Jeremias 32

Jeremias 32

Vernon McGee - Now Jehovah is delivering Judah unto judgment. In a future day, He will deliver them in mercy—this is His promise. When we go to God and let Him know how we feel, He will encourage our hearts as He did for Jeremiah. Oh, my friend, He wants you to come to Him. The day is very dark for Judah, but God allows Jeremiah to look down through the tunnel to where light can be seen at the other end. In chapter 33 God confirms and reaffirms the covenant that He made with David. There is a day coming when He will restore the people to the land of Israel and to fellowship with Himself. I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul - This is the only time this dual expression, heart and soul, is used of God. With all My heart and all My soul is an amazing anthropomorphism which echoes the very attitude He called for from His Chosen People in Deut 6:5 = "you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might." In Hebrew psychology these two terms would be a comprehensive expression of a person’s total being. The point is clear that the Almighty God is faithful and "personally passionate" (totally devoted in heart, will, and emotions) about planting His chosen people Israel (the believing remnant) in the literal Land He promised to their ancestors.