Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 3:1 (show verse)
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 3:2 (show verse)
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. 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 showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst 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 evil things as thou couldest.
Jeremiah 3:6 (show verse)
The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
Jeremiah 3:7 (show verse)
And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
Jeremiah 3:8 (show verse)
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
Jeremiah 3:9 (show verse)
And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
Jeremiah 3:10 (show verse)
And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 3:11 (show verse)
And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
Jeremiah 3:12 (show verse)
Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith 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 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.
Jeremiah 3:14 (show verse)
Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: 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 mine 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 be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, 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 nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination 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 have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.
Jeremiah 3:19 (show verse)
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 3:20 (show verse)
Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 3:21 (show verse)
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
Jeremiah 3:22 (show verse)
Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. 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 in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
Jeremiah 3:24 (show verse)
For shame hath 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 covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.