Jer 3:12 | JFB | STEP | 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, ). Return . . . backsliding — Hebrew, Shubah, Meshubah, a play on sounds. In order to excite Judah to godly jealousy ( ), 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 ), that is, I will not continue to frown on you. keep

Jeremiah 3:12

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).