Jeremiah 3:11-22
1599 Geneva Bible
11 And the Lord said unto me, The rebellious Israel hath [a]justified herself more than the rebellious Judah.
12 Go and cry these words toward [b]the North, and say, Thou disobedient Israel, return, saith the Lord, and I will not let my wrath fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not always keep mine anger.
13 But know thine iniquity: for thou hast rebelled against the Lord thy God, and hast [c]scattered thy ways to the strange gods under every green tree, but ye would not obey my voice, saith the Lord.
14 O ye disobedient children, turn again, saith the Lord, for I am your Lord, and I will take you one of a city, and two of a tribe, and will bring you to Zion,
15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
16 Moreover, when ye be increased and multiplied in the land, in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more, The [d]Ark of the covenant of the Lord: for it shall come no more to mind, neither shall they remember it, neither shall they visit it, for that shall be no more done.
17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem, [e]The throne of the Lord, and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, even to the Name of the Lord in Jerusalem: and thence forth they shall follow no more the hardness of their wicked heart.
18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the [f]North, into the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.
19 But I said, How did I take thee for children, and give thee a pleasant land, even the glorious heritage of the armies of the heathen, and say, Thou shalt call me, saying, My father, and shall not turn from me?
20 But as a woman rebelleth against her [g]husband: so have ye rebelled against me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord.
21 [h]A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping, and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and forgotten the Lord their God.
22 O ye disobedient children, return and I will heal your rebellions. [i]Behold, we come unto thee, for thou art the Lord our God.
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- Jeremiah 3:11 Israel hath not declared herself so wicked as Judah, which yet hath had more admonitions and examples to call her to repentance.
- Jeremiah 3:12 Whereas the Israelites were now kept in captivity by the Assyrians, to whom he promiseth mercy, if they will repent.
- Jeremiah 3:13 There was no way, which thou didst not haunt to seek after the idols, and to trot a pilgrimage.
- Jeremiah 3:16 This is to be understood of the coming of Christ: for then they shall not seek the Lord by ceremonies, and all figures shall cease.
- Jeremiah 3:17 Meaning, the Church, where the Lord will be present to the world’s end, Matt. 28:20.
- Jeremiah 3:18 Where they are now in captivity.
- Jeremiah 3:20 The Hebrew word signifieth a friend or companion, and here may be taken for a husband, as it is used also, Hos. 3:1.
- Jeremiah 3:21 Signifying, that God, whom they had forsaken, would bring their enemies unto them, who should lead them captive, and make them to cry and lament.
- Jeremiah 3:22 This is spoken in the person of Israel to the shame of Judah, which stayed so long to turn unto God.
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