Jeremiah 3:22

Jeremiah 3:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.
• New International Version (NIV)“Return, faithless people; I will cure you of backsliding.” “Yes, we will come to you, for you are the Lord our God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Return, O faithless sons; I will heal your faithlessness." "Behold, we come to you, for you are the Lord our God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Return, you backsliding children, And I will heal your backslidings.” “Indeed we do come to You, For You are the Lord our God.

Context of Jeremiah 3:22

20But you, Israel, have gone away from me, like a woman who leaves her husband. You have not been faithful to me.’ That is what the Lord says. 21‘I can hear a noise on the tops of the hills. Israel's people are weeping. They are calling out for help. Yes, they have turned to bad ways. They have forgotten to serve the Lord their God. Return to me, all of you have turned away. I will help you to be faithful to me. Now you should say, “Yes, we will return to you, because you are the Lord our God. 23The false gods that we worship on the hills have deceived us. Our wild parties on the mountains have not helped us. Only the Lord our God can really save Israel. 24Since we were a young nation, we have seen all our good things disappear. The useless gods that we worshipped have taken them. They took away the things that our ancestors worked to get. They took away our sheep and our cows. They even took away our sons and our daughters.

Jeremiah 3:22 word by word

שׁ֚וּבוּ בָּנִ֣ים שׁוֹבָבִ֔ים אֶרְפָּ֖ה מְשׁוּבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם הִנְנוּ֙ אָתָ֣נוּ לָ֔ךְ כִּ֥י אַתָּ֖ה יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• ye backslidingשׁוֹבָבshôbâb · turning backH7726
• childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• I will healרָפָאrâphâ' râphâh · to healH7495
• your backslidingsמְשׁוּבָהmeshûbâh meshûbâh · faithlessnessH4878
• Behold, we comeאָתָה'âthâh 'âthâ' · to comeH857
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• our Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Jeremiah 3:22

• Hosea 6:1‘Listen! We should return to serve the Lord. He has torn us to pieces, but now he will make us well again. He has hurt us, but now he will make our wounds better.
• Hosea 14:1Israel's people, return to the Lord your God! Your sins have caused you to fall down.
• Jeremiah 31:18‘I have heard Israel's people when they are sad. They say to me, “You punished us, and we accepted it. You taught us to obey you, like a farmer teaches an ox to work for him. So let us come back to serve you. We are ready to return to you, because you are the Lord, our God.
• Isaiah 27:8But Lord you sent your people to a land far away. That is how you punished them. You blew them away with a storm that came from the east.
• Hosea 3:5After that time, the Israelites will turn back to the Lord their God. They will serve their king, a descendant of King David. In the future, they will obey the Lord with fear, and they will receive his good gifts.
• Hosea 13:4The Lord says, ‘I am the Lord your God. I brought you out from Egypt. You must not serve any other God. No one else can save you except me.
• Hosea 14:8People of Ephraim, do not let me see your idols any more! I will answer your prayers. I will take care of you. I am like a strong green tree. All the good things that you have come from me.’
• Zechariah 13:9I will bring these people through fire. As men clean silver in the fire, so I will clean them. As men test gold in the fire, so I will test them. They will speak my name and I will answer them. I will say, “They are my people.” They will say, “The Lord is our God.” ’

Commentaries on Jeremiah 3:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Return, ye backsliding children - This they gladly receive, and with one voice make their confession to him: "Behold, we come unto thee, for thou art Jehovah our God;" and thence to the end of the chapter, show the reasons why they return unto God. Because he is the true God. Because the idols did not profit them: they could give no help in time of trouble. Because it is the prerogative of God alone to give salvation. Because they had no kind of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Yahweh‘s answer to their prayer in Jeremiah 3:21 is immediately followed by their acceptance of the offer of divine mercy. For - Rather, because … This profession of faith gives the reason why they return to Yahweh. The whole description is most graphically conceived. The people weeping upon the hills: God‘s gracious voice bidding them return: the glad cry of the penitents exclaiming that they come: the profession of faith won from them by the divine…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-25Verses 21-25 Sin is turning aside to crooked ways. And forgetting the Lord our God is at the bottom of all sin. By sin we bring ourselves into trouble. The promise to those that return is, God will heal their backslidings, by his pardoning mercy, his quieting peace, and his renewing grace. They come devoting themselves to God. They come disclaiming all expectations of relief and succour from any but the Lord. Therefore they come depending upon him only…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22The Lord remembered his children. From deep within, he called them to return so he could heal them. He wanted to put aside his anger and show his love (Jeremiah 30:17; 33:6; Hosea 6:1; 14:4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. Jehovah's renewed invitation (Jr 3:12, 14) and their immediate response. heal--forgive (2Ch 30:18, 20; Ho 14:4). unto thee--rather, "in obedience to thee"; literally, "for thee" [Rosenmuller].Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 3:22

• Backsliders
• Church
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• Repentance
• Sin

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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