Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 24:7

7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD , and they shall be my people, and I will be their God : for they shall return unto me with their whole heart .

Under the term know me, is here (as in many other texts) comprehended Faith, Love, Obedience, all those motions of the Soul which rationally should follow a right comprehending of God in mens knowledge.

I will be a God in Covenant with them, as I will fulfil what I have promised them, so they shall do what is their duty to me.

For or when, or after that they shall return to me, not fainedly, but with their heart, not partially, but with their whole heart. This is promised as an effect of special grace, not of the meer good inclination of their natural Wills, for so the words I will give, in the beginning of the verse must be understood, otherwise God gives such an heart no more to one man than another.

Marginal references: Deut. 30.6. chap. 32.39. Ezek. 11.19. & 36.26, 27.; chap. 30.22. & 31.33. & 32.38.