Jeremiah 3:5

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.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)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."
• 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.”

Context of Jeremiah 3:5

3Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst an harlot’s forehead, thou didst refuse to be ashamed. 4Wilt thou not from this time cry to me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth? Will he retain his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest. 6The LORD said also to me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she hath gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. 7And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou to me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it .

Jeremiah 3:5 word by word

הֲיִנְטֹ֣ר לְעוֹלָ֔ם אִם־יִשְׁמֹ֖ר לָנֶ֑צַח הִנֵּ֥ה דִבַּ֛רְתְּ וַתַּעֲשִׂ֥י הָרָע֖וֹת וַתּוּכָֽל׃ פRead the interlinear

• retainנָטַרnâţar · to keepH5201
• everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: look atH8104
• endנֵ֫צַחnetsach nêtsach · perpetuityH5331
• spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• thingsרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• couldestיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201

Cross-references for Jeremiah 3:5

• Jeremiah 3:12Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause my anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.
• Psalms 77:7Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
• Psalms 85:5Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thy anger to all generations?
• Psalms 103:8The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.
• Isaiah 57:16For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always angry: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls whom I have made.
• Isaiah 64:9Be not very angry, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
• Ezekiel 22:6Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
• Micah 2:1Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
• Micah 7:3That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they weave it together.
• Zephaniah 3:1Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to 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

Topics related to Jeremiah 3:5

• Backsliders
• Church
• Condescension of God
• Idolatry
• Wicked (People)

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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