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Jeremiah 3:1-15

3:1

They say
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If a man
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put away
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his wife
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and she go
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from him, and become another
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man's
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shall he return unto her again
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shall not that land
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be greatly
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polluted
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but thou hast played the harlot
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with many
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lovers
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yet return again
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to me, saith
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the LORD
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{They say: Heb. Saying}

3:2

Lift up
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thine eyes
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unto the high places
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and see
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where
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thou hast not been lien
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with. In the ways
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hast thou sat
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for them, as the Arabian
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in the wilderness
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and thou hast polluted
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the land
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with thy whoredoms
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and with thy wickedness
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3:3

Therefore the showers
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have been withholden
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and there hath been no latter rain
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and thou hadst a whore's
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forehead
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thou refusedst
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to be ashamed
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3:4

Wilt thou not from this time cry
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unto me, My father
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thou [art] the guide
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of my youth
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3:5

Will he reserve
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[his anger] for ever
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will he keep
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[it] to the end
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Behold, thou hast spoken
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and done
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evil things
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as thou couldest
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3:6

The LORD
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said
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also unto me in the days
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of Josiah
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the king
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Hast thou seen
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[that] which backsliding
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Israel
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hath done
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she is gone up
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upon every high
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mountain
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and under
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every green
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tree
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and there hath played the harlot
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3:7

And I said
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after
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she had done
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all these [things], Turn
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thou unto me. But she returned
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not. And her treacherous
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sister
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Judah
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saw
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[it].

3:8

And I saw
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when for all the causes
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whereby backsliding
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Israel
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committed adultery
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I had put her away
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and given
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her a bill
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of divorce
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yet her treacherous
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sister
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Judah
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feared
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not, but went
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and played the harlot
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also.

3:9

And it came to pass through the lightness
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of her whoredom
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that she defiled
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the land
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and committed adultery
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with stones
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and with stocks
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{lightness: or, fame}

3:10

And yet for all this her treacherous
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sister
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Judah
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hath not turned
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unto me with her whole heart
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but feignedly
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saith
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the LORD
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{feignedly: Heb. in falsehood}

3:11

And the LORD
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said
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unto me, The backsliding
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Israel
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hath justified
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herself
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more than treacherous
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Judah
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3:12

Go
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and proclaim
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these words
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toward the north
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and say
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Return
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thou backsliding
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Israel
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saith
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the LORD
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[and] I will not cause mine anger
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to fall
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upon you: for I [am] merciful
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saith
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the LORD
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[and] I will not keep
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[anger] for ever
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3:13

Only acknowledge
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thine iniquity
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that thou hast transgressed
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against the LORD
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thy God
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and hast scattered
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thy ways
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to the strangers
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under every green
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tree
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and ye have not obeyed
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my voice
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saith
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the LORD
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3:14

Turn
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O backsliding
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children
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saith
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the LORD
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for I am married
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unto you: and I will take
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you one
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of a city
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and two
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of a family
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and I will bring
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you to Zion
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3:15

And I will give
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you pastors
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according to mine heart
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which shall feed
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you with knowledge
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and understanding
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