:1, 2,
Margin).
24
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24. 羞恥——即偶像，敬拜它們只使我們蒙羞
(Jer 11:13； Ho 9:10)。
不但沒有為我們帶來「拯救」，反而耗去我們的牲畜，甚至我們的兒女——我們將他們獻給了偶像。
英文原文
24. shame--that is, the idols, whose worship only covers us with shame
(Jer 11:13; Ho 9:10).
So far from bringing us "salvation," they have cost us our cattle and even our children, whom we have sacrificed to them.
25
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25.
（拉九7）。
英文原文
25.
(Ezr 9:7).
Jer 3:1-25.
神的憐憫不因猶大的卑劣而止息
與一切姦淫案件的慣例相反，耶和華竟向屬靈的淫婦猶大提出歸回的邀請
（Jer 3:1-5）。
這是本書新的一段，以第六章結束。猶大比以色列更壞；然而二者在末後的日子都必歸回
（Jer 3:6-25）。
1. 人若——更確切地說，按《希伯來文》作「說」，與「耶和華」相配合；即上一章的
Jer 2:37
〔MAURER〕。或作「假設這種情形」解。可能有抄寫者遺漏了「耶和華的話臨到我」說。
他豈可再歸向他——他會接納她嗎？這樣做是不合法的
（De 24:1-4）。
豈不——若如此行，那地豈不被玷污了嗎？
還歸——
（Jer 3:22； Jer 4:1； Zec 1:3；
比較
Eze 16:51, 58, 60）。
「然而」等（參見
Isa 50:1）。