Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 31:10

10 ¶ Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say , He that scattered Israel will gather him , and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock .

God willeth his promises of good to his people, to be published and declared before hand, and that not to them only, but to other people, that the hand of his Providence when he brings them to pass may be more conspicuous, and it may be undeniably owned to be the work of God, being no more then what he had foretold long before.

God is not only the Author of those judgments which come upon his people, but of their mercies, and his power in scattering them is enough to confirm us in a belief of his power to gather them.

He will not only gather them, but keep and protect them when gathered, and thus God sheweth himself their shepherd; it is the work of a shepherd no[illegible: 1 letter] only to call, and gather his sheep together, but to watch over them, protect and keep them, when they are so g[illegible: 1 letter]thered together.