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Jeremiah 3:16 (KJV) King James Version

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? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.
2 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.
3 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.
4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
5 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.
6 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.
7 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.
8 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.
9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
12 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.
13 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.
14 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:
15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
16 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.
17 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.
18 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.
19 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.
20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
21 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.
22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
23 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.
24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
25 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.
1 They say H559 L-VQFC , If H2005 IJEC a man H376 NMS put away H7971 his wife H802 CFS-3MS , and she go H1980 from him , and become H1961 W-VQQ3FS another H312 AMS man H376 NMS \'s , shall he return H7725 unto H413 PREP-3FS her again H5750 ADV ? shall not H3808 D-NPAR that H1931 land H776 D-GFS be greatly polluted H2610 ? but thou H859 hast played the harlot H2181 with many H7227 AMP lovers H7453 NMP ; yet return H7725 again to H413 PREP-1MS me , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
2 Lift up H5375 thine eyes H5869 unto H5921 PREP the high places H8205 , and see H7200 where H375 IGAT thou hast not H3808 NADV been lain H7901 with . In H5921 PREP the ways H1870 hast thou sat H3427 for them , as the Arabian H6163 in the wilderness H4057 ; and thou hast polluted H2610 the land H776 GFS with thy whoredoms H2184 and with thy wickedness H7451 .
3 Therefore the showers H7241 have been withheld H4513 , and there hath been H1961 VQQ3MS no H3808 latter rain H4456 ; and thou hadst a whore H802 NFS \'s forehead H4696 , thou refusedst H3985 to be ashamed H3637 .
4 Wilt thou not H3808 D-NPAR from this time H6258 cry H7121 unto me , My father H1 CMS-1MS , thou H859 PPRO-2MS art the guide H441 of my youth H5271 ?
5 Will he reserve H5201 his anger forever H5769 L-NMS ? will he keep H8104 VQY3MS it to the end H5331 L-NMS ? Behold H2009 IJEC , thou hast spoken H1696 and done H6213 evil things H7451 as thou couldest H3201 .
6 The LORD H3068 EDS said H559 W-VQY3MS also unto H413 PREP-1MS me in the days H3117 B-CMP of Josiah H2977 the king H4428 D-NMS , Hast thou seen H7200 that which H834 RPRO backsliding H4878 Israel H3478 hath done H6213 VQQ3MS ? she H1931 PPRO-3FS is gone up H1980 upon H5921 PREP every H3605 NMS high H1364 AMS mountain H2022 CMS and under H8478 NMS every H3605 NMS green H7488 tree H6086 NMS , and there H8033 ADV hath played the harlot H2181 .
7 And I said H559 W-VQY1MS after H310 PREP she had done H6213 all H3605 NMS these H428 PMP things , Turn H7725 VQY2MS thou unto H413 PREP-1MS me . But she returned H7725 not H3808 W-NPAR . And her treacherous H901 sister H269 Judah H3063 saw H7200 it .
8 And I saw H7200 , when H3588 CONJ for H5921 PREP all H3605 NMS the causes H182 whereby H834 RPRO backsliding H4878 Israel H3478 committed adultery H5003 I had put her away H7971 , and given H5414 her a bill H5612 CMS of divorce H3748 ; yet her treacherous H898 sister H269 Judah H3063 feared H3372 not H3808 W-NPAR , but went H1980 W-VQQ3FS and played the harlot H2181 also H1571 CONJ .
9 And it came to pass H1961 W-VQQ3MS through the lightness H6963 of her whoredom H2184 , that she defiled H2610 the land H776 D-GFS , and committed adultery H5003 with H854 PREP stones H68 and with H854 W-PART stocks H6086 .
10 And yet H1571 W-CONJ for all H3605 B-CMS this H2063 DPRO her treacherous H901 sister H269 Judah H3063 hath not H3808 NADV turned H7725 unto H413 PREP-1MS me with her whole H3605 B-CMS heart H3820 , but H518 PART feignedly H8267 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .
11 And the LORD H3068 EDS said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP-1MS me , The backsliding H4878 Israel H3478 hath justified H6663 herself H5315 more than treacherous H898 Judah H3063 .
12 Go H1980 and proclaim H7121 these H428 D-DPRO-3MP words H1697 AMP toward the north H6828 , and say H559 , Return H7725 , thou backsliding H4878 Israel H3478 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 EDS ; and I will not H3808 ADV cause mine anger H6440 NMP-1MS to fall H5307 upon you : for H3588 CONJ I H589 PPRO-1MS am merciful H2623 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 EDS , and I will not H3808 NADV keep H5201 anger forever H5769 .
13 Only H389 ADV acknowledge H3045 thine iniquity H5771 , that H3588 CONJ thou hast transgressed H6586 against the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , and hast scattered H6340 thy ways H1870 to the strangers H2114 under H8478 NMS every H3605 NMS green H7488 tree H6086 NMS , and ye have not H3808 NADV obeyed H8085 my voice H6963 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
14 Turn H7725 , O backsliding H7726 children H1121 NMP , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 EDS ; for H3588 CONJ I H595 PPRO-1MS am married H1166 unto you : and I will take H3947 you one H259 MMS of a city H5892 M-NFS , and two H8147 of a family H4940 , and I will bring H935 you to Zion H6726 :
15 And I will give H5414 you pastors H7462 according to mine heart H3820 , which shall feed H7462 you with knowledge H1844 and understanding H7919 .
16 And it shall come to pass H1961 W-VQQ3MS , when H3588 CONJ ye be multiplied H7235 and increased H6509 in the land H776 B-NFS , in those H1992 days H3117 BD-NMP , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 EDS , they shall say H559 VQY3MP no H3808 NADV more H5750 ADV , The ark H727 of the covenant H1285 NFS of the LORD H3068 EDS : neither H3808 W-NADV shall it come H5927 VQY3MS to H5921 PREP mind H3820 NMS : neither H3808 W-NADV shall they remember H2142 it ; neither H3808 W-NADV shall they visit H6485 it ; neither H3808 W-NADV shall that be done H6213 any more H5750 ADV .
17 At that H1931 time H6256 they shall call H7121 Jerusalem H3389 the throne H3678 of the LORD H3068 EDS ; and all H3605 the nations H1471 D-NMP shall be gathered H6960 unto H413 PREP-3FS it , to the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 EDS , to Jerusalem H3389 : neither H3808 W-NPAR shall they walk H1980 any more H5750 ADV after H310 PREP the imagination H8307 of their evil H7451 heart H3820 CMS-3MP .
18 In those H1992 days H3117 BD-NMP the house H1004 CMS of Judah H3063 shall walk H1980 with H5921 PREP the house H1004 CMS of Israel H3478 , and they shall come H935 together H3162 ADV-3MS out of the land H776 M-NFS of the north H6828 NFS to H5921 PREP the land H776 D-GFS that H834 RPRO I have given for an inheritance H5157 unto your fathers H1 .
19 But I H595 W-PPRO-1MS said H559 VQQ1MS , How H349 shall I put H7896 thee among the children H1121 , and give H5414 thee a pleasant H2532 land H776 GFS , a goodly H6643 heritage H5159 of the hosts H6635 of nations H1471 NMP ? and I said H559 W-VQY1MS , Thou shalt call H7121 me , My father H1 CMS-1MS ; and shalt not H3808 NADV turn away H7725 from me .
20 Surely H403 ADV as a wife H802 NFS treacherously departeth H898 from her husband H1167 , so H3651 ADV have ye dealt treacherously H898 with me , O house H1004 CMS of Israel H3478 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .
21 A voice H6963 CMS was heard H8085 upon H5921 PREP the high places H8205 , weeping H1065 and supplications H8469 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 : for H3588 CONJ they have perverted H5753 their way H1870 CMS-3MP , and they have forgotten H7911 the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS their God H430 .
22 Return H7725 , ye backsliding H7726 children H1121 NMP , and I will heal H7495 your backslidings H4878 . Behold H2009 , we come H857 unto thee ; for H3588 CONJ thou H859 PPRO-2MS art the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS our God H430 .
23 Truly H403 ADV in vain H8267 is salvation hoped for from the hills H1389 , and from the multitude H1995 NMS of mountains H2022 NMP : truly H403 ADV in the LORD H3068 our God H430 is the salvation H8668 of Israel H3478 LMS .
24 For shame H1322 hath devoured H398 the labor H3018 CMS of our fathers H1 from our youth H5271 ; their flocks H6629 and their herds H1241 , their sons H1121 and their daughters H1323 .
25 We lie down H7901 in our shame H1322 , and our confusion H3639 covereth H3680 us : for H3588 CONJ we have sinned H2398 against the LORD H3068 L-EDS our God H430 , we H587 PPRO-1MP and our fathers H1 , from our youth H5271 even unto H5704 W-PREP this H2088 D-PMS day H3117 D-AMS , and have not H3808 W-NPAR obeyed H8085 VQQ1MP the voice H6963 B-NMS of the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS our God H430 .