Jeremiah 3:5

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 no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed. 4Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth. Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ This you have spoken, but you keep doing all the evil you can.” 6Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there. 7I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.

Jeremiah 3:5 word by word

הֲיִנְטֹ֣ר לְעוֹלָ֔ם אִם־יִשְׁמֹ֖ר לָנֶ֑צַח הִנֵּ֥ה דִבַּ֛רְתְּ וַתַּעֲשִׂ֥י הָרָע֖וֹת וַתּוּכָֽל׃ פRead the interlinear

• Will He be angryנָטַרnâţar · to keepH5201
• foreverעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• foreverאִם'im · if: surely yesH518
• Will He be indignantשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: look atH8104
• to the endנֵ֫צַחnetsach nêtsach · perpetuityH5331
• Thisהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• you have spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• but you keep doingעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• all the evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• you canיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201

Cross-references for Jeremiah 3:5

• Jeremiah 3:12Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.
• Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
• Psalms 85:5Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
• Psalms 103:8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
• Isaiah 57:16For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me— the breath of life I have made.
• Isaiah 64:9Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!
• Ezekiel 22:6See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.
• Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
• Micah 7:3Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
• Zephaniah 3:1Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!

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