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

Let us lie down in our shame, and let our humiliation cover us; for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. And we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.”

“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving,
‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like an untrained calf;

Bring me back that I may be restored,

For You are the Lord my God.

‘If they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their forefathers, in their unfaithfulness which they committed against Me, and also in their acting with hostility against Me—

“So it shall be when all of these things have come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind in all nations where the Lord your God has banished you,

“He will sing to men and say,
‘I have sinned and perverted what is right,
And it is not proper for me.

He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper,
But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion.

I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight;

If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

And hast scattered

“Lift up your eyes to the bare heights and see;
Where have you not been violated?
By the roads you have sat for them
Like an Arab in the desert,
And you have polluted a land
With your harlotry and with your wickedness.

“For long ago

I broke your yoke

And tore off your bonds;
But you said, ‘I will not serve!’
For on every high hill
And under every green tree
You have lain down as a harlot.

“But you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot because of your fame, and you poured out your harlotries on every passer-by who might be willing.

General references

“If you consent and obey,
You will eat the best of the land;

In that day man will have regard for his Maker
And his eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel.