Jeremiah 32:42

“For thus saith the Lord, like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, etc.] The Chaldean army now besieging them, the famine and pestilence among them, as well as their captivity, which was just at hand and certain: so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them; in the preceding verses; as being their God, and they his people; giving them one heart, and one way; putting his fear into them; causing them to persevere to the end: rejoicing over them to do them good; and planting them in the land. God is as faithful to his promises as to his threatenings; and those who have seen the fulfilment of the one need not doubt of the accomplishment of the other; for if…”

“(Jer 31:28). The restoration from Babylon was only a slight foretaste of the grace to be expected by Israel at last through Christ.”

“The answer is divided into two parts; (a) Jeremiah 32:26-35, the sins of Judah are shown to be the cause of her punishment: (b) Jeremiah 32:36-44, this punishment was not for Judah’s destruction, but for her amendment. Jeremiah 32:28 I will give - Or, I am giving. Jeremiah 32:30 From their youth - God’s mighty deeds for Israel began in Egypt Jeremiah 32:20, and so did Israel’s sin. Jeremiah 32:34, Jeremiah 32:35 These verses are repeated from Jeremiah 7:30-31, but with two important variations. Baal is put for Tophet, and to Molech instead of in the fire. Molech the king and Baal the lord are different names of the sun-god, but in altered relations. Molech is the sun as the mighty fire,…”

“32:42-43 God’s promises for good were just as certain as the judgments that were being carried out as the Babylonians laid siege to Jerusalem.”

“Like: Jer 31:28; Jos 23:14, Jos 23:15; Zac 8:14, Zac 8:15; Mat 24:35 so: Jer 33:10, Jer 33:11 Jeremiah 32:43”