Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
‘For I am a
And I will take you one from a city and two from a family,
And
King James Version
Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
Holman Bible
“Return, you faithless children”
International Standard Version
"Return, unfaithful people," declares the LORD, "for I am your husband. I'll take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I'll bring you to Zion.
American Standard Version
Return, O backsliding children, saith Jehovah; for I am a husband unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
Amplified
‘Return, O faithless children [of the twelve tribes],’ says the Lord,
‘For I am a master and husband to you,
And I will take you [not as a nation, but individually]—one from a city and two from a [tribal] family—
And I will bring you to Zion.’
Bible in Basic English
Come back, O children who are turned away, says the Lord; for I am a husband to you, and I will take you, one from a town and two from a family, and will make you come to Zion;
Darby Translation
Return, backsliding children, saith Jehovah; for I am a husband unto you, and I will take you, one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
Julia Smith Translation
Turn back, ye sons having turned away, says Jehovah; for I was lord over you: and I took you one from a city and two from a family, and I brought you to Zion.
King James 2000
Turn, O backsliding children, says the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Return, apostate children," {declares} Yahweh. "For {I am your master}, and I will take you one from a city and two from a clan, and I will bring you [to] Zion.
Modern King James verseion
Turn, O backsliding sons, says Jehovah; for I am married to you; and I will take you one from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O ye shrinking children, turn again, sayeth the LORD: and I will be married with you. For I will take one out of the city, and two out of one generation from among you, and bring you out of Zion:
NET Bible
"Come back to me, my wayward sons," says the Lord, "for I am your true master. If you do, I will take one of you from each town and two of you from each family group, and I will bring you back to Zion.
New Heart English Bible
"Return, backsliding children," says the LORD; "for I am a husband to you. I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
The Emphasized Bible
Return, ye apostate sons, Urgeth Yahweh, for, I, am become your husband, - therefore will I take you one of a city, and two of a family, and will bring you to Zion;
Webster
Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married to you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
World English Bible
"Return, backsliding children," says Yahweh; "for I am a husband to you. I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
Youngs Literal Translation
Turn back, O backsliding sons, An affirmation of Jehovah. For I have ruled over you, And taken you one of a city, and two of a family, And have brought you to Zion,
Themes
Backsliding » Exhortations to return from
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Conversion » Promises connected with
Marriage » Figurative of God's union with the church
Marriage » Illustrative of » God's union with the jewish nation
Topics
Interlinear
Shuwb
Laqach
'echad
References
Word Count of 19 Translations in Jeremiah 3:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call For Repentance
13
That you have transgressed against the Lord your God
And have
And you have not obeyed My voice,’ declares the Lord.
‘For I am a
And I will take you one from a city and two from a family,
And
Cross References
Isaiah 54:5
Whose name is the Lord of hosts;
And your
Who is called the
Jeremiah 31:32
not like the
Hosea 2:19-20
Yes, I will betroth you to Me in
In lovingkindness and in compassion,
Isaiah 1:9
Had left us a few
We would be like
We would be like Gomorrah.
Isaiah 6:13
And it will again be subject to burning,
Like a terebinth or an
Whose stump remains when it is felled.
The
Isaiah 10:22
Only a remnant within them will return;
A
Isaiah 11:11-12
Will again recover the second time with His hand
The
From
And from the
Isaiah 17:6
Two or three olives on the topmost bough,
Four or five on the branches of a fruitful tree,
Declares the Lord, the God of Israel.
Isaiah 24:13-15
As the
As the gleanings when the grape harvest is over.
Jeremiah 2:2
“Go and
“I remember concerning you the
The love of your betrothals,
Through a land not sown.
Jeremiah 2:19
And your
Know therefore and see that it is evil and
For you to forsake the Lord your God,
And
Jeremiah 3:1
And she goes from him
And belongs to another man,
Will he still return to her?
Will not that land be completely
But you
Yet you
Jeremiah 3:8
And I saw that for all the adulteries of faithless Israel, I had sent her away and
Jeremiah 23:3
“Then I Myself will
Jeremiah 31:8-10
And I will
Among them the
The woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together;
A great
Ezekiel 34:11-14
For thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I Myself will
Zechariah 13:7-9
And against the man, My
Declares the Lord of hosts.
“
And I will
Romans 9:27
Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “
Romans 11:4-6
But what