Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
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Gill's Exposition
Return, ye backsliding children,.... This is the call of the Jews to repentance in the latter day; See Gill on Jer 3:14.
and I will heal your backslidings; that is, I will forgive your sins. Sins…
Barnes' Notes
Yahweh’s answer to their prayer in Jer 3:21 is immediately followed by their acceptance of the offer of divine mercy. For - Rather, because ... This profession of faith gives the reason why they…
Here is, I. The charge God exhibits against Israel for their treacherous departures from him, Jer 3:20. As an adulterous wife elopes from her husband, so have they gone a whoring from God. They were…
Cambridge Bible
God's reply to the lamentation and expressions of repentance. The Hebrew is striking in its play on the word turn, Turn, ye turnedchildren; I will heal your turnings. Cp. Jer 3:3; Hos 14:4.
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