Jeremiah 3:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.

Acknowledge

And hast scattered

Jeremiah 3:2

Jeremiah 2:20

Ezekiel 16:15

General references

Isaiah 1:19

Isaiah 17:7

Bible References

Acknowledge

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.

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast afflicted me, and I was chastised as an indomitable bullock: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.

And they shall confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers for their trespass which they trespassed against me and that also they have walked contrary unto me,

And it shall come to pass when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse which I have set before thee, and thou shalt return unto thy heart among all the Gentiles, where the LORD thy God shall have driven thee,

He looks upon men, and if any say, I have sinned and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me;

He that covers his sins shall not prosper, but whosoever confesses and forsakes them shall attain mercy.

I will arise and go to my father and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there is no truth in us.

And hast scattered

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.

For of old time I have broken thy yoke and burst thy bands; and thou didst say, I will not serve sin. With all this, upon every high hill and under every green tree thou dost wander, playing the harlot.

But thou didst trust in thine own beauty and didst play the harlot because of thy renown and didst pour out thy fornications on every one that passed by; thou wert his.

General references

If ye are willing and hearken, ye shall eat the good of the land;

At that day man shall look to his Maker, and his eyes shall see the Holy One of Israel.