English Standard Version
Jeremiah 3:5
5will 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."
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.”
- 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.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Surely you won’t be angry forever! Surely you can forget about it!’ So you talk, but you keep on doing all the evil you can.”
Context of Jeremiah 3:5
3Therefore the showers have been withheld, and the spring rain has not come; yet you have the forehead of a whore; you refuse to be ashamed. 4Have you not just now called to me, 'My father, you are the friend of my youth— 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." 6The Lord said to me in the days of King Josiah: "Have you seen what she did, that faithless one, Israel, how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there played the whore? 7And I thought, 'After she has done all this she will return to me,' but she did not return, and her treacherous 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, and say, "'Return, faithless Israel, declares the Lord. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the Lord; I will not be angry forever.
- Psalms 77:7"Will the Lord spurn forever, and never again be favorable?
- 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 steadfast love.
- Isaiah 57:16For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before me, and the breath of life that I made.
- Isaiah 64:9Be not so terribly angry, O Lord, and remember not iniquity forever. Behold, please look, we are all your people.
- Ezekiel 22:6"Behold, the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.
- Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.
- Micah 7:3Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.
- Zephaniah 3:1Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled, the oppressing city!
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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