31:6
God is going to save Israel, but this does not mean that Israel has nothing to do. She is called upon to return to the Lord. “the One you have so greatly revolted against”. Her sin was great, she had rebelled against God, and to no small degree. She needed to return to Him, to end her rebellion. The same is true of all human beings. We should realise that facing up to our guilt is a key part of returning to God.
31:7
Now it says “in that day you will ..” There is a perpetual debate in Bible believing parts of the church (and non-Bible unbelieving parts are not probably not part of the real church) between Calvinists and Arminians. The crux of the matter is that one emphasises the absolute sovereignty of God in salvation, while the other emphasises the human side, and each then diminishes the half that they don’t emphasise. This is not something we find in the Bible. The Bible is quite happy having the absolute sovereignty of God alongside it being important what we do with our lives. So if the Bible has no problem with that, then neither do I. So there would be a day when Israel returned to the Lord, and in that day she would get rid of all her idols. When we return to God we reject the idols we have made.
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