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Jeremiah 31:1-6

Loved with an Everlasting Love

April 5, 2026

The Grape Harvest, Francisco Goya
The Grape Harvest, Francisco Goya, 1786Museo del Prado, Madrid
A cartoon for a royal tapestry, painted when Goya was still a court decorator: a landowner holds up a bunch of grapes to a child while the pickers work behind.They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion, and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the Lord, over the grain, the wine and the oil.Francisco GoyaCourt painter to Spain who went deaf, watched a war, and spent his last years painting things nobody had commissioned and nobody wanted.Museo del Prado, MadridSpain's national collection, formed from what the Spanish crown had bought over three centuries, which is why its Titians and Rubenses are unmatched.Museo del Prado, Madrid
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMatt. 28:1-10Mt 28:1-10
EpistleCol. 3:1-4Col 3:1-4
Old TestamentActs 10:34-43Alt. OTJer. 31:1-6Jer 31:1-6
PsalterPs. 16Ps 16

Overview & Insights

“I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.” (Jeremiah 31:3)

These verses belong to the Book of Consolation (chapters 30 and 31), a collection of salvation oracles addressed largely to the northern kingdom, deported a century before Jerusalem fell. Ephraim, Samaria and the hills are all northern names, which is what makes the promise of verse 6 striking: watchmen in Ephraim will summon a pilgrimage to Zion, the shrine the north had rejected. The love declared in verse 3 uses the word for enduring covenant loyalty together with the verb for drawing something with cords, and it is spoken to a people addressed in verse 4 as virgin Israel, taking up tambourines in a dance that recalls Miriam. Rebuilding, planting and eventually eating the fruit measure restoration in the slow units of ordinary life, which is the older scriptural word for what resurrection does to a people.

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Commentary

Old Testament: Jeremiah 31:1-6 (Easter Sunday: Series A)Old Testament: Jer 31:1-6 (Easter Sunday: Series A) 1517.org

Lutheran lectionary essay on how Jeremiah's promise of restored dancing and joy anticipates the resurrection announced on Easter.

Jeremiah 31:1-6Jer 31:1-6 Center for Excellence in Preaching

Considers why this quieter Hebrew text is paired with Acts 10 on the church's loudest Sunday.

Jeremiah 31 Bible CommentaryJer 31 Bible Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Guzik's verse-by-verse walk through Jeremiah 31's promise of rebuilding and everlasting love.

Jeremiah 31 CommentaryJer 31 Commentary Precept Austin

Verse-by-verse notes and cross-references on the new covenant chapter that opens with this Easter reading.

Jeremiah 31:1 CommentariesJer 31:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentators (Barnes, Gill, JFB) gathered on the opening verse.

Jeremiah 31 (Gill's Exposition)Jer 31 (Gill's Exposition) StudyLight

Gill's full exposition of the chapter, verse by verse.

Background & Word Study

Jeremiah 31:1-6Jer 31:1-6 Sefaria

Hebrew text with English translation for the assigned verses.

Jeremiah OverviewJer Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of Jeremiah's structure and its hope-filled Book of Consolation.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Jeremiah 31Catena: Jer 31 Catena

Patristic reading of Jeremiah's promise of rebuilding as a figure of the church's restoration in Christ.

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