Jeremiah 3:22
"Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God."

Commentary

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 are the diseases of the soul, and the wounds made in it; and pardoning them is healing them. So the Targum, "I will forgive you when ye return;'' see Psa

103:3 , this is done by the application of the blood of Christ, the only physician, and whose blood is the balm that heals every wound; and this springs from the love of God, and his free favour to his people, even the riches of his grace and abounding mercy through Christ; and is the great motive and inducement, and what gives the greatest encouragement to return unto the Lord, Hos 14:1 . Behold, we come unto thee; the Targum represents this as what the Jews pretended always to say, and did say, in a hypocritical manner, with which they are upbraided, "lo, at all times ye say, we return to thy worship, save us;'' and Jarchi is of opinion that these are words the prophet put into their mouths, and taught them to say, and to confess in this manner: but they are rather their own words, arising from a true sense of sin, under the influence of divine grace, and encouraged with the hope and assurance of pardon; declaring that as they were called upon to return, so they did return, and now were come to God by repentance, with confession and acknowledgment of sin, and by prayer and supplication for pardon and by the exercise of faith upon him for it; and also were come into his house to wait upon him, and worship him in his ordinances: for thou art the Lord our God; not merely as the God of nature and providence, or in a natural way, but in a way of special grace, of which they now will have an application by the Spirit of God.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (11 words)

H7725 שׁוּב
Definition:

33+, 3 feminine singularשָׁ֫בָהRuth 1:15+,וְשָׁבַתconsecutiveEzekiel 46:17(Ges§ 72o, but Co Toy Kraeוְשֶׁבָה), 2 masculine singularשַׁבְתָּPsalm 85:2, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיָשׁוּבHosea 11: 33+, 3 feminine singularשָׁ֫בָהRuth 1:15+,וְשָׁבַתconsecutiveEzekiel 46:17(Ges§ 72o, but Co Toy Kraeוְשֶׁבָה), 2 masculine singularשַׁבְתָּPsalm 85:2, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיָשׁוּבHosea 11:

Possible Meanings:
  • turn back (semantic_range)
  • return (semantic_range)
  • turn back (semantic_range)
  • return (semantic_range)
  • turn back (semantic_range)
H1121 בֵּן
Definition:

25+;ֵ˜בּןֿEzekiel 18:10; constructבֵּןGenesis 49:22(twice in verse);בֶּןֿGenesis 5:32+;בֶּןEsther 2:5;Nehemiah 6:18, & with prefixGenesis 17:17;Numbers 8:25;1 Chronicles 27:23; 2Chronicles 25:5; 31:16 25+;ֵ˜בּןֿEzekiel 18:10; constructבֵּןGenesis 49:22(twice in verse);בֶּןֿGenesis 5:32+;בֶּןEsther 2:5;Nehemiah 6:18, & with prefixGenesis 17:17;Numbers 8:25;1 Chronicles 27:23; 2Chronicles 25:5; 31:16

Possible Meanings:
  • son (semantic_range)
  • son (semantic_range)
  • children (semantic_range)
  • youth (semantic_range)
  • young men (semantic_range)
H7726 שׁוֹבָב
Definition:

17; pluralשׁוּבוּ בָּנִיםשׁוֺבָבִיםJeremiah 3:14,22. —שׁובביםJeremiah 50:6Kt < Qrשׁוֺבְבוּםᵐ5Comm., compare √Po`l.Topical LexiconSemantic Scope and Nuancesשׁוֹבָב depicts a moral defection rather than 17; pluralשׁוּבוּ בָּנִיםשׁוֺבָבִיםJeremiah 3:14,22. —שׁובביםJeremiah 50:6Kt < Qrשׁוֺבְבוּםᵐ5Comm., compare √Po`l.Topical LexiconSemantic Scope and Nuancesשׁוֹבָב depicts a moral defection rather than

Possible Meanings:
  • backturning (semantic_range)
  • apostate (semantic_range)
H7495 רָפָא
Definition:

10, suffixוּרְפָאָםIsaiah 19:22, 1singular suffix consecutiveוּרְפָאתִיוIsaiah 57:19, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִרְמָּא2 Kings 20:8+, suffixיִרְמָּאֵנוּHosea 6:1, 1singularאֶרְמָּאHosea 14:5+, 10, suffixוּרְפָאָםIsaiah 19:22, 1singular suffix consecutiveוּרְפָאתִיוIsaiah 57:19, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִרְמָּא2 Kings 20:8+, suffixיִרְמָּאֵנוּHosea 6:1, 1singularאֶרְמָּאHosea 14:5+,

Possible Meanings:
  • heal (semantic_range)
  • heal (semantic_range)
  • be healed (semantic_range)
  • have healed (semantic_range)
  • heal (semantic_range)
H4878 מְשׁוּבָה
Definition:

6+; constructמְשׁוּבַתProverbs 1:32; suffixמְשׁוּבָתָםHosea 14:5; plural suffixמְשׁוּבֹתֵיכֶםJeremiah 3:22, etc.; —backturning, apostasy, of Israel,Hosea 14:5,מְשׁוּבָתִיHosea 11:7apostasy from me(si 6+; constructמְשׁוּבַתProverbs 1:32; suffixמְשׁוּבָתָםHosea 14:5; plural suffixמְשׁוּבֹתֵיכֶםJeremiah 3:22, etc.; —backturning, apostasy, of Israel,Hosea 14:5,מְשׁוּבָתִיHosea 11:7apostasy from me(si

Possible Meanings:
  • turning back (semantic_range)
H2005 הֵן
Definition:

9,24;Job 8:19,20;Job 13:1;Job 26:14;Job 33:6,12,29;Job 36:5,22,26;הֵןֿJob 13:15;Job 36:30;Job 41:1+)demonstrative adverborinterjectionlo! behold(on etymology seeהִנֵּה), less widely used thanהִנֵּה, a 9,24;Job 8:19,20;Job 13:1;Job 26:14;Job 33:6,12,29;Job 36:5,22,26;הֵןֿJob 13:15;Job 36:30;Job 41:1+)demonstrative adverborinterjectionlo! behold(on etymology seeהִנֵּה), less widely used thanהִנֵּה, a

Possible Meanings:
  • if (semantic_range)
  • whether (semantic_range)
H0857 אָתָה
Definition:

2;אָתָאIsaiah 21:12see Ges§ 75R. 22; 1 pluralאָתָנוּJeremiah 3:22;ImperfectיֶאֱתֶהJob 37:22;Proverbs 1:27;וַיֵּתֵאDeuteronomy 33:21(=וַיֶּאֱתֶהcompare Di Köi. 577),וַיַּאתIsaiah 41:25; suffixוַיֶּאֱתָ 2;אָתָאIsaiah 21:12see Ges§ 75R. 22; 1 pluralאָתָנוּJeremiah 3:22;ImperfectיֶאֱתֶהJob 37:22;Proverbs 1:27;וַיֵּתֵאDeuteronomy 33:21(=וַיֶּאֱתֶהcompare Di Köi. 577),וַיַּאתIsaiah 41:25; suffixוַיֶּאֱתָ

Possible Meanings:
  • come (semantic_range)
  • come (semantic_range)
  • bring (semantic_range)
  • be brought (semantic_range)
H3588 כִּי
Definition:

Phoenicianכ. Probably from the same demonstrative basis found inhere, and in certain pronouns, as Aramaicדֵּךְthis(WSG 110 f.); perhaps also ultimately akin withthat, in order that, andthen, enclitic, Phoenicianכ. Probably from the same demonstrative basis found inhere, and in certain pronouns, as Aramaicדֵּךְthis(WSG 110 f.); perhaps also ultimately akin withthat, in order that, andthen, enclitic,

Possible Meanings:
  • for (semantic_range)
  • when (semantic_range)
  • when (semantic_range)
H0859 אַתָּה
Definition:

11,19 #NAME?אַתָּ1 Samuel 24:19;Psalm 6:4;Job 1:10;Ecclesiastes 7:22;Nehemiah 9:6. Appended to a verb for emphasis,Exodus 18:19(twice in verse);1 Samuel 17:56שְׁאַל אַתָּהinquirethou,1 Samuel 20:8;1 S 11,19 #NAME?אַתָּ1 Samuel 24:19;Psalm 6:4;Job 1:10;Ecclesiastes 7:22;Nehemiah 9:6. Appended to a verb for emphasis,Exodus 18:19(twice in verse);1 Samuel 17:56שְׁאַל אַתָּהinquirethou,1 Samuel 20:8;1 S

Possible Meanings:
  • come (semantic_range)
  • come (semantic_range)
  • bring (semantic_range)
  • be brought (semantic_range)
H3068 יְהוָֹה
Definition:

7;Leviticus 24:11יהוהwas regarded as anomen ineffabile(see Philode Vita Mosis iii. 519, 529), called by the Jewsהַשֵּׁםand by the Samaritansשׁימא. The pronunciationJehovahwas unknown until 1520, when 7;Leviticus 24:11יהוהwas regarded as anomen ineffabile(see Philode Vita Mosis iii. 519, 529), called by the Jewsהַשֵּׁםand by the Samaritansשׁימא. The pronunciationJehovahwas unknown until 1520, when

Possible Meanings:
  • Yahweh (semantic_range)
  • the one bringing into being (semantic_range)
  • life-giver (semantic_range)
H0430 אֱלהִים
Definition:

33; on number of occurrences ofאֵל,אֱלוֺהַּ,אֱלֹהִיםcompare also Nesl. c,)1pluralin number.a.rulers, judges, either as divine representatives at sacred places or as reflecting divine majesty and power 33; on number of occurrences ofאֵל,אֱלוֺהַּ,אֱלֹהִיםcompare also Nesl. c,)1pluralin number.a.rulers, judges, either as divine representatives at sacred places or as reflecting divine majesty and power

Possible Meanings:
  • divine ones (semantic_range)
  • angels (semantic_range)
  • gods (semantic_range)

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