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Jeremiah 3:1--4:4

3:1

They say
<0559> (8800)_,

If a man
<0376>

put away
<07971> (8762)

his wife
<0802>_,

and she go
<01980> (8804)

from him, and become another
<0312>

man's
<0376>_,

shall he return unto her again
<07725> (8799)_?

shall not that land
<0776>

be greatly
<02610> (8800)

polluted
<02610> (8799)_?

but thou hast played the harlot
<02181> (8804)

with many
<07227>

lovers
<07453>_;

yet return again
<07725> (8800)

to me, saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

{They say: Heb. Saying}

3:2

Lift up
<05375> (8798)

thine eyes
<05869>

unto the high places
<08205>_,

and see
<07200> (8798)

where
<0375>

thou hast not been lien
<07693> (8795) (8676) <07901> (8795)

with. In the ways
<01870>

hast thou sat
<03427> (8804)

for them, as the Arabian
<06163>

in the wilderness
<04057>_;

and thou hast polluted
<02610> (8686)

the land
<0776>

with thy whoredoms
<02184>

and with thy wickedness
<07451>_.

3:3

Therefore the showers
<07241>

have been withholden
<04513> (8735)_,

and there hath been no latter rain
<04456>_;

and thou hadst a whore's
<02181> (8802) <0802>

forehead
<04696>_,

thou refusedst
<03985> (8765)

to be ashamed
<03637> (8736)_.

3:4

Wilt thou not from this time cry
<07121> (8804)

unto me, My father
<01>_,

thou [art] the guide
<0441>

of my youth
<05271>_?

3:5

Will he reserve
<05201> (8799)

[his anger] for ever
<05769>_?

will he keep
<08104> (8799)

[it] to the end
<05331>_?

Behold, thou hast spoken
<01696> (8765)

and done
<06213> (8799)

evil things
<07451>

as thou couldest
<03201> (8799)_.

3:6

The LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

also unto me in the days
<03117>

of Josiah
<02977>

the king
<04428>_,

Hast thou seen
<07200> (8804)

[that] which backsliding
<04878>

Israel
<03478>

hath done
<06213> (8804)_?

she is gone up
<01980> (8802)

upon every high
<01364>

mountain
<02022>

and under
<08478>

every green
<07488>

tree
<06086>_,

and there hath played the harlot
<02181> (8799)_.

3:7

And I said
<0559> (8799)

after
<0310>

she had done
<06213> (8800)

all these [things], Turn
<07725> (8799)

thou unto me. But she returned
<07725> (8804)

not. And her treacherous
<0901>

sister
<0269>

Judah
<03063>

saw
<07200> (8799)

[it].

3:8

And I saw
<07200> (8799)_,

when for all the causes
<0182>

whereby backsliding
<04878>

Israel
<03478>

committed adultery
<05003> (8765)

I had put her away
<07971> (8765)_,

and given
<05414> (8799)

her a bill
<05612>

of divorce
<03748>_;

yet her treacherous
<0898> (8802)

sister
<0269>

Judah
<03063>

feared
<03372> (8804)

not, but went
<03212> (8799)

and played the harlot
<02181> (8799)

also.

3:9

And it came to pass through the lightness
<06963>

of her whoredom
<02184>_,

that she defiled
<02610> (8799)

the land
<0776>_,

and committed adultery
<05003> (8799)

with stones
<068>

and with stocks
<06086>_.

{lightness: or, fame}

3:10

And yet for all this her treacherous
<0901>

sister
<0269>

Judah
<03063>

hath not turned
<07725> (8804)

unto me with her whole heart
<03820>_,

but feignedly
<08267>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

{feignedly: Heb. in falsehood}

3:11

And the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto me, The backsliding
<04878>

Israel
<03478>

hath justified
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herself
<05315>

more than treacherous
<0898> (8802)

Judah
<03063>_.

3:12

Go
<01980> (8800)

and proclaim
<07121> (8804)

these words
<01697>

toward the north
<06828>_,

and say
<0559> (8804)_,

Return
<07725> (8798)_,

thou backsliding
<04878>

Israel
<03478>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_;

[and] I will not cause mine anger
<06440>

to fall
<05307> (8686)

upon you: for I [am] merciful
<02623>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

[and] I will not keep
<05201> (8799)

[anger] for ever
<05769>_.

3:13

Only acknowledge
<03045> (8798)

thine iniquity
<05771>_,

that thou hast transgressed
<06586> (8804)

against the LORD
<03068>

thy God
<0430>_,

and hast scattered
<06340> (8762)

thy ways
<01870>

to the strangers
<02114> (8801)

under every green
<07488>

tree
<06086>_,

and ye have not obeyed
<08085> (8804)

my voice
<06963>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

3:14

Turn
<07725> (8798)_,

O backsliding
<07726>

children
<01121>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_;

for I am married
<01166> (8804)

unto you: and I will take
<03947> (8804)

you one
<0259>

of a city
<05892>_,

and two
<08147>

of a family
<04940>_,

and I will bring
<0935> (8689)

you to Zion
<06726>_:

3:15

And I will give
<05414> (8804)

you pastors
<07462> (8802)

according to mine heart
<03820>_,

which shall feed
<07462> (8804)

you with knowledge
<01844>

and understanding
<07919> (8687)_.

3:16

And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied
<07235> (8799)

and increased
<06509> (8804)

in the land
<0776>_,

in those days
<03117>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

they shall say
<0559> (8799)

no more, The ark
<0727>

of the covenant
<01285>

of the LORD
<03068>_:

neither shall it come
<05927> (8799)

to mind
<03820>_:

neither shall they remember
<02142> (8799)

it; neither shall they visit
<06485> (8799)

[it]; neither shall [that] be done
<06213> (8735)

any more. {come to mind: Heb. come upon the heart} {that...: or, it be magnified}

3:17

At that time
<06256>

they shall call
<07121> (8799)

Jerusalem
<03389>

the throne
<03678>

of the LORD
<03068>_;

and all the nations
<01471>

shall be gathered
<06960> (8738)

unto it, to the name
<08034>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

to Jerusalem
<03389>_:

neither shall they walk
<03212> (8799)

any more after
<0310>

the imagination
<08307>

of their evil
<07451>

heart
<03820>_.

{imagination: or, stubbornness}

3:18

In those days
<03117>

the house
<01004>

of Judah
<03063>

shall walk
<03212> (8799)

with the house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and they shall come
<0935> (8799)

together
<03162>

out of the land
<0776>

of the north
<06828>

to the land
<0776>

that I have given for an inheritance
<05157> (8689)

unto your fathers
<01>_.

{with: or, to} {given...: or, caused your fathers to possess}

3:19

But I said
<0559> (8804)_,

How shall I put
<07896> (8799)

thee among the children
<01121>_,

and give
<05414> (8799)

thee a pleasant
<02532>

land
<0776>_,

a goodly
<06643>

heritage
<05159>

of the hosts
<06635>

of nations
<01471>_?

and I said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thou shalt call
<07121> (8799)

me, My father
<01>_;

and shalt not turn away
<07725> (8799)

from me
<0310>_.

{from me: Heb. from after me} {a goodly...: Heb. an heritage of glory, or, beauty} {pleasant...: Heb. land of desire}

3:20

Surely
<0403>

[as] a wife
<0802>

treacherously
<0898> (8804)

departeth from her husband
<07453>_,

so have ye dealt treacherously
<0898> (8804)

with me, O house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

{husband: Heb. friend}

3:21

A voice
<06963>

was heard
<08085> (8738)

upon the high places
<08205>_,

weeping
<01065>

[and] supplications
<08469>

of the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_:

for they have perverted
<05753> (8689)

their way
<01870>_,

[and] they have forgotten
<07911> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

their God
<0430>_.

3:22

Return
<07725> (8798)_,

ye backsliding
<07726>

children
<01121>_,

[and] I will heal
<07495> (8799)

your backslidings
<04878>_.

Behold, we come
<0857> (8804)

unto thee; for thou [art] the LORD
<03068>

our God
<0430>_.

3:23

Truly
<0403>

in vain
<08267>

[is salvation hoped for] from the hills
<01389>_,

[and from] the multitude
<01995>

of mountains
<02022>_:

truly
<0403>

in the LORD
<03068>

our God
<0430>

[is] the salvation
<08668>

of Israel
<03478>_.

3:24

For shame
<01322>

hath devoured
<0398> (8804)

the labour
<03018>

of our fathers
<01>

from our youth
<05271>_;

their flocks
<06629>

and their herds
<01241>_,

their sons
<01121>

and their daughters
<01323>_.

3:25

We lie down
<07901> (8799)

in our shame
<01322>_,

and our confusion
<03639>

covereth
<03680> (8762)

us: for we have sinned
<02398> (8804)

against the LORD
<03068>

our God
<0430>_,

we and our fathers
<01>_,

from our youth
<05271>

even unto this day
<03117>_,

and have not obeyed
<08085> (8804)

the voice
<06963>

of the LORD
<03068>

our God
<0430>_.

4:1

If thou wilt return
<07725> (8799)_,

O Israel
<03478>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

return
<07725> (8799)

unto me: and if thou wilt put away
<05493> (8686)

thine abominations
<08251>

out of my sight
<06440>_,

then shalt thou not remove
<05110> (8799)_.

4:2

And thou shalt swear
<07650> (8738)_,

The LORD
<03068>

liveth
<02416>_,

in truth
<0571>_,

in judgment
<04941>_,

and in righteousness
<06666>_;

and the nations
<01471>

shall bless
<01288> (8694)

themselves in him, and in him shall they glory
<01984> (8691)_.

4:3

For thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

to the men
<0376>

of Judah
<03063>

and Jerusalem
<03389>_,

Break up
<05214> (8798)

your fallow ground
<05215>_,

and sow
<02232> (8799)

not among thorns
<06975>_.

4:4

Circumcise
<04135> (8734)

yourselves to the LORD
<03068>_,

and take away
<05493> (8685)

the foreskins
<06190>

of your heart
<03824>_,

ye men
<0376>

of Judah
<03063>

and inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of Jerusalem
<03389>_:

lest my fury
<02534>

come forth
<03318> (8799)

like fire
<0784>_,

and burn
<01197> (8804)

that none can quench
<03518> (8764)

[it], because
<06440>

of the evil
<07455>

of your doings
<04611>_.