Revised Webster's Bible
Jeremiah 3
1Theysayלֵאמֹ֡רle.MorH559, If amanאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376shall putawayיְשַׁלַּ֣חye.sha.LachH7971hiswifeאִשְׁתּוֹ֩'ish.ToH802, and she shallgoוְהָלְכָ֨הve.ha.le.KhahH1980from him, and becomeanotherאַחֵ֗ר'a.CherH312man’sלְאִישׁ־le.'ish-H376, shall he return to heragainהֲיָשׁ֤וּבha.ya.ShuvH7725? shall not thatlandהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776begreatlyחָנ֥וֹףcha.NofH2610pollutedתֶּחֱנַ֖ףte.che.NafH2610? but thou hast played theharlotזָנִית֙za.NitH2181withmanyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227loversרֵעִ֣יםre.'ImH7453; yet returnagainוְשׁ֥וֹבve.ShovH7725to me,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002theLORDיְהֹוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.
2Liftupשְׂאִֽי־se.'i-H5375thyeyesעֵינַ֨יִךְ'ei.Na.yikhH5869to the highplacesשְׁפָיִ֜םshe.fa.YimH8205, andseeוּרְאִ֗יu.re.'IH7200whereאֵיפֹה֙'ei.FohH375thou hast not beenlainשֻׁכַּ֔בְתְּshu.kab.teH7693H7901with. In thewaysדְּרָכִים֙de.ra.KhimH1870hast thousatיָשַׁ֣בְתְּya.ShavtH3427for them, as theArabianכַּעֲרָבִ֖יka.'a.ra.ViH6163in thewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.BarH4057; and thou hastpollutedוַתַּחֲנִ֣יפִיva.ta.cha.Ni.fiH2610thelandאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776with thyharlotryבִּזְנוּתַ֖יִךְbiz.nu.Ta.yikhH2184and with thywickednessוּבְרָעָתֵֽךְ׃u.ve.ra.'a.TekhH7451.
3Therefore theshowersרְבִבִ֔יםre.vi.VimH7241have beenwithheldוַיִּמָּנְע֣וּvai.yi.ma.ne.'UH4513, and there hath been no latterrainוּמַלְק֖וֹשׁu.mal.Ko.oshH4456; and thou hadst anharlot’sאִשָּׁ֤ה זוֹנָה֙'i.Shah zo.NahH2181H802foreheadוּמֵ֨צַחu.Me.tzachH4696, thou didstrefuseמֵאַ֖נְתְּme.'AntH3985to beashamedהִכָּלֵֽם׃hi.ka.LemH3637.
5Will heretainהֲיִנְטֹ֣רha.yin.TorH5201his anger foreverלְעוֹלָ֔םle.'o.LamH5769? will hekeepיִשְׁמֹ֖רyish.MorH8104it to theendלָנֶ֑צַחla.Ne.tzachH5331? Behold, thou hastspokenדִבַּ֛רְתְּdi.bar.tiH1696anddoneוַתַּעֲשִׂ֥יva.ta.'a.SiH6213evilthingsהָרָע֖וֹתha.ra.'otH7451as thoucouldestוַתּוּכָֽל׃ פva.tu.KhalH3201.
6TheLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559also to me in thedaysבִּימֵי֙bi.MeiH3117ofJosiahיֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּyo.shi.Ya.huH2977thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, Hast thouseenהֲֽרָאִ֔יתָhara.'I.taH7200that whichbackslidingמְשֻׁבָ֣הme.shu.VahH4878Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478hathdoneעָשְׂתָ֖ה'a.se.TahH6213? she hath goneupהֹלְכָ֨הho.le.KhahH1980upon everyhighגָּבֹ֗הַּga.Vo.ahH1364mountainהַ֣רharH2022andunderתַּ֛חַתTa.chatH8478everygreenרַעֲנָ֖ןra.'a.NanH7488treeעֵ֥ץ'etzH6086, and there hath played theharlotוַתִּזְנִי־va.tiz.ni-H2181.
7And Isaidוָאֹמַ֗רva.'o.MarH559afterאַחֲרֵ֨י'a.cha.ReiH310she haddoneעֲשׂוֹתָ֧הּa.so.TahH6213all these things,Turnתָּשׁ֖וּבta.ShuvH7725thou to me. But shereturnedשָׁ֑בָהSha.vahH7725not. And hertreacherousבָּגוֹדָ֥הba.go.DahH901sisterאֲחוֹתָ֖הּ'a.cho.TahH269Judahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063sawוַתֵּ֛רֶאva.te.reh'H7200it .
8And Isawוָאֵ֗רֶאva.'E.re'H7200, when for all thecausesאֹדוֹת֙'o.dOtH182by whichbackslidingמְשֻׁבָ֣הme.shu.VahH4878Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478committedadulteryנִֽאֲפָה֙ni.'a.FahH5003I had put herawayשִׁלַּחְתִּ֕יהָshi.lach.Ti.haH7971, andgivenוָאֶתֵּ֛ןva.'e.TenH5414her abillסֵ֥פֶרSe.ferH5612ofdivorceכְּרִיתֻתֶ֖יהָke.ri.tu.Tei.haH3748; yet hertreacherousבֹּֽגֵדָ֤הbo.ge.DahH898sisterאֲחוֹתָ֔הּ'a.cho.TahH269Judahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063fearedיָֽרְאָ֜הya.re.'AhH3372not, butwentH3212and played theharlotוַתִּ֥זֶןva.Ti.zenH2181also.
12Goהָלֹ֡ךְha.LokhH1980andproclaimוְקָֽרָאתָ֩ve.ka.ra.TaH7121thesewordsהַדְּבָרִ֨יםha.de.va.RimH1697toward thenorthצָפ֗וֹנָהtza.Fo.nahH6828, andsayוְ֠אָמַרְתָּVe.'a.mar.taH559,Returnשׁ֣וּבָהShu.vahH7725, thoubackslidingמְשֻׁבָ֤הme.shu.VahH4878Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068; and I will not cause myangerפָּנַ֖יpa.NaiH6440tofallאַפִּ֥יל'a.PilH5307upon you: for I ammercifulחָסִ֤ידcha.SidH2623,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, and I will notkeepאֶטּ֖וֹר'e.TorH5201anger foreverלְעוֹלָֽם׃le.'o.LamH5769.
13Onlyacknowledgeדְּעִ֣יde.'IH3045thyiniquityעֲוֹנֵ֔ךְ'a.vo.NekhH5771, that thou hasttransgressedפָּשָׁ֑עַתְּpa.Sha.'atH6586against theLORDבַּיהוָ֥הba.Yah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהַ֖יִךְ'e.lo.Ha.yikhH430, and hastscatteredוַתְּפַזְּרִ֨יva.te.fa.ze.RiH6340thywaysדְּרָכַ֜יִךְde.ra.Kha.yikhH1870to thestrangersלַזָּרִ֗יםla.za.RimH2114under everygreenרַעֲנָ֔ןra.'a.NanH7488treeעֵ֣ץ'etzH6086, and ye have notobeyedשְׁמַעְתֶּ֖םshe.ma'.TemH8085myvoiceוּבְקוֹלִ֥יu.ve.ko.LiH6963,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002theLORDיְהֹוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.
14Turnשׁ֣וּבוּShu.vuH7725, Obackslidingשׁוֹבָבִים֙shoa.VimH7726childrenבָנִ֤יםva.NimH1121,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068; for I ammarriedבָּעַ֣לְתִּיba.'Al.tiH1166to you: and I willtakeוְלָקַחְתִּ֨יve.la.kach.TiH3947youoneאֶחָ֣ד'e.ChadH259of acityמֵעִ֗ירme.'IrH5892, andtwoוּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙u.she.Na.yimH8147of afamilyמִמִּשְׁפָּחָ֔הmi.mish.pa.ChahH4940, and I willbringוְהֵבֵאתִ֥יve.he.ve.TiH935you toZionצִיּֽוֹן׃tzi.YonH6726:
16And it shall come to pass, when ye shall bemultipliedתִרְבּוּ֩tir.BuH7235andincreasedוּפְרִיתֶ֨םu.fe.ri.TemH6509in thelandבָּאָ֜רֶץba.'A.retzH776, in thosedaysבַּיָּמִ֤יםbai.ya.MimH3117,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, they shallsayיֹ֣אמְרוּYo.me.ruH559no more, Thearkאֲרוֹן֙'a.rOnH727of thecovenantבְּרִית־be.rit-H1285of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068: neither shall itcomeיַעֲלֶ֖הya.'a.LehH5927tomindלֵ֑בLevH3820: neither shall theyrememberיִזְכְּרוּ־yiz.ke.ru-H2142it; neither shall theymissיִפְקֹ֔דוּyif.Ko.duH6485it ; neither shall that bedoneיֵעָשֶׂ֖הye.'a.SehH6213any more.
17At thattimeבָּעֵ֣תba.'EtH6256they shallcallיִקְרְא֤וּyik.re.'UH7121Jerusalemלִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙li.ru.sha.LimH3389thethroneכִּסֵּ֣אki.Se'H3678of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068; and all thenationsהַגּוֹיִ֛םha.go.YimH1471shall begatheredוְנִקְוּ֨וּve.nikv.VuH6960to it, to thenameלְשֵׁ֥םle.ShemH8034of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, toJerusalemלִירוּשָׁלִָ֑םli.ru.sha.LimH3389: neither shall theywalkH3212any moreafterאַחֲרֵ֕י'a.cha.ReiH310theimaginationשְׁרִר֖וּתshe.ri.RutH8307of theirevilהָרָֽע׃ סha.Ra'H7451heartלִבָּ֥םli.BamH3820.
18In thosedaysבַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.MimH3117thehouseבֵית־veit-H1004ofJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063shallwalkH3212with thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, and they shallcomeוְיָבֹ֤אוּve.ya.Vo.'uH935togetherיַחְדָּו֙yach.DavH3162from thelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776of thenorthצָפ֔וֹןtza.FonH6828to thelandהָאָ֕רֶץha.'A.retzH776that I have given for aninheritanceהִנְחַ֖לְתִּיhin.Chal.tiH5157to yourfathersאֲבוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃'a.vo.tei.KhemH1.
19But Isaidאָמַ֗רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559, How shall Iputאֲשִׁיתֵ֣ךְ'a.shi.TekhH7896thee among thechildrenבַּבָּנִ֔יםba.ba.NimH1121, andgiveוְאֶתֶּן־ve.'e.ten-H5414thee apleasantחֶמְדָּ֔הchem.DahH2532landאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776, abeautifulH6643heritageנַחֲלַ֥תna.cha.LatH5159of thehostsH6635ofnationsגּוֹיִ֑םgo.YimH1471? and Isaidוָאֹמַ֗רva.'o.MarH559, Thou shaltcallתִּקְרְאִיtik.re.'u-H7121me, Myfatherאָבִי֙'a.ViH1; and shalt not turnawayתָשֽׁוּבִי׃ta.shu.vuH7725frommeוּמֵאַחֲרַ֖יu.me.'a.cha.RaiH310.
20Surelyאָכֵ֛ן'a.KhenH403as awifeאִשָּׁ֖ה'i.ShahH802treacherouslyבָּגְדָ֥הba.ge.DahH898departeth from herhusbandמֵרֵעָ֑הּme.re.'AhH7453, so have ye dealttreacherouslyבְּגַדְתֶּ֥םbe.gad.TemH898with me, Ohouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.
21Avoiceק֚וֹלKolH6963washeardנִשְׁמָ֔עnish.Ma'H8085upon the highplacesשְׁפָיִ֣יםshe.fa.YimH8205,weepingבְּכִ֥יbe.KhiH1065andsupplicationsתַחֲנוּנֵ֖יta.cha.nu.NeiH8469of thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478: for they havepervertedהֶעֱוּוּ֙he.'e.VuH5753theirwayדַּרְכָּ֔םdar.KamH1870, and they haveforgottenשָׁכְח֖וּsha.khe.ChuH7911theLORDיְהֹוָ֥הYah.wehH3068theirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.HemH430.
22Returnשׁ֚וּבוּShu.vuH7725, yebackslidingשׁוֹבָבִ֔יםshoa.VimH7726childrenבָּנִ֣יםba.NimH1121, and I willhealאֶרְפָּ֖ה'er.PahH7495yourbackslidingsמְשׁוּבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑םme.shu.vo.tei.KhemH4878. Behold, wecomeאָתָ֣נוּ'a.Ta.nuH857to thee; for thou art theLORDיְהֹוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ourGodאֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃'e.lo.Hei.nuH430.
23Trulyאָכֵ֥ן'a.KhenH403invainלַשֶּׁ֛קֶרla.She.kerH8267is salvation hoped for from thehillsמִגְּבָע֖וֹתmi.ge.va.'otH1389, and from themultitudeהָמ֣וֹןha.MonH1995ofmountainsהָרִ֑יםha.RimH2022:trulyאָכֵן֙'a.KhenH403in theLORDבַּיהֹוָ֣הba.Yah.wehH3068ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430is thesalvationתְּשׁוּעַ֖תte.shu.'AtH8668ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.
24Forshameוְהַבֹּ֗שֶׁתve.ha.Bo.shetH1322hathdevouredאָֽכְלָ֛ה'a.khe.LahH398thelabourיְגִ֥יעַye.Gi.a'H3018of ourfathersאֲבוֹתֵ֖ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nuH1from ouryouthמִנְּעוּרֵ֑ינוּmi.ne.'u.Rei.nuH5271; theirflocksצֹאנָם֙tzo.NamH6629and theirherdsבְּקָרָ֔םbe.ka.RamH1241, theirsonsבְּנֵיהֶ֖םbe.nei.HemH1121and theirdaughtersבְּנוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃be.no.tei.HemH1323.
25We liedownנִשְׁכְּבָ֣הnish.ke.VahH7901in ourshameבְּבָשְׁתֵּ֗נוּbe.va.she.Te.nuH1322, and ourconfusionכְּלִמָּתֵנוּ֒ke.li.ma.te.NuH3639coverethוּֽתְכַסֵּנוּ֮u.te.kha.se.NuH3680us: for we havesinnedחָטָ֗אנוּcha.Ta.nuH2398against theLORDלַיהוָ֨הla.Yah.wehH3068ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֜ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430, we and ourfathersוַאֲבוֹתֵ֔ינוּva.'a.vo.Tei.nuH1, from ouryouthמִנְּעוּרֵ֖ינוּmi.ne.'u.Rei.nuH5271even to thisdayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117, and have notobeyedשָׁמַ֔עְנוּsha.Ma'.nuH8085thevoiceבְּק֖וֹלbe.KolH6963of theLORDיְהֹוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ourGodאֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ ס'e.lo.Hei.nuH430.
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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