Jeremiah 30:9
in Jeremiah 30Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
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ASV
but they shall serve Jehovah their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
KJV
But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
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This verse in Jeremiah 30
Commentary
12 notes on this verseThis is the David of whom the Gospel speaks: "It will be granted to us, that, liberated from our enemies, we may serve him without fear in holiness and justice all of our days." For, just as the first Adam and the second Adam are described according to the truth of the body, so also with David and the Lord and Savior. For, since everything that Mary gave to the Lord according to the flesh came from David, whatever was of the seed of David also took its origin and conception from the Holy Spirit.
This site's exposition
On that day, declares the LORD
on Jeremiah 30:8-9
The promise reverses the yoke: “I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.” The freed nation will “serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.”
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David their king, whom I will raise up
The king to be raised up is a son of David. Adam Clarke reports that the Targum reads the verse as obeying the Lord their God and the Messiah, the Son of David. Jerome finds this David in Luke 1, where a people freed from enemies serve God without fear.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
(Verse 8, 9.) And it shall come to pass on that day, says the Lord of hosts, that I will break the yoke from your neck and I will tear apart your chains; and they (or the foreigners) shall no longer have dominion over them (or you), but they (or you) shall serve (or work for) the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them. This is the David of whom even the Gospel speaks (Luke 1), who will give himself to us, so that, liberated from the hand of our enemies without fear, we may serve him in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our lives. For just as the first Adam and the second Adam are written according to the truth of the body, so too is the Lord and Savior David: because, according to the flesh from David, Mary, who conferred everything holy upon Him, contained whatever was from the seed of David, and He had His origin and conception from the Holy Spirit. And what He says, 'I will break his yoke from your neck, and I will tear apart his chains,' undoubtedly should be understood as a type of the devil from Nebuchadnezzar.
"I shall raise up David their king for them." Christ the Lord brought fulfillment to the prophecy. He sprang from David according to the flesh, and he no longer shepherds only Israel but all the nations. The prophecy had a kind of outcome by way …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
But - Either this must be understood of the kingdom of Christ, under which the Jews that received him were made spiritually free: or there is a time yet to come, when this ancient people of God shall be restored to a farther civil liberty than they have enjoyed ever since the captivity of Babylon.
42 ) and he answered to the name, Matt. xx. David was an illustrious type of him both in his humiliation and in his exaltation. The covenant of royalty made with David had principal reference to him, and in him the promises of that covenant had their full accomplishment.
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); he is of ourselves, in all things made like unto his brethren. And I will cause him to draw near; this may be understood either, 1. Of the people, Jacob and Israel: " I will cause them to draw near to me in the temple service, as formerly, to come in to covenant with me, as my people (
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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
But they shall serve the Lord their God,....
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their King - This must refer to the times of the Messiah and hence the Chaldee has, “They shall obey the Lord their God, וישת מאון למשיחה בר דוד veyishta meun limschicha bar David, and they shall obey the Messiah, the Son of David.” This is a very remarkable version; and shows that it was a version, not according to the letter, but according to their doctrine and their expectation.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
God is our "King," only when we are subject to Christ; God rules us not immediately, but through His Son (Joh 5:22, 23, 27). raise up--applied to the judges whom God raised up as deliverers of Israel out of the hand of its oppressors (Jud 2:16; So Christ was raised up as the antitypical Deliverer (Ps 2:6;
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
David their king - See Jer 23:5-6; i. e., Messiah.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And you, fear not Because of all the evils that you will see befalling Babylon in whose midst you are.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעָ֣בְד֔וּ | veavedu | and they will serve | H5647 → | 288 times |
| אֵ֖ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֑ם | ʾeloheihem | God their | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וְאֵת֙ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דָּוִ֣ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| מַלְכָּ֔ם | malkam | king their | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אָקִ֖ים | ʾakim | I will raise up | H6965 → | 628 times |
| לָהֶֽם׃ ס | lahem | for <the> them |
וְעָ֣בְד֔וּand they will serve
veaveduH5647 →288 times
אֵ֖ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֑םGod their
ʾeloheihemH430 →2601 times
וְאֵת֙and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
דָּוִ֣דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
מַלְכָּ֔םking their
malkamH4428 →2525 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhom
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אָקִ֖יםI will raise up
ʾakimH6965 →628 times
לָהֶֽם׃ סfor <the> them
lahem
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Luke 1:69He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
it leads to
- Psalms 18:2
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Ezekiel 29:21
In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth to speak among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
- 2 Samuel 22:3
My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.
- Psalms 18:2
Through
Hosea 3:5Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 50:4–5
“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.
- Ezekiel 34:23–24
I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
- Isaiah 2:2
In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to…
- Jeremiah 50:4–5
Through
Acts 13:34In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
it leads to
- Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
- Psalms 89:2–4
For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
- Isaiah 55:3
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This page draws on 10 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, SIX BOOKS ON JEREMIAH 6:5.2-3; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theodoret of Cyrus, ON JEREMIAH 7:30.