Jeremiah 3:3

3:3 That is why the rains have been withheld,

and the spring rains have not come.

Yet in spite of this you are obstinate as a prostitute. ¹ 

You refuse to be ashamed of what you have done.

Jeremiah 14:22

14:22 Do any of the worthless idols ²  of the nations cause rain to fall?

Do the skies themselves send showers?

Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this? ³ 

So we put our hopes in you ⁴ 

because you alone do all this.”

[3:3]  ¹ tn Heb “you have the forehead of a prostitute.”

[14:22]  ² tn The word הֶבֶל (hevel), often translated “vanities”, is a common pejorative epithet for idols or false gods. See already in 8:19 and 10:8.

[14:22]  ³ tn Heb “Is it not you, O Lord our God?” The words “who does” are supplied in the translation for English style.

[14:22]  ⁴ tn The rhetorical negatives are balanced by a rhetorical positive.