Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 3:1 (show verse)
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? Would not that land be utterly polluted? But thou hast committed fornication with many lovers; yet return to me, saith Jehovah.
Jeremiah 3:2 (show verse)
Lift up thine eyes unto the heights and see, where hast thou not been lain with? In the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arab in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications and with thy wickedness.
Adultery » Figurative
Canaan, land of » Miscellaneous topics » Polluted, by sin
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Deserts » Infested with robbers
Highways » Infested with » Robbers
The ishmaelites » Waylaid and plundered travellers
Land » Land measure a cubit = 1824 ft » Polluted, by sin
Whoredom » The reward for whoredom
Canaan, land of » Miscellaneous topics » Polluted, by sin
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Deserts » Infested with robbers
Highways » Infested with » Robbers
The ishmaelites » Waylaid and plundered travellers
Land » Land measure a cubit = 1824 ft » Polluted, by sin
Whoredom » The reward for whoredom
Jeremiah 3:3 (show verse)
And the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; but thou hast a harlot's forehead, thou refusest to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 3:4 (show verse)
Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
Jeremiah 3:5 (show verse)
Will he keep his anger for ever? Will he preserve it perpetually? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and thou art so determined.
Jeremiah 3:6 (show verse)
And Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen what backsliding Israel hath done? She hath gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath committed fornication.
Jeremiah 3:7 (show verse)
And I said, After she hath done all these things, she will return unto me; but she returned not. And her sister Judah, the treacherous, saw it.
Jeremiah 3:8 (show verse)
And I saw that when for all the causes wherein backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce, yet the treacherous Judah, her sister, feared not, but went and committed fornication also.
Jeremiah 3:9 (show verse)
And it came to pass through the lightness of her fornication that she polluted the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
Jeremiah 3:10 (show verse)
And even for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto me with her whole heart, but with falsehood, saith Jehovah.
Jeremiah 3:11 (show verse)
And Jehovah said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath shewn herself more just than treacherous Judah.
Jeremiah 3:12 (show verse)
Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah: I will not make my face dark upon you; for I am merciful, saith Jehovah; I will not keep anger for ever.
Anger » The anger of the lord
Backsliding » Exhortations to return from
Backsliding » Pardon of, promised
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
God » Mercy of » Promises of divine mercy
God's Promises » Of mercy » Promises of divine
Mercy » Promises of divine
God's Mercy » Manifested » To returning backsliders
Repentance » Pardon, for sin
Backsliding » Exhortations to return from
Backsliding » Pardon of, promised
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
God » Mercy of » Promises of divine mercy
God's Promises » Of mercy » Promises of divine
Mercy » Promises of divine
God's Mercy » Manifested » To returning backsliders
Repentance » Pardon, for sin
Jeremiah 3:13 (show verse)
Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast turned thy ways hither and thither to the strangers under every green tree; and ye have not hearkened to my voice, saith Jehovah.
Jeremiah 3:14 (show verse)
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.
Backsliding » Exhortations to return from
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Conversion » Promises connected with
Husband » Figurative
Jerusalem » What jerusalem is
Marriage » Figurative of God's union with the church
Marriage » Figurative
Marriage » Illustrative of » God's union with the jewish nation
Shepherds/pastors » What pastors are for
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Conversion » Promises connected with
Husband » Figurative
Jerusalem » What jerusalem is
Marriage » Figurative of God's union with the church
Marriage » Figurative
Marriage » Illustrative of » God's union with the jewish nation
Shepherds/pastors » What pastors are for
Jeremiah 3:15 (show verse)
And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As giver of pastors to the church
Christian ministers » Pastors
Church » Compared to a flock » Ministers as under-shepherds of
Church » God provides ministers for
The church » God provides ministers for
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Spiritual food » General references to
Jerusalem » What jerusalem is
Leaders » Preaching » As shepherds to feed the flock
Ministers » Work of preaching » As shepherds to feed the flock
Ministers » Remuneration of » Shepherds
Ministers » Are bound, to » Feed the church
Names » Of ministers » Pastors
Religious » Support of unfaithful » As shepherds to feed the flock
Shepherds/pastors » What pastors are for
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Food
Titles and names of ministers » Pastors
God, Trinity » Each person in, described as » Supplying ministers to the church
Christian ministers » Pastors
Church » Compared to a flock » Ministers as under-shepherds of
Church » God provides ministers for
The church » God provides ministers for
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Spiritual food » General references to
Jerusalem » What jerusalem is
Leaders » Preaching » As shepherds to feed the flock
Ministers » Work of preaching » As shepherds to feed the flock
Ministers » Remuneration of » Shepherds
Ministers » Are bound, to » Feed the church
Names » Of ministers » Pastors
Religious » Support of unfaithful » As shepherds to feed the flock
Shepherds/pastors » What pastors are for
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Food
Titles and names of ministers » Pastors
God, Trinity » Each person in, described as » Supplying ministers to the church
Jeremiah 3:16 (show verse)
And it shall come to pass, when ye are multiplied in the land and become fruitful, in those days, saith Jehovah, they shall say no more, Ark of the covenant of Jehovah! neither shall it come to mind, nor shall they remember it, nor shall they visit it; neither shall it be done any more.
Jeremiah 3:17 (show verse)
At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem; and they shall no more walk after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
Jeremiah 3:18 (show verse)
In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel; and they shall come together out of the land of the north, to the land which I caused your fathers to inherit.
Jeremiah 3:19 (show verse)
And as for me, I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee the pleasant land, the goodly inheritance of the hosts of the nations? And I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from following me.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 3:20 (show verse)
Surely as a woman treacherously departeth from her companion, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 3:21 (show verse)
A voice is heard upon the heights, the weeping supplications of the children of Israel; for they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Jehovah their God.
Jeremiah 3:22 (show verse)
Return, backsliding children; I will heal your backslidings. ... Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.
Backsliding » Exhortations to return from
Backsliding » Healing of, promised
spiritual Disease » Healing of
Forgetting God » Backsliders are guilty of
God » To believers » To the penitent
God's Promises » To the overcomers » To the penitent
Healing » Spiritual
Penitent » Promises to
Penitent » Spiritual restoration of
Restoration » Spiritual, of the penitent
Spiritual » Examples of growth » Healing of spiritual disease
Spiritual » Future rest of the saints restoration » Spiritual, of the penitent
Backsliding » Healing of, promised
spiritual Disease » Healing of
Forgetting God » Backsliders are guilty of
God » To believers » To the penitent
God's Promises » To the overcomers » To the penitent
Healing » Spiritual
Penitent » Promises to
Penitent » Spiritual restoration of
Restoration » Spiritual, of the penitent
Spiritual » Examples of growth » Healing of spiritual disease
Spiritual » Future rest of the saints restoration » Spiritual, of the penitent
Jeremiah 3:23 (show verse)
Truly in vain is salvation looked for from the hills, and the multitude of mountains; truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.
Jeremiah 3:24 (show verse)
But shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Jeremiah 3:25 (show verse)
We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah our God.