Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 31:11

11 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob , and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger then he .

Because of the certainty of divine prophesies and promises, things in them are often said to be already done, which are not to be fulfilled of many years after, The sense is, God will as certainly do it, as if he had already done it, for whether it be understood of a deliverance from Babylo[illegible: 1 letter], or of the salvation of the Gospel by Christ▪ which by a Metaphor is often also called r[illegible: 1 letter]d[illegible: 2 letters]ming and r[illegible: 1 letter]ns[illegible: 1 letter]ming, it was to be accomplished long after this time.

By him that was stronger then he, some understand the Chaldaeans, others understand the D[illegible: 1 letter]vil, (interpreting the Text of the Spiritual Redemption of Gods people, by the bloo[illegible: 1 letter] of Christ, bei[illegible: 1 letter]g the ransom gi[illegible: 1 letter]en for them) [illegible: 1 word] undoubtedly the Text is literally to be understood of th[illegible: 2 letters]r d[illegible: 1 letter] liverance from Babylon, though (as the Ap[illegible: 1 letter]s[illegible: 1 letter]le sa[illegible: 1 letter]th) [illegible: 1 span] things h[illegible: 1 letter]ppened to [illegible: 1 span] a [illegible: 1 word]. In their deliverance [illegible: 1 word] from Babyl[illegible: 1 letter]n as Egy[illegible: 1 letter]t ▪ they [illegible: 1 letter]ere Types of the deliverance of Gods people from spiritual [illegible: 1 word], and [illegible: 1 word] by Chr[illegible: 1 letter]st, a[illegible: 1 letter] well as in their entring into [illegible: 1 word], they were (as the Ap[illegible: 1 letter]st[illegible: 1 letter]e pr[illegible: 1 letter] veth, H[illegible: 1 letter]b. 3. and 4.) Types of the S[illegible: 1 letter]int[illegible: 1 letter] [illegible: 1 word] into Heav[illegible: 2 letters] of which C[illegible: 1 letter]naa[illegible: 1 letter] was a Type.

Marginal references: Isa. 49.24, 25.