Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 3:22

22 Return , ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings , Behold, we come unto thee , for thou art the LORD our God.

Viz. Repent for Sin and from Sin; here God calls upon them, and invites them to consider whither they are going, and to hearken unto the voice of his Ministers, Hos. 14.1. Act. 3.19. See verse 12. God doth as it were bid them hearken to his Messengers, and then he will heal their backsliding.

i. e. Idolatries, whereby you turned from me, and rebelled against me, I will take you into that state, as if you had never turned from me, I will make all whole again among you, and reconcile you to my self, Isa. 57.18. chap. 32.40. see Zech. 10.6. and 13.9. I will not only remove your judgements, but your sins also shall be forgiven? This is either Gods framing their answer for them, prescribing the manner, and form of their Repentance by a figure called Mimesis, Hos. 14.2, 3. or, it is their reply to God by way of promise, which they performed under, Iosiah, 2 King. 22. and 23, which with their confession, reacheth to the end of the Chapter.

This expresseth, rather the matter of their Prayer, then the cause of it, Lam, 5.16. drawn chiefly from their sins, as also from their calamities.

Words expressing the strongest inducements to it imaginable, because God hath right to them, is willing to accept them, and able to save them, Isa. 55.7. chap. 14.22.