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in those days: i.e. the days of the Restoration spoken of in verses: Jer_3:14, Jer_3:15. Compare Jer_31:38-40; Jer_33:13.
they: i.e. those who return.
shall say no more, 'The ark', &c. The ark was still in the land in the days of this prophecy (2Ch_35:3); but it was to disappear with the broken covenant, of which it was the symbol.
The ark of the covenant of the LORD. Reference to Pentateuch, (see notes on Exo_25:22). Compare note on 1Ch_13:3).
visit it. This is conclusive of the fact that it was burnt together with the Temple (as it is not included in the excepted things, in 2Ki_25:9, 2Ki_25:13-15), notwithstanding the Jewish tradition recorded in 2 Macc. 2:4-8, and the impossible stories of its being taken over to North Africa, Constantinople, or Ireland.
neither shall that be done, &c. = neither shall it be made any more. It disappeared together with the covenant, of which it was the symbol (Jer_8:19; Jer_12:7. Psa_132:13, Psa_132:14). The reason follows in Jer_3:17. Jehovah's throne will be substituted for it: the reality will take the place of the symbol. Jehovah Himself will take the place of the Shekinah.