As chapter 15 ends, God is speaking to Jeremiah about where he is. Jeremiah hasn't been happy with what God is doing, and now we see in verse 19 that God is telling Jeremiah to return to him. One may wonder, isn't Jeremiah the prophet, and does he have to return to God? What happened? What may be going on is the same thing that happens in our lives today. Disappointments and Despair push us from God, and seeing his will. What Jeremiah and we have to do is get in the place where we are submitting to God's will. When this happens, God can and will use us.
An interesting note in verse 19 is that God tells Jeremiah that he shouldn't turn to the people but wait until they turn to him. This carries the idea that Jeremiah shouldn't react to them in their ways but wait until they come to him, or as the Pulpit commentary says, "They shall come over to thy side, and thou shalt not need to make humiliating advances to them. Jeremiah 15:19*"
*The Pulpit Commentary, Electronic Database. Copyright © 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010 by BibleSoft, inc. https://biblehub.com/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/15.htm accessed 7/23/25.
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