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 showers have been withheld and there has been no spring rain. You have a harlot’s brazen look; you refuse to be ashamed. 4Did you not just now call to Me: ‘Avi! You are a friend of my youth. Would He keep a grudge forever? Would He keep it to the end?’ So you said—yet you have done all the evil things you could.” 6Then Adonai said to me in the days of King Josiah: “Have you seen what backsliding Israel did? She went up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there she committed adultery. 7Yet I thought that after she had done all this she would return to Me. But she did not return. Even her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.

Jeremiah 3:5 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Will he reserveנָטַרnâţar · to keepH5201
• for everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• will he keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: look atH8104
• to the endנֵ֫צַחnetsach nêtsach · perpetuityH5331
• Behold, thou hast spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• and doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• evil thingsרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• as thou couldestיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201

Cross-references for Jeremiah 3:5

• Jeremiah 3:12Go! Proclaim these words toward the north, saying: “Return backsliding Israel,” says Adonai. “I will no longer frown on you, for I am merciful,” says Adonai. “I will not keep a grudge forever.
• Psalms 77:7In the night I remember my song. I meditate with my heart and my spirit is searching.
• Psalms 85:5Restore us, O God of our salvation, and renounce Your indignation with us.
• Psalms 103:8Adonai is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and plentiful in mercy.
• Isaiah 57:16For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry, for the spirit would grow weak before Me, the breath of those whom I made.
• Isaiah 64:9Your holy cities became a wilderness, Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
• Ezekiel 22:6“Behold, each prince of Israel has used his own arm’s strength in you to shed blood.
• Micah 2:1Oy to them who scheme wickedness, who work out evil upon their beds! In the light of the morning, they do it, for the power is in their hands.
• Micah 7:3Both hands are diligent at doing evil. The official and the judge ask for a bribe. The distinguished man utters a desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together.
• Zephaniah 3:1Oy to the oppressive city— filthy and defiled!

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)

In the dictionaries

• Adultery
• Confusion
• Marriage
• Marry
• Reserve
• Habaziniah
• Hosea
• Song of Songs

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