Jeremiah 3:3

Jeremiah 3:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to blush with shame.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore the showers have been withheld, And there has been no latter rain. You have had a harlot’s forehead; You refuse to be ashamed.

Context of Jeremiah 3:3

1God says, “If a husband divorces his wife And she leaves him And becomes another man’s wife, Will he return to her again? Would that land not be completely defiled? But you are a prostitute with many lovers; Yet you turn to Me,” declares the Lord. 2“Raise your eyes to the bare heights and see; Where have you not been violated? You have sat for them by the roads Like an Arab in the desert, And you have defiled a land With your prostitution and your wickedness. Therefore the showers have been withheld, And there has been no spring rain. Yet you had a prostitute’s forehead; You refused to be ashamed. 4Have you not just now called to Me, ‘My Father, You are the friend of my youth? 5Will He be angry forever, Or keep His anger to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken And have done evil things, And you have had your own way.”

Jeremiah 3:3 word by word

וַיִּמָּנְע֣וּ רְבִבִ֔ים וּמַלְק֖וֹשׁ ל֣וֹא הָיָ֑ה וּמֵ֨צַח אִשָּׁ֤ה זוֹנָה֙ הָ֣יָה לָ֔ךְ מֵאַ֖נְתְּ הִכָּלֵֽם׃Read the interlinear

• showersרְבִיבִיםrâbîyb · showerH7241
• have been withheldמָנַעmâna‛ · to withholdH4513
• And there has beenהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• springמַלְקוֹשׁmalqôsh · spring rainH4456
• prostitute’sאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• prostitute’sזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
• foreheadמֵ֫צַחmêtsach · foreheadH4696
• You refusedמָאֵןmâ'ên · to refuseH3985
• to be ashamedכָּלַםkâlam · be humiliatedH3637

Cross-references for Jeremiah 3:3

• Jeremiah 9:12Who is the wise person who may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land destroyed, laid waste like the desert, so that no one passes through?
• Jeremiah 14:4Because the ground is cracked, For there has been no rain on the land. The farmers have been put to shame, They have covered their heads.
• Leviticus 26:19I will also break down your pride of power; and I will make your sky like iron and your earth like bronze.
• Deuteronomy 28:23The heaven which is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you, iron.
• Isaiah 5:6I will lay it waste; It will not be pruned nor hoed, But briars and thorns will come up. I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.”
• Joel 1:16Has food not been cut off before our eyes, and Joy and rejoicing from the house of our God?
• Amos 4:7“Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you While there were still three months until harvest. Then I would send rain on one city, But on another city I would not send rain; One part would be rained on, While the part not rained on would dry up.
• Haggai 1:11And I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on what the ground produces, on mankind, on cattle, and on all the products of the labor of your hands.”
• Jeremiah 5:24They do not say in their heart, “Let us now fear the Lord our God, Who gives rain in its season, Both the autumn rain and the spring rain, Who keeps for us The appointed weeks of the harvest.”
• Jeremiah 5:3Lord, do Your eyes not look for honesty? You have struck them, But they did not weaken; You have consumed them, But they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to repent.
• Jeremiah 6:15Were they ashamed because of the abomination they had done? They were not ashamed at all, Nor did they know even how to be ashamed. Therefore they will fall among those who fall; At the time that I punish them, They will collapse,” says the Lord.
• Jeremiah 8:12Were they ashamed because of the abomination they had done? They were not ashamed at all, And they did not know how to be ashamed; Therefore they will fall among those who fall; At the time of their punishment they will collapse,” Says the Lord.
• Jeremiah 44:16“As for the message that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you!
• Ezekiel 3:7yet the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, since they are not willing to listen to Me. The entire house of Israel certainly is stubborn and obstinate.
• Ezekiel 16:30“How feverish is your heart,” declares the Lord God, “while you do all these things, the action of a bold prostitute!
• Zephaniah 3:5The Lord is righteous within her; He will do no injustice. Every morning He brings His justice to light; He does not fail. But the criminal knows no shame.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 3:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3There hath been no latter rain - The former rain, which prepared the earth for tillage, fell in the beginning of November, or a little sooner; and the latter rain fell in the middle of April, after which there was scarcely any rain during the summer.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The Lord did not approve of the people's shameless behavior. He had already caused a drought, and their sexual rituals could not stop it (Jeremiah 14:3–6; Leviticus 26:19; Zephaniah 3:5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. no latter rain--essential to the crops in Palestine; withheld in judgment (Le 26:19; compare Joe 2:23). whore's forehead--(Jr 8:12; Eze 3:8).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 3:3

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Backsliders
• Church
• Condescension of God
• Idolatry
• Rain

In the dictionaries

• Adultery
• Confusion
• Marriage
• Marry
• Rain
• Reserve
• Ashamed
• Forehead
• Habaziniah
• Harlot

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