Weeping, they make their supplication. Pauline Epistles A verification email has been sent to the address you provided. Yet return to Me," says the Lord. b. Thou repentest, and yet continuest in thy sins. Historical Books Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. i. Oh, that my head were waters: In the close of the previous chapter, Jeremiah lamented Judah, as he prophetically saw them conquered and exiled. The idea was that they sought out these idols and offered themselves to them. Will you not from this time cry to Me, shall not that land be greatly polluted? For I am married to you: Significantly, God said that He gave Israel a certificate of divorce (Jeremiah 3:8). "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 as an inheritance to your fathers.". Weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: Jeremiah prophetically saw Israel in true repentance, crying out to God from their desolation. The Whole Bible -------------------- All God's mercies, in every age, suggest encouragement; and what can be so desirable for the young, as to have the Lord for their Father, and the Guide of their youth? Matthew Henry’s Bible Commentary (concise), Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. '” (Spurgeon). b. d. Behold, you have spoken and done evil things, as you were able: Instead of crying out to the Lord and coming with humble repentance, Israel continued in their evil as they were able – hoping to get away with as much as they could. Poetical Books Sin is turning aside to crooked ways. ii. God asked His people to look up to the heights – that is, the high places where altars to pagan gods were often built. Major Prophets ( CB) Your sword has devoured your prophets. Whatever thou hast said or done hitherto, wilt thou not from this time apply to me? These sense seems to be, “Judah has not repented honestly, only in pretense. Where have you not lain with men? b. The words of Jeremiah 3:21-22 show several things about backsliding. We lie down in our shame, See God's readiness to pardon sin, and the blessings reserved for gospel times. c. Will you not from this time cry to Me: God told Israel what they should do. "And I said: "I [am] the man [that] hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath." Major Prophets GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point All Rights Reserved. Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, "Then it shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land in those days," says the Lord, "that they will say no more, 'The ark of the covenant of the Lord.' Cookie Notice: Minor Prophets It would so far surpass it that when the reality comes, no one would think of the ark of the covenant any longer. A summary of Jeremiah, chapter by chapter, from @biblesummary. "Return, you backsliding children, “Oh! Jeremiah Chapter 3 + Text Size — 1 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? The Old Testament He is the Lord, and he only can save. © 2021 Christianity.com. Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the prison, saying, “Thus says the LORD who made it, the LORD who formed it to establish it (the LORDis His name): ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’” a. Prophets Like an Arabian in the wilderness: “Jeremiah likened the national preoccupation with licentiousness to an Arab freebooter waiting in concealment to plunder a passing caravan, or to a wayside prostitute soliciting clients.” (Harrison) Sin wasn’t searching for them; they searched for it. Jeremiah's called to be a prophet by God when he's just a boy. c. But you have played the harlot with many lovers; yet return to Me: God wanted His unfaithful people to know that though returning to the first husband might be wrong on a human level, it was not wrong between God and His people. a. -------------------- -------------------- GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Many of them probably told themselves that they were not forsaking the Lord, only adding the worship of these other gods. Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills: In their idolatry, Israel often built altars on high places – the tops of hills. The promise to those that return is, God will heal their backslidings, by his pardoning mercy, his quieting peace, and his renewing grace. Others (such as the NASB and ESV) translate it as an accusation, God accusing Israel of wanting to return to Him lightly or wrongly. "Lift up your eyes to the desolate heights and see: Some (as the NKJV and NLT) translate it as an invitation from God to Israel. Historical Books Repenting sinners may encourage themselves that God will not keep his anger to the end. Therefore the showers have been withheld, i. -------------------- c. I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion: God promised restoration and repatriation for the remnant that would return to Him. Error: Passwords should have at least 6 characters, Error: Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. -------------------- God saw their sin for what it was, and noted that it polluted the land. You refuse to be ashamed. “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, should he return to her … (Jer 3:21-22) The weeping of a repentant Israel. These promises are fully to come to pass in the bringing back the Jews in after-ages. For we have sinned against the Lord our God, Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? -------------------- This was a contrast to how they hade previously forgotten the Lord their God. Israel like a foreign vine. “Here is the consciousness of sin in its essential character, and that produces godly sorrow. Pauline Epistles Their sons and their daughters. If a man divorces his wife…may he return to her again? a. b. Kings of Judah and during delivery time of the word of God through Jeremiah: Josiah, the son of Amon; and Jeremiah … The heavens are dark, the mountains are quaking, the birds are gone, and God has laid all the cities to ruin. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Use semicolons to separate groups: 'Gen;Jdg;Psa-Mal' or 'Rom 3-12;Mat 1:15;Mat 5:12-22', There are options set in 'Advanced Options', The Whole Bible We and our fathers, 30 “In vain I punished your people; they did not respond to correction. Prophets And give you a pleasant land, beautiful heritage of the hosts of nations?' No more shall they follow the dictates of their evil hearts.". i. This honesty was what Judah lacked and was the key to Israel’s restoration to right relationship. (Jer 3:3-5) The penalty of their sin and how they should have repented. General Epistles When you are multiplied and increased in the land in those days…they will say no more, “The ark of the covenant of the Lord”: Jeremiah looked forward to Israel’s ultimate restoration, marked by gathering in the land and by the presence of the Lord Himself, not merely the representation of God seen in the ark of the covenant of the Lord. Is the salvation of Israel. For You are the Lord our God.". Jeremiah seems to have in mind the command in Deuteronomy 24:1-4 which says that when a man divorces his wife and she becomes the wife of another man, she must not return again to her first husband. range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed Instead, in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel. For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands … There is no excuse or explanation given. Pauline Epistles Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD. The distinction between mere remorse and repentance is here already, in the ‘weeping and supplication. False gods are always abusive.” (Ryken) (Deuteronomy 28:30, Isaiah 13:16, where the word is translated ravished). But you have played the harlot with many lovers; yet return to Me, You have polluted the land with your harlotries and your wickedness, Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain, You have a harlot’s forehead; you refuse to be ashamed, Behold, you have spoken and done evil things, as you were able. The first five verses of this chapter allude to the subject of the last; and contain earnest exhortations to repentance, with gracious promises of pardon, notwithstanding every aggravation of guilt, 1-5.At the sixth verse a new section of prophecy commences, opening with a complaint against Judah for having exceeded in guilt her sister Israel, already cast off for her idolatry, 6-11. She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot. Johannine Writings The Old Testament While men harden themselves in sin, contempt and misery are their portion: for he that covereth his sins shall not prosper, but he that confesseth and forsaketh them, shall find mercy. They were terribly wrong; their pursuit out of God’s will left them less satisfied than before. General Epistles The line, “Yet return to Me,” says the Lord is a bit of a mystery to translators. This had special irony, because many of the pagan gods they went after were associated with weather, rain, and fertility (such as Baal and Ashtoreth). 4. Will He remain angry forever? i. 'You shall call Me, "My Father," During the 13th year of the reign of King Josiah of Judah, the Lord selected him to act as His prophet and he served in that role for many years. The actual glory of God in the presence of his people will be sufficient, and therefore the typical glory will not be missed.” (Feinberg). True penitents learn to call sin shame, even the sin they have been most pleased with. b. Instead the promise seems to be of restored relationship with Yahweh, their covenant God. a. i. “Scholars are clearly divided on the issue, and the reason is understandable. of Scripture. The ark of the covenant was not found after the captivity. 2. How gently the Lord had corrected them! And you have not obeyed My voice,' says the Lord.”. Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapters 4 to 6 Chapters 7 to 9 Chapter 10 Chapters 11 and 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 ... Chapter 52 was not written by Jeremiah. A happy state of the church is foretold. According to the picture, upon these desolate heights they committed spiritual adultery with pagan gods. d. We have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers…and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God: This is the appropriate expression of broken repentance that should mark God’s backsliding children. Wisdom Literature Passwords should have at least 6 characters. b. c. We lie down in our shame, and our reproach covers us: This shame was constant and could not be done away with until the children of Israel genuinely repented and returned to the Lord. They are directed how to return. We should be generous in our assessment of someone’s repentance. “The man” refers to all Israel, … d. No more shall they follow the dictates of their evil hearts: Jeremiah looked forward to the day when the nations would be genuinely transformed as they recognized the Lord and His work from Jerusalem. c. You have polluted the land with your harlotries and your wickedness: Israel considered their idolatry and sacrifice to pagan gods to be of little consequence. b. If we mark the crimes of those who break off from a religious profession, and the consequences, we see abundant reason to shun evil ways. From our youth even to this day, They come devoting themselves to God. As you were able.". Here there is no promise that God would restore the northern kingdom to its land and realm. “This is followed by the recitation of an ideal confession for the sinning people. Will He keep it to the end?' -------------------- And becomes another man's, GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point i. A summary of Jeremiah 3 from @biblesummary. i. d. Yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me with her whole heart, but in pretense: It seemed that Judah had learned nothing from the sin and consequences that came upon the northern kingdom of Israel. Historical Books With your harlotries and your wickedness.”. God will pardon thee, and yet send thee to hell: there is a pardon with a contradiction.” (Trapp). They come disclaiming all expectations of relief and succour from any but the Lord. (Jer 3:6-10) God speaks to Jeremiah about backsliding Israel, treacherous Judah. Pentateuch By the road … “True confession, unfortunately, is a harrowing and humiliating experience, and thus seldom encountered, whether in individuals or nations.” (Harrison), iii. And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me with her whole heart, but in pretense," says the Lord. You have a harlot’s forehead; you refuse to be ashamed: God observed the lack of shame among Israel for their idol worship. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point It shall not come to mind, nor shall they remember it, nor shall they visit it: Jeremiah looked forward to the day when the reality of God’s presence among men surpassed the symbol of it represented by the ark of the covenant. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, The Whole Bible -------------------- John Trapp Complete Commentary. 31 “You of this generation, consider the word of the Lord: “Have I been a desert to Israel. iii. Her skirts stained with blood Chapter#3: Judah Worse Than Israel. If we confess our sins, the Lord is faithful and just to forgive them. I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion. Where have you not lain with men? 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