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Jeremiah 3:5
5Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken, And you have done all the evil things [you could], And you have had your way and have carried out your wickedness.”
Jeremiah 3:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
- New International Version (NIV)will you always be angry? Will your wrath continue forever?’ This is how you talk, but you do all the evil you can.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)will he be angry forever, will he be indignant to the end?' Behold, you have spoken, but you have done all the evil that you could."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Will He remain angry forever? Will He keep it to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken and done evil things, As you were able.”
Context of Jeremiah 3:5
3Therefore the showers have been withheld, And there has been no spring rain. Yet you have the forehead (appearance) of a prostitute; You refuse to be ashamed. 4Will you not just now call out to Me, ‘My Father, you were the guide and companion of my youth? Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken, And you have done all the evil things [you could], And you have had your way and have carried out your wickedness.” 6Moreover, the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king [of Judah], “Have you seen what that faithless Israel has done—how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there she was a prostitute? 7I thought, ‘After she has done all these things she will return to Me’; but she did not return, and her treacherous (faithless) sister Judah saw it.
Read all of Jeremiah 3Jeremiah 3:5 word by word
הֲיִנְטֹ֣ר לְעוֹלָ֔ם אִם־יִשְׁמֹ֖ר לָנֶ֑צַח הִנֵּ֥ה דִבַּ֛רְתְּ וַתַּעֲשִׂ֥י הָרָע֖וֹת וַתּוּכָֽל׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Will he reserveנָטַרnâţar · to keepH5201
- for everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
- will he keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: look atH8104
- to the endנֵ֫צַחnetsach nêtsach · perpetuityH5331
- Behold, thou hast spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- and doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- evil thingsרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
- as thou couldestיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
Cross-references for Jeremiah 3:5
- Jeremiah 3:12Go and proclaim these words toward the north [where the ten tribes have been taken as captives] and say, ‘Return, faithless Israel,’ says the Lord; ‘I will not look on you in anger. For I am gracious and merciful,’ says the Lord; ‘I will not be angry forever.
- Psalms 77:7Will the Lord reject forever? And will He never be favorable again?
- Psalms 85:5Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?
- Psalms 103:8The Lord is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in compassion and lovingkindness.
- Isaiah 57:16For I will not contend forever, Nor will I always be angry; For [if I did stay angry] the spirit [of man] would grow weak before Me, And the breath of those whom I have created.
- Isaiah 64:9Do not be angry beyond measure, O Lord, Do not remember our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing] forever. Now look, consider, for we are all Your people.
- Ezekiel 22:6“Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been intending to shed blood in you.
- Micah 2:1Woe (judgment is coming) to those who devise wickedness And plot evil on their beds! When morning comes, they practice evil Because it is in the power of their hands.
- Micah 7:3Concerning evil, both of their hands pursue it and do it diligently and thoroughly; The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe, And a great man speaks the [evil] desire of his soul. So they twist the course of justice between them.
- Zephaniah 3:1Woe (judgment is coming) to her who is rebellious and defiled, The tyrannical city [Jerusalem]!
Commentaries on Jeremiah 3:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Will he reserve his anger for ever? - Why should not wrath be continued against thee, as thou continuest transgression against the Lord?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Rather, “Will he, the young husband,” retain, “keep up His anger forever!” These words should be joined to Jeremiah 3:4. Behold - Rather, “Behold, thou hast spoken” thus, but thou hast “done evil things” persistently. The King James Version translates as if Judah‘s words and deeds were both evil. Really her words were fair, but her deeds proved them to be false. And here ends the prophecy, most interesting as showing what was the general nature of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5Instead of confessing their sins, the people tried to hide them with sweet talk. However, God saw through their deception. They were right that he would not be angry forever (Psalm 103:9; Isaiah 57:16; Malachi 1:6), but he promised to show his wrath (Jeremiah 4:7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. he--"thou," the second person, had preceded. The change to the third person implies a putting away of God to a greater distance from them; instead of repenting and forsaking their idols, they merely deprecate the continuance of their punishment. Jr 3:12 and Psa 103:9, answer their question in the event of their penitence. spoken and--rather (God's reply to them), "Thou hast spoken (thus), and yet (all the while) thou hast done evil," &c. as thou…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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