Jeremiah 3

1 ♥ 📝 T hey say,^H559 If a man^H376 put away^H7971 his wife,^H802 and she go^H1980 from him, and become another^H312 man's,^H376 will he return unto her again?^H7725 will not that land^H776 be greatly^H2610 polluted?^H2610 But thou hast played the harlot^H2181 with many^H7227 lovers;^H7453 yet return again^H7725 to me, saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

2 ♥ 📝 Lift up^H5375 thine eyes^H5869 unto the bare heights,^H8205 and see;^H7200 where^H375 hast thou not been lain^H7693 with? By the ways^H1870 hast thou sat^H3427 for them, as an Arabian^H6163 in the wilderness;^H4057 and thou hast polluted^H2610 the land^H776 with thy whoredoms^H2184 and with thy wickedness.^H7451

3 ♥ 📝 Therefore the showers^H7241 have been withholden,^H4513 and there hath been no latter rain;^H4456 yet thou hast a harlot's^H2181 forehead,^H4696 thou refusedst^H3985 to be ashamed.^H3637

4 ♥ 📝 Wilt thou not from this time cry^H7121 unto me, My Father,^H1 thou art the guide^H441 of my youth?^H5271

5 ♥ 📝 Will he retain^H5201 [his anger] for ever?^H5769 will he keep^H8104 it to the end?^H5331 Behold, thou hast spoken^H1696 and hast done^H6213 evil things,^H7451 and hast had thy way.^H3201

6 ♥ 📝 Moreover Jehovah^H3068 said^H559 unto me in the days^H3117 of Josiah^H2977 the king,^H4428 Hast thou seen^H7200 that which backsliding^H4878 Israel^H3478 hath done?^H6213 she is gone up^H1980 upon every high^H1364 mountain^H2022 and under^H8478 every green^H7488 tree,^H6086 and there hath played the harlot.^H2181

7 ♥ 📝 And I said^H559 after^H310 she had done^H6213 all these things, She will return^H7725 unto me; but she returned^H7725 not: and her treacherous^H901 sister^H269 Judah^H3063 saw^H7200 it.

8 ♥ 📝 And I saw,^H7200 when, for this very cause^H182 that backsliding^H4878 Israel^H3478 had committed adultery,^H5003 I had put her away^H7971 and given^H5414 her a bill^H5612 of divorcement,^H3748 yet treacherous^H898 Judah^H3063 her sister^H269 feared^H3372 not; but she also went^H3212 and played the harlot.^H2181

9 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass through the lightness^H6963 of her whoredom,^H2184 that the land^H776 was polluted,^H2610 and she committed adultery^H5003 with stones^H68 and with stocks.^H6086

10 ♥ 📝 And yet for all this her treacherous^H901 sister^H269 Judah^H3063 hath not returned^H7725 unto me with her whole heart,^H3820 but feignedly,^H8267 saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

11 ♥ 📝 And Jehovah^H3068 said^H559 unto me, Backsliding^H4878 Israel^H3478 hath showed herself^H5315 more righteous^H6663 than treacherous^H898 Judah.^H3063

12 ♥ 📝 Go,^H1980 and proclaim^H7121 these words^H1697 toward the north,^H6828 and say,^H559 Return,^H7725 thou backsliding^H4878 Israel,^H3478 saith^H5002 Jehovah;^H3068 I will not look^H5307 in anger^H6440 upon you; for I am merciful,^H2623 saith^H5002 Jehovah,^H3068 I will not keep^H5201 [anger] for ever.^H5769

13 ♥ 📝 Only acknowledge^H3045 thine iniquity,^H5771 that thou hast transgressed^H6586 against Jehovah^H3068 thy God,^H430 and hast scattered^H6340 thy ways^H1870 to the strangers^H2114 under every green^H7488 tree,^H6086 and ye have not obeyed^H8085 my voice,^H6963 saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

14 ♥ 📝 Return,^H7725 O backsliding^H7726 children,^H1121 saith^H5002 Jehovah;^H3068 for I am a husband^H1166 unto you: and I will take^H3947 you one^H259 of a city,^H5892 and two^H8147 of a family,^H4940 and I will bring^H935 you to Zion:^H6726

15 ♥ 📝 and I will give^H5414 you shepherds^H7462 according to my heart,^H3820 who shall feed^H7462 you with knowledge^H1844 and understanding.^H7919

16 ♥ 📝 And it shall come to pass, when ye are multiplied^H7235 and increased^H6509 in the land,^H776 in those days,^H3117 saith^H5002 Jehovah,^H3068 they shall say^H559 no more, The ark^H727 of the covenant^H1285 of Jehovah;^H3068 neither shall it come^H5927 to mind;^H3820 neither shall they remember^H2142 it; neither shall they miss^H6485 it; neither shall it be made^H6213 any more.

17 ♥ 📝 At that time^H6256 they shall call^H7121 Jerusalem^H3389 the throne^H3678 of Jehovah;^H3068 and all the nations^H1471 shall be gathered^H6960 unto it, to the name^H8034 of Jehovah,^H3068 to Jerusalem:^H3389 neither shall they walk^H3212 any more after^H310 the stubbornness^H8307 of their evil^H7451 heart.^H3820

18 ♥ 📝 In those days^H3117 the house^H1004 of Judah^H3063 shall walk^H3212 with the house^H1004 of Israel,^H3478 and they shall come^H935 together^H3162 out of the land^H776 of the north^H6828 to the land^H776 that I gave for an inheritance^H5157 unto your fathers.^H1

19 ♥ 📝 But I said,^H559 How I will put^H7896 thee among the children,^H1121 and give^H5414 thee a pleasant^H2532 land,^H776 a goodly^H6643 heritage^H5159 of the hosts^H6635 of the nations!^H1471 and I said,^H559 Ye shall call^H7121 me My Father,^H1 and shall not turn away^H7725 from following me.^H310

20 ♥ 📝 Surely^H403 as a wife^H802 treacherously^H898 departeth from her husband,^H7453 so have ye dealt treacherously^H898 with me, O house^H1004 of Israel,^H3478 saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

21 ♥ 📝 A voice^H6963 is heard^H8085 upon the bare heights,^H8205 the weeping^H1065 [and] the supplications^H8469 of the children^H1121 of Israel;^H3478 because they have perverted^H5753 their way,^H1870 they have forgotten^H7911 Jehovah^H3068 their God.^H430

22 ♥ 📝 Return,^H7725 ye backsliding^H7726 children,^H1121 I will heal^H7495 your backslidings.^H4878 Behold, we are come^H857 unto thee; for thou art Jehovah^H3068 our God.^H430

23 ♥ 📝 Truly^H403 in vain^H8267 is [the help that is looked for] from the hills,^H1389 the tumult^H1995 on the mountains:^H2022 truly^H403 in Jehovah^H3068 our God^H430 is the salvation^H8668 of Israel.^H3478

24 ♥ 📝 But the shameful^H1322 thing hath devoured^H398 the labor^H3018 of our fathers^H1 from our youth,^H5271 their flocks^H6629 and their herds,^H1241 their sons^H1121 and their daughters.^H1323

25 ♥ 📝 Let us lie down^H7901 in our shame,^H1322 and let our confusion^H3639 cover^H3680 us; for we have sinned^H2398 against Jehovah^H3068 our God,^H430 we and our fathers,^H1 from our youth^H5271 even unto this day;^H3117 and we have not obeyed^H8085 the voice^H6963 of Jehovah^H3068 our God.^H430