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Jeremiah 31:12

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord; i.e. the Ephraimites, after praising God on the holy hill, shall spread themselves over their own territory like an overflowing stream, and enjoy the "goodness" or good gifts of Jehovah—the corn (not simply the wheat), the wine, the oil, etc.

(comp. Deuteronomy 8:8). Sorrow; rather, languish. As Dr. Payne Smith well says, "It expresses the poverty and helplessness of exiles unable from homesickness and want of confidence to do anything with spirit.

Restored to their homes, they will be as full of vigour as a garden irrigated with water under a Southern sun."

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