Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Jeremiah 31:22

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How: Jer 2:18, Jer 2:23, Jer 2:36, Jer 4:14, Jer 13:27; Hos 8:5 backsliding: Jer 3:6, Jer 3:8, Jer 3:11, Jer 3:12, Jer 3:14, Jer 3:22, Jer 7:24, Jer 8:4-6, Jer 14:7, Jer 49:4; Hos 4:16, Hos 11:7, Hos 14:4; Zac 7:11 created: Num 16:30 A woman: נקבה תסובב גבר \[Strong's H5347\], literally "A female ('one who is only a woman, not a wife, namely a virgin,' says Cocceius) shall encompass a man," or a male child. comp. Job 3:3. Which, together with the addition of a new creation, may well be understood to denote the miraculous conception. Hence the Jews have applied it determinately to the Messiah. In Berashith Rabba (Parash 89) it is said, that as God punished Israel in a virgin, so would he also heal; and in Midrash Tillim, on Psa 2:1-12, R. Huna, in the name of R. Idi, speaking of the sufferings of the Messiah, says, that when his hour is come, God shall say, "I must create him with a new creation; and so he saith, This day I have begotten thee." Gen 3:15; Isa 7:14; Mat 1:21; Luk 1:34, Luk 1:35; Gal 4:4 Jeremiah 31:23

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