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-- "anger" is to be supplied (see on ).

‏ 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 Jr 3:5).