King James Version
Jeremiah 3
1They sayלֵאמֹ֡רle.MorH559,If a manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376put awayיְשַׁלַּ֣חye.sha.LachH7971his wifeאִשְׁתּוֹ֩'ish.ToH802,and she goוְהָלְכָ֨הve.ha.le.KhahH1980from him, and become anotherאַחֵ֗ר'a.CherH312man’sלְאִישׁ־le.'ish-H376,shall he return unto her againהֲיָשׁ֤וּבha.ya.ShuvH7725?shall not that landהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776be greatlyחָנ֥וֹףcha.NofH2610pollutedתֶּחֱנַ֖ףte.che.NafH2610?but thou hast played the harlotזָנִית֙za.NitH2181with manyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227loversרֵעִ֣יםre.'ImH7453;yet return againוְשׁ֥וֹבve.ShovH7725to me, saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהֹוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.
2Lift upשְׂאִֽי־se.'i-H5375thine eyesעֵינַ֨יִךְ'ei.Na.yikhH5869unto the high placesשְׁפָיִ֜םshe.fa.YimH8205,and seeוּרְאִ֗יu.re.'IH7200whereאֵיפֹה֙'ei.FohH375thou hast not been lienשֻׁכַּ֔בְתְּshu.kab.teH7901H7693with. In the waysדְּרָכִים֙de.ra.KhimH1870hast thou satיָשַׁ֣בְתְּya.ShavtH3427for them, as the Arabianכַּעֲרָבִ֖יka.'a.ra.ViH6163in the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.BarH4057;and thou hast pollutedוַתַּחֲנִ֣יפִיva.ta.cha.Ni.fiH2610the landאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776with thy whoredomsבִּזְנוּתַ֖יִךְbiz.nu.Ta.yikhH2184and with thy wickednessוּבְרָעָתֵֽךְ׃u.ve.ra.'a.TekhH7451.
3Therefore the showersרְבִבִ֔יםre.vi.VimH7241have been withholdenוַיִּמָּנְע֣וּvai.yi.ma.ne.'UH4513,and there hath been no latter rainוּמַלְק֖וֹשׁu.mal.Ko.oshH4456;and thou hadst a whore’sאִשָּׁ֤ה זוֹנָה֙'i.Shah zo.NahH802H2181foreheadוּמֵ֨צַחu.Me.tzachH4696,thou refusedstמֵאַ֖נְתְּme.'AntH3985to be ashamedהִכָּלֵֽם׃hi.ka.LemH3637.
5Will he reserveהֲיִנְטֹ֣רha.yin.TorH5201his angerfor everלְעוֹלָ֔םle.'o.LamH5769?will he keepיִשְׁמֹ֖רyish.MorH8104itto the endלָנֶ֑צַחla.Ne.tzachH5331?Behold, thou hast spokenדִבַּ֛רְתְּdi.bar.tiH1696and doneוַתַּעֲשִׂ֥יva.ta.'a.SiH6213evil thingsהָרָע֖וֹתha.ra.'otH7451as thou couldestוַתּוּכָֽל׃ פva.tu.KhalH3201.
6The Lordיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559also unto me in the daysבִּימֵי֙bi.MeiH3117of Josiahיֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּyo.shi.Ya.huH2977the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,Hast thou seenהֲֽרָאִ֔יתָhara.'I.taH7200thatwhich backslidingמְשֻׁבָ֣הme.shu.VahH4878Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478hath doneעָשְׂתָ֖ה'a.se.TahH6213?she is gone upהֹלְכָ֨הho.le.KhahH1980upon every highגָּבֹ֗הַּga.Vo.ahH1364mountainהַ֣רharH2022and underתַּ֛חַתTa.chatH8478every greenרַעֲנָ֖ןra.'a.NanH7488treeעֵ֥ץ'etzH6086,and there hath played the harlotוַתִּזְנִי־va.tiz.ni-H2181.
7And I saidוָאֹמַ֗רva.'o.MarH559afterאַחֲרֵ֨י'a.cha.ReiH310she had doneעֲשׂוֹתָ֧הּa.so.TahH6213all these things,Turnתָּשׁ֖וּבta.ShuvH7725thou unto me. But she returnedשָׁ֑בָהSha.vahH7725not. And her treacherousבָּגוֹדָ֥הba.go.DahH901sisterאֲחוֹתָ֖הּ'a.cho.TahH269Judahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063sawוַתֵּ֛רֶאva.te.reh'H7200it.
8And I sawוָאֵ֗רֶאva.'E.re'H7200,when for all the causesאֹדוֹת֙'o.dOtH182whereby backslidingמְשֻׁבָ֣הme.shu.VahH4878Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478committed adulteryנִֽאֲפָה֙ni.'a.FahH5003I had put her awayשִׁלַּחְתִּ֕יהָshi.lach.Ti.haH7971,and givenוָאֶתֵּ֛ןva.'e.TenH5414her a billסֵ֥פֶרSe.ferH5612of divorceכְּרִיתֻתֶ֖יהָke.ri.tu.Tei.haH3748;yet her treacherousבֹּֽגֵדָ֤הbo.ge.DahH898sisterאֲחוֹתָ֔הּ'a.cho.TahH269Judahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063fearedיָֽרְאָ֜הya.re.'AhH3372not, but wentH3212and played the harlotוַתִּ֥זֶןva.Ti.zenH2181also.
12Goהָלֹ֡ךְha.LokhH1980and proclaimוְקָֽרָאתָ֩ve.ka.ra.TaH7121these wordsהַדְּבָרִ֨יםha.de.va.RimH1697toward the northצָפ֗וֹנָהtza.Fo.nahH6828,and sayוְ֠אָמַרְתָּVe.'a.mar.taH559,Returnשׁ֣וּבָהShu.vahH7725,thou backslidingמְשֻׁבָ֤הme.shu.VahH4878Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068; andI will not cause mine angerפָּנַ֖יpa.NaiH6440to fallאַפִּ֥יל'a.PilH5307upon you: for I ammercifulחָסִ֤ידcha.SidH2623,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, andI will not keepאֶטּ֖וֹר'e.TorH5201angerfor everלְעוֹלָֽם׃le.'o.LamH5769.
13Only acknowledgeדְּעִ֣יde.'IH3045thine iniquityעֲוֹנֵ֔ךְ'a.vo.NekhH5771,that thou hast transgressedפָּשָׁ֑עַתְּpa.Sha.'atH6586against the Lordבַּיהוָ֥הba.Yah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהַ֖יִךְ'e.lo.Ha.yikhH430,and hast scatteredוַתְּפַזְּרִ֨יva.te.fa.ze.RiH6340thy waysדְּרָכַ֜יִךְde.ra.Kha.yikhH1870to the strangersלַזָּרִ֗יםla.za.RimH2114under every greenרַעֲנָ֔ןra.'a.NanH7488treeעֵ֣ץ'etzH6086,and ye have not obeyedשְׁמַעְתֶּ֖םshe.ma'.TemH8085my voiceוּבְקוֹלִ֥יu.ve.ko.LiH6963,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהֹוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.
14Turnשׁ֣וּבוּShu.vuH7725,O backslidingשׁוֹבָבִים֙shoa.VimH7726childrenבָנִ֤יםva.NimH1121,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068;for I am marriedבָּעַ֣לְתִּיba.'Al.tiH1166unto you: and I will takeוְלָקַחְתִּ֨יve.la.kach.TiH3947you oneאֶחָ֣ד'e.ChadH259of a cityמֵעִ֗ירme.'IrH5892,and twoוּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙u.she.Na.yimH8147of a familyמִמִּשְׁפָּחָ֔הmi.mish.pa.ChahH4940,and I will bringוְהֵבֵאתִ֥יve.he.ve.TiH935you to Zionצִיּֽוֹן׃tzi.YonH6726:
16And it shall come to pass, when ye be multipliedתִרְבּוּ֩tir.BuH7235and increasedוּפְרִיתֶ֨םu.fe.ri.TemH6509in the landבָּאָ֜רֶץba.'A.retzH776,in those daysבַּיָּמִ֤יםbai.ya.MimH3117,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,they shall sayיֹ֣אמְרוּYo.me.ruH559no more, The arkאֲרוֹן֙'a.rOnH727of the covenantבְּרִית־be.rit-H1285of the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068:neither shall it comeיַעֲלֶ֖הya.'a.LehH5927to mindלֵ֑בLevH3820:neither shall they rememberיִזְכְּרוּ־yiz.ke.ru-H2142it; neither shall they visitיִפְקֹ֔דוּyif.Ko.duH6485it; neither shall thatbe doneיֵעָשֶׂ֖הye.'a.SehH6213any more.
17At that timeבָּעֵ֣תba.'EtH6256they shall callיִקְרְא֤וּyik.re.'UH7121Jerusalemלִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙li.ru.sha.LimH3389the throneכִּסֵּ֣אki.Se'H3678of the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068;and all the nationsהַגּוֹיִ֛םha.go.YimH1471shall be gatheredוְנִקְוּ֨וּve.nikv.VuH6960unto it, to the nameלְשֵׁ֥םle.ShemH8034of the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,to Jerusalemלִירוּשָׁלִָ֑םli.ru.sha.LimH3389:neither shall they walkH3212any more afterאַחֲרֵ֕י'a.cha.ReiH310the imaginationשְׁרִר֖וּתshe.ri.RutH8307of their evilהָרָֽע׃ סha.Ra'H7451heartלִבָּ֥םli.BamH3820.
18In those daysבַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.MimH3117the houseבֵית־veit-H1004of Judahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063shall walkH3212with the houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,and they shall comeוְיָבֹ֤אוּve.ya.Vo.'uH935togetherיַחְדָּו֙yach.DavH3162out of the landמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776of the northצָפ֔וֹןtza.FonH6828to the landהָאָ֕רֶץha.'A.retzH776that I have given for an inheritanceהִנְחַ֖לְתִּיhin.Chal.tiH5157unto your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃'a.vo.tei.KhemH1.
19But I saidאָמַ֗רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559,How shall I putאֲשִׁיתֵ֣ךְ'a.shi.TekhH7896thee among the childrenבַּבָּנִ֔יםba.ba.NimH1121,and giveוְאֶתֶּן־ve.'e.ten-H5414thee a pleasantחֶמְדָּ֔הchem.DahH2532landאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776,a goodlyH6643heritageנַחֲלַ֥תna.cha.LatH5159of the hostsH6635of nationsגּוֹיִ֑םgo.YimH1471?and I saidוָאֹמַ֗רva.'o.MarH559,Thou shalt callתִּקְרְאִיtik.re.'u-H7121me, My fatherאָבִי֙'a.ViH1;and shalt not turn awayתָשֽׁוּבִי׃ta.shu.vuH7725from meוּמֵאַחֲרַ֖יu.me.'a.cha.RaiH310.
20Surelyאָכֵ֛ן'a.KhenH403asa wifeאִשָּׁ֖ה'i.ShahH802treacherouslyבָּגְדָ֥הba.ge.DahH898departeth from her husbandמֵרֵעָ֑הּme.re.'AhH7453,so have ye dealt treacherouslyבְּגַדְתֶּ֥םbe.gad.TemH898with me, O houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.
21A voiceק֚וֹלKolH6963was heardנִשְׁמָ֔עnish.Ma'H8085upon the high placesשְׁפָיִ֣יםshe.fa.YimH8205,weepingבְּכִ֥יbe.KhiH1065andsupplicationsתַחֲנוּנֵ֖יta.cha.nu.NeiH8469of the childrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478:for they have pervertedהֶעֱוּוּ֙he.'e.VuH5753their wayדַּרְכָּ֔םdar.KamH1870, andthey have forgottenשָׁכְח֖וּsha.khe.ChuH7911the Lordיְהֹוָ֥הYah.wehH3068their Godאֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.HemH430.
22Returnשׁ֚וּבוּShu.vuH7725,ye backslidingשׁוֹבָבִ֔יםshoa.VimH7726childrenבָּנִ֣יםba.NimH1121, andI will healאֶרְפָּ֖ה'er.PahH7495your backslidingsמְשׁוּבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑םme.shu.vo.tei.KhemH4878.Behold, we comeאָתָ֣נוּ'a.Ta.nuH857unto thee; for thou artthe Lordיְהֹוָ֥הYah.wehH3068our Godאֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃'e.lo.Hei.nuH430.
23Trulyאָכֵ֥ן'a.KhenH403in vainלַשֶּׁ֛קֶרla.She.kerH8267is salvation hoped forfrom the hillsמִגְּבָע֖וֹתmi.ge.va.'otH1389, and fromthe multitudeהָמ֣וֹןha.MonH1995of mountainsהָרִ֑יםha.RimH2022:trulyאָכֵן֙'a.KhenH403in the Lordבַּיהֹוָ֣הba.Yah.wehH3068our Godאֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430isthe salvationתְּשׁוּעַ֖תte.shu.'AtH8668of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.
24For shameוְהַבֹּ֗שֶׁתve.ha.Bo.shetH1322hath devouredאָֽכְלָ֛ה'a.khe.LahH398the labourיְגִ֥יעַye.Gi.a'H3018of our fathersאֲבוֹתֵ֖ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nuH1from our youthמִנְּעוּרֵ֑ינוּmi.ne.'u.Rei.nuH5271;their flocksצֹאנָם֙tzo.NamH6629and their herdsבְּקָרָ֔םbe.ka.RamH1241,their sonsבְּנֵיהֶ֖םbe.nei.HemH1121and their daughtersבְּנוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃be.no.tei.HemH1323.
25We lie downנִשְׁכְּבָ֣הnish.ke.VahH7901in our shameבְּבָשְׁתֵּ֗נוּbe.va.she.Te.nuH1322,and our confusionכְּלִמָּתֵנוּ֒ke.li.ma.te.NuH3639coverethוּֽתְכַסֵּנוּ֮u.te.kha.se.NuH3680us: for we have sinnedחָטָ֗אנוּcha.Ta.nuH2398against the Lordלַיהוָ֨הla.Yah.wehH3068our Godאֱלֹהֵ֜ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430,we and our fathersוַאֲבוֹתֵ֔ינוּva.'a.vo.Tei.nuH1,from our youthמִנְּעוּרֵ֖ינוּmi.ne.'u.Rei.nuH5271even unto this dayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117,and have not obeyedשָׁמַ֔עְנוּsha.Ma'.nuH8085the voiceבְּק֖וֹלbe.KolH6963of the Lordיְהֹוָ֥הYah.wehH3068our Godאֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ ס'e.lo.Hei.nuH430.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
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- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
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- 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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