Jeremiah 3

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 3 of 52

1 They say, If a man sends away his wife, and she goes from him and will be for another man, will he return to her again? Would not that land be greatly defiled? But you fornicate with many lovers; yet would you come back to Me, a statement of Jehovah.

2 Lift up your eyes on the bare heights and see. Where have you not been lain with? By the highways you have sat for them, like an Arab in the desert. And you have defiled the land with your fornications and with your evil.

3 And the showers are withheld, and there has been no latter rain. And the forehead of a woman, one doing adultery, was to you; you refused to be ashamed.

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Chapter Summary

Jehovah's great mercy in Judah's blatant adultery. Judah is worse than Israel. The promises of the gospel to the ones who repent.

Key Hebrew Words

הִנְחַ֖לְתִּי get as a possession H5157 · TWOT 1342
נַחֲלַ֥ת possession H5159 · TWOT 1342a
רֵעִ֣ים friend H7453 · TWOT 2186a
זָנִית֙ commit fornication H2181 · TWOT 563
זְנוּתָ֔ fornication H2184 · TWOT 563b

People & Context

The Defiled Land of Many Lovers

Using the metaphor of a divorced wife, God notes that Israel has fornicated with many lovers, acting like an Arab in the desert and defiling the land,…

Apostate Israel and Treacherous Sister Judah

Jehovah contrasts Apostate Israel, whom He divorced for adultery, with Treacherous Sister Judah, who saw the punishment but still went and committed t…

Call to the North for Repentance

Jeremiah is told to cry toward the north, calling apostate Israel to acknowledge their iniquity and return, promising them shepherds according to God'…

Timeline

The Defiled Land of Many Lovers

Using the metaphor of a divorced wife, God notes that Israel has fornicated with many lovers, acting like an Arab in the desert and defiling the land, causing the showers to be withheld.

Jeremiah 3:1-5
Apostate Israel and Treacherous Sister Judah

Jehovah contrasts Apostate Israel, whom He divorced for adultery, with Treacherous Sister Judah, who saw the punishment but still went and committed the same spiritual fornication.

Jeremiah 3:6-11
Call to the North for Repentance

Jeremiah is told to cry toward the north, calling apostate Israel to acknowledge their iniquity and return, promising them shepherds according to God's heart.

Jeremiah 3:12-15

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