Jeremiah 31:7-14

Jeremiah 31:7-14 Jeremiah 31:7-9

Jeremiah 31:7-14
(Jeremiah 31:7-9)
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Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Hebrew Interlinear Bible, WLCv, WLC5, CHES, AV.
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- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
- III.VIII.2, V.XXXIV.3, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- Chapter XIX, On Baptism, Tertullian (c. 198)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
  - "By these temporal benefits he means the spiritual graces which are in the Church, and of which there would ever be plenty, Isa 58:11,12."
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
  - "It is comfortable to observe the goodness of the Lord in the gifts of providence. But our souls are never valuable as gardens, unless watered with the dews of God's Spirit and grace."
- From Wesley's Notes.
  - "A watered garden - They shall be a beautiful, flourishing, and growing people. Soul seems here to be taken for the whole man."
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
  - "Prayer does not move God to grant our wishes, but when God has determined to grant our wishes, He puts it into our hearts to pray for the thing desired."
Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary, Jeremiah 31:7-9, Anathea Portier-Young, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015.
  - "Jeremiah's oracle promises salvation for the scattered remnant of Israel, return from exile, and joyful homecoming."
- Commentary, Jeremiah 31:7-14, Carolyn J Sharp, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015.
  - "This beautiful mÃ©lange of promise oracles asserts the power of the Lord to gather those Judeans who have experienced forced migration and captivity."
- Commentary, Jeremiah 31:7-14, Ingrid Lilly, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2014.
  - "With love for the lost, Jeremiah imagined his way into exile. With hope for life outside of the city, Jeremiah's willingness to be skeptical gave him the power to see forward."
- Perception of Grace, Melissa Tidwell, Upper Room Books, 2014.
- Commentary, Jeremiah 31:7-9, Amy Erickson, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
  - "God's act of gathering the people back to the land restores them to blessing but not necessarily to power, at least in a traditional sense."
- Commentary, Jeremiah 31:7-14, Terence E. Fretheim, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2010.
  - "It is notable that the language of creation is drawn so strongly into this response to the saving work of God. Salvation is not simply for people; salvation is also for the land and for all of its creatures (devastated earlier, see Jeremiah 9:10)."
- Commentary, Jeremiah 31:7-14, J. Clinton McCann, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
  - "The fact that God stayed faithful to a people who had turned away from God means that the "new covenant" (31:31) is grounded in grace (cf. 31:34, also 31:3, 20)."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- Jeremiah 31:7-14 (Christmas 2), The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary,Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia.
  - "In a world overwhelmed by the prosaic accounts of war and death that come with nauseating regularity over our TVs or radios, maybe we need to hear again the poetry in the incarnation."
- Jeremiah 31:7-14 (Christmas 2), Jeremiah 31:7-9 (Pentecost 20), Studies on Old Testament texts from Series B, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
- Jeremiah 31:7-14 (Christmas 2), Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
  - "As God cared for, guided, and restored Israel so God continues to care for us, guide us and offer salvation not because we have earned it, but because of God's continuing gracious love."
- Lectionary Commentary, Jeremiah 31:7-14, Second Sunday after Christmas, by Dennis Bratcher at Christian Resource Institute.
  - "This is the season of celebration in the Christian year in which we rejoice at the love and grace represented by the Incarnation. But it is also a time to begin reflecting on the nature of the community that is called into being by such an act of God in the world."
- Environmental & earth-centered reflections, Rev John Gibbs, from the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota Environmental Stewardship Commission.
  - "Here is a People at home in the world. They experience brooks and paths as gifts from God. For them it is a homecoming to God to receive bountiful produce of the land."
Recommended articles from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are linked below. ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Nielsen, Glenn, "Homiletical Helps on LW Series B - Epistles," Concordia Journal, 2007. (Section on this text begins on p. 421.)
  EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
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- Patterson, Richard D., "Parental Love as a Metaphor for Divine-Human Love," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2003.
  EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
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- O'Connor, Kathleeen M., "Rekindling Life, Igniting Hope," Journal for Preachers, 2007.
  EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
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- Pohl, Christine D., "Homeward Bound," The Christian Century, 2005.
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- Rogers, John B., Jr., "Expository Article: Jeremiah 31:7-14," Interpretation, 1988.
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- Sholis, Barbara, "Course Correction," The Christian Century, 2002.
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- Yates, Gary E., "Narrative Parallelism and the 'Jehoiakim Frame': A Reading Strategy for Jeremiah 26-45," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2005.
  EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
  EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
Sermons:
With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Christmas 2, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2015. 2014 2011.
- "Storypath Lectionary Links: Connecting Children's Literature with our Faith Story," January 4, 2015, Union Presbyterian Seminary. Connections: Jeremiah 31:7-14 and The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant, Ephesians 1:3-14 and Johnny Appleseed by Jodie Shepherd, John 1:(1-9) 10-18 and Katie and the Puppy Next Door by John Himmelman.2014 2011
- "Listen to Me, You Nations Nearby or Across the Sea," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
Drama:
Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art, Jeremiah 31:8, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Jeremiah 31:10, 12. The Cyber Hymnal.
Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Jeremiah
Study Links and Resources for the Book of Jeremiah