Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 3:1 (show verse)
"They say, 'If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and become another man's, will he return to her again?' Wouldn't that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me," says Yahweh.
Jeremiah 3:2 (show verse)
"Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? You have sat for them by the ways, as an Arabian in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your 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 showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; yet you have a prostitute's forehead, you refused to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 3:4 (show verse)
Will you not from this time cry to me, 'My Father, you are the guide of my youth?'
Jeremiah 3:5 (show verse)
"'Will he retain [his anger] forever? Will he keep it to the end?' Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way."
Jeremiah 3:6 (show verse)
Moreover, Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, "Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the prostitute.
Jeremiah 3:7 (show verse)
I said after she had done all these things, 'She will return to me;' but she didn't return; and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
Jeremiah 3:8 (show verse)
I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, didn't fear; but she also went and played the prostitute.
Jeremiah 3:9 (show verse)
It happened through the lightness of her prostitution, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
Jeremiah 3:10 (show verse)
Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense," says Yahweh.
Jeremiah 3:11 (show verse)
Yahweh said to me, "Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
Jeremiah 3:12 (show verse)
Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, 'Return, you backsliding Israel,' says Yahweh; 'I will not look in anger on you; for I am merciful,' says Yahweh. 'I will not keep [anger] forever.
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 your iniquity, that you have transgressed against Yahweh your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice,' says Yahweh."
Jeremiah 3:14 (show verse)
"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.
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)
I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who 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)
It shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days," says Yahweh, "they shall say no more, 'The ark of the covenant of Yahweh!' neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more.
Jeremiah 3:17 (show verse)
At that time they shall call Jerusalem 'The throne of Yahweh;' and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of Yahweh, to Jerusalem. Neither shall they walk any more 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 that I gave for an inheritance to your fathers.
Jeremiah 3:19 (show verse)
"But I said, 'How I would put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!' and I said, 'You shall call me "My Father," and shall not turn away from following me.'
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 3:20 (show verse)
"Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel," says Yahweh.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 3:21 (show verse)
A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping [and] the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their God.
Jeremiah 3:22 (show verse)
Return, you backsliding children, I will heal your backsliding. "Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh 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 [the help that is looked for] from the hills, the tumult on the mountains. Truly the salvation of Israel is in Yahweh our God.
Jeremiah 3:24 (show verse)
But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Jeremiah 3:25 (show verse)
Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh our God."