| 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 <06663> (8765) 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>. |
Yeremia 3 - AV with Strong Numbers
