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 have been unfaithful to me, you people of Israel! You have been like a faithless wife who leaves her husband. I, the Lord, have spoken.” 21Voices are heard high on the windswept mountains, the weeping and pleading of Israel’s people. For they have chosen crooked paths and have forgotten the Lord their God. “My wayward children,” says the Lord, “come back to me, and I will heal your wayward hearts.” “Yes, we’re coming,” the people reply, “for you are the Lord our God. 23Our worship of idols on the hills and our religious orgies on the mountains are a delusion. Only in the Lord our God will Israel ever find salvation. 24From childhood we have watched as everything our ancestors worked for— their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters— was squandered on a delusion.

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“Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces; now he will heal us. He has injured us; now he will bandage our wounds.
• Hosea 14:1Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sins have brought you down.
• Jeremiah 31:18I have heard Israel saying, ‘You disciplined me severely, like a calf that needs training for the yoke. Turn me again to you and restore me, for you alone are the Lord my God.
• Isaiah 27:8No, but he exiled Israel to call her to account. She was exiled from her land as though blown away in a storm from the east.
• Hosea 3:5But afterward the people will return and devote themselves to the Lord their God and to David’s descendant, their king. In the last days, they will tremble in awe of the Lord and of his goodness.
• Hosea 13:4“I have been the Lord your God ever since I brought you out of Egypt. You must acknowledge no God but me, for there is no other savior.
• Hosea 14:8“O Israel, stay away from idols! I am the one who answers your prayers and cares for you. I am like a tree that is always green; all your fruit comes from me.”
• Zechariah 13:9I will bring that group through the fire and make them pure. I will refine them like silver and purify them like gold. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘These are my people,’ and 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