Lev 26:42, Psa 89:34, 37, Jer 31:35-36 | JFB | STEP | 40-45. If they shall confess their iniquity, &c.-- This passage holds out the gracious promise of divine forgiveness and favor on their repentance, and their happy restoration to their land, in memory of the covenant made with their fathers ( ).

‏ Leviticus 26:42

40-45. If they shall confess their iniquity, &c.--This passage holds out the gracious promise of divine forgiveness and favor on their repentance, and their happy restoration to their land, in memory of the covenant made with their fathers (Ro 2:1-29).

‏ Psalms 89:34

19-37. Then--when the covenant was established, of whose execution the exalted views of God now given furnish assurance.

thou ... to thy holy one--or godly saint, object of favor (Psa 4:3). Nathan is meant (2Sa 7:17; 1Ch 17:3-15).

laid help--literally, "given help." David was chosen and then exalted.

‏ Psalms 89:37

‏ Jeremiah 31:35-36

35. divideth ... sea when ... waves ... roar ... Lord of hosts ... name--quoted from Is 51:15, the genuineness of which passage is thus established on Jeremiah's authority.

36. a nation--Israel's national polity has been broken up by the Romans. But their preservation as a distinct people amidst violent persecutions, though scattered among all nations for eighteen centuries, unamalgamated, whereas all other peoples under such circumstances have become incorporated with the nations in which they have been dispersed, is a perpetual standing miracle (compare Jr 33:20; Psa 148:6; Is 54:9, 10).