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 must lie down in our shame and let our humiliation cover us. Ever since we were young, we and our fathers have sinned against Jehovah our God. We have not obeyed Jehovah our God.

I hear the people of Israel say in grief, 'Jehovah, we were like an untamed animal, but you taught us to obey. Bring us back for we are ready to return to you, Jehovah our God.

However if they confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors and the treacherous things they did to oppose me,

All these blessings and curses I have spoken about will happen to you. Take them to heart when you are among all the nations where Jehovah your God will scatter you.

He comes to men and says: 'I sinned, and perverted what was right, but I did not get what I deserved.'

The man who covers his sins will not be blessed; but whoever confesses and leaves them will have mercy.

I will go to my father and say: 'Father I have sinned against God and against you.

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

And hast scattered

Lift up your eyes to the bare hills and see. You have had sex with men in every place. You sat by the roadside waiting for them like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled (corrupted) (profaned) the land with your prostitution and wickedness.

Long ago you broke off your yoke, tore off your bonds, and said that you would not be a slave. You lay down and acted like a prostitute on every high hill and under every large tree.

But you trusted your beauty. You used your fame to become a prostitute. You had sex with everyone who walked by.

General references

If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land.

On that day people will regard their Maker. Their eyes will look (offer respect) to the Holy One of Israel.