Jeremiah 3:17

Jeremiah 3:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
• New International Version (NIV)At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the Lord, and all nations will gather in Jerusalem to honor the name of the Lord. No longer will they follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.
• English Standard Version (ESV)At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the Lord, and all nations shall gather to it, to the presence of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they shall no more stubbornly follow their own evil heart.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“At that time Jerusalem shall be called The Throne of the Lord, and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem. No more shall they follow the dictates of their evil hearts.

Context of Jeremiah 3:17

15I will give you shepherds who are loyal to me, and they will shepherd you with knowledge and skill. 16When you multiply and increase in the land, in those days — this is the Lord’s declaration — no one will say again, “The ark of the Lord’s covenant.” It will never come to mind, and no one will remember or miss it. Another one will not be made. At that time Jerusalem will be called The Lord’s Throne, and all the nations will be gathered to it, to the name of the Lord in Jerusalem. They will cease to follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts. 18In those days the house of Judah will join with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land I have given your ancestors to inherit.’” 19I thought, “How I long to make you my sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations.” I thought, “You will call me ‘My Father’ and never turn away from me.”

Jeremiah 3:17 word by word

בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֗יא יִקְרְא֤וּ לִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ כִּסֵּ֣א יְהוָ֔ה וְנִקְוּ֨וּ אֵלֶ֧יהָ כָֽל־הַגּוֹיִ֛ם לְשֵׁ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה לִירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְלֹא־יֵלְכ֣וּ ע֔וֹד אַחֲרֵ֕י שְׁרִר֖וּת לִבָּ֥ם הָרָֽע׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• At that timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• they shall callקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• the throneכִּסֵּאkissê' kissêh · throneH3678
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and all the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• shall be gatheredקָוָהqâvâh · to collectH6960
• unto it, to the nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• neither shall they walkיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• any more afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• the imaginationשְׁרִירוּתsherîyrûth · stubbornnessH8307
• of their evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820

Cross-references for Jeremiah 3:17

• Jeremiah 14:21For your name’s sake, don’t despise us. Don’t disdain your glorious throne. Remember your covenant with us; do not break it.
• Jeremiah 17:12A glorious throne on high from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
• Jeremiah 31:23This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore their fortunes, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the Lord bless you, righteous settlement, holy mountain.’
• Psalms 87:3Glorious things are said about you, city of God.Selah
• Isaiah 6:1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne, and the hem of his robe filled the temple.
• Isaiah 66:1This is what the Lord says: Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool. Where could you possibly build a house for me? And where would my resting place be?
• Ezekiel 1:26Something like a throne with the appearance of lapis lazuli was above the expanse over their heads. On the throne, high above, was someone who looked like a human.
• Ezekiel 43:7He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel and their kings will no longer defile my holy name by their religious prostitution and by the corpses of their kings at their high places.
• Galatians 4:26But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
• Isaiah 2:2In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s house will be established at the top of the mountains and will be raised above the hills. All nations will stream to it,
• Isaiah 49:18Look up, and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As I live” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “you will wear all your children as jewelry, and put them on as a bride does.
• Isaiah 60:3Nations will come to your light, and kings to your shining brightness.
• Isaiah 66:20They will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the Lord on horses and chariots, in litters, and on mules and camels, to my holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord.
• Micah 4:1In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s house will be established at the top of the mountains and will be raised above the hills. Peoples will stream to it,
• Zechariah 2:11“Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day and become my people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me to you.
• Zechariah 8:20The Lord of Armies says this: “Peoples will yet come, the residents of many cities;

Commentaries on Jeremiah 3:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17They shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord - The new Jerusalem, the universal Church of Christ, shall be God's throne: and wherever he is acknowledged as the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, there God sits on his throne, and holds his court.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17The throne of the Lord - Yahweh‘s throne shall not be the ark, but Jerusalem, i. e., the Christian Church Revelation 21:2; Galatians 4:26. To Jerusalem - The Septuagint and Syriac are probably right in omitting this word. Imagination … - Stubbornness (margin). A word always used in a bad sense, for “obstinacy.”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-20Verses 12-20 See God's readiness to pardon sin, and the blessings reserved for gospel times. These words were proclaimed toward the north; to Israel, the ten tribes, captive in Assyria. They are directed how to return. If we confess our sins, the Lord is faithful and just to forgive them. These promises are fully to come to pass in the bringing back the Jews in after-ages. God will graciously receive those that return to him; and by his grace, he takes…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17In the future, Jerusalem will be a global center of worship called The Throne of the Lord, and people from all nations will give up their rebellion (Jeremiah 7:24; Deuteronomy 29:19; Isaiah 60:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. Jerusalem--the whole city, not merely the temple. As it has been the center of the Hebrew theocracy, so it shall be the point of attraction to the whole earth (Is 2:2-4; Zec 2:10, 11; 14:16-21). throne of ... Lord--The Shekinah, the symbol of God's peculiar nearness to Israel (De 4:7) shall be surpassed by the antitype, God's own throne in Jerusalem (Psa 2:6, 8; Eze 34:23, 24; Zec 2:5). imagination--rather, as Margin, "the obstinacy" or stubbornness.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 3:17

• Backsliders
• Church
• Gentiles
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jerusalem
• Jesus, the Christ

In the dictionaries

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• Ezekiel
• Habaziniah
• Hosea
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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