Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 3:1 (show verse)
They say, If a man puts away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's, shall he return unto her again? Is she not a land that is now completely polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, said the LORD.
Jeremiah 3:2 (show verse)
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places and see if there is anywhere thou hast not been ravished. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms 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)
Therefore the rain has been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; and thou dost have a whore's forehead, thou dost refuse 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 reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done as many evil things as thou could.
Jeremiah 3:6 (show verse)
The LORD said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which rebellious Israel has done? She is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the harlot.
Jeremiah 3:7 (show verse)
And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she did not return. And her rebellious sister Judah saw it.
Jeremiah 3:8 (show verse)
And I saw when for all the causes by which rebellious Israel committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce; yet her rebellious sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also.
Jeremiah 3:9 (show verse)
And it came to pass through her judging her whoredom to be a light thing that the land became defiled and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
Jeremiah 3:10 (show verse)
And yet for all this her rebellious sister Judah has never turned unto me with her whole heart, but untruthfully, said the LORD.
Jeremiah 3:11 (show verse)
And the LORD said unto me, The rebellious Israel has justified her soul in comparison to the treacherous Judah.
Jeremiah 3:12 (show verse)
Go and proclaim these words toward the north wind and say, Return, thou rebellious Israel, said the LORD and I will not cause my anger to fall upon you; for I am merciful, said the LORD, and 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 rebelled against the LORD thy God and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not heard my voice, said the LORD.
Jeremiah 3:14 (show verse)
Turn, O rebellious sons, said the LORD; for I am your Lord, 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 pastors according to my heart, which 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 and increased in the land; in those days, said the LORD, they shall no longer say, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.
Jeremiah 3:17 (show verse)
At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the Gentiles shall congregate unto it in the name of the LORD in Jerusalem; neither shall they walk any more after the hardness of their evil heart.
Jeremiah 3:18 (show verse)
In those times they shall go out from the house of Judah unto the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north wind to the land which I caused your fathers to inherit.
Jeremiah 3:19 (show verse)
But I said, How shall I place thee as sons and give thee the desirable land, the heritage that the hosts of Gentiles desire? 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 the woman breaks the faith of her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, said the LORD.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 3:21 (show verse)
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping of the supplications of the sons of Israel; for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
Jeremiah 3:22 (show verse)
Return, ye rebellious sons, and I will heal your rebellion. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD 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 the hills are vanity, the multitude of mountains; truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
Jeremiah 3:24 (show verse)
For shame has 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 covers us; for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not hearkened unto the voice of the LORD our God.