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Jeremiah 3 (NET) New English Translation

1 "If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and becomes another man's wife, he may not take her back again. Doing that would utterly defile the land. But you, Israel, have given yourself as a prostitute to many gods. So what makes you think you can return to me?" says the LORD.
2 "Look up at the hilltops and consider this. You have had sex with other gods on every one of them. You waited for those gods like a thief lying in wait in the desert. You defiled the land by your wicked prostitution to other gods.
3 That is why the rains have been withheld, and the spring rains have not come. Yet in spite of this you are obstinate as a prostitute. You refuse to be ashamed of what you have done.
4 Even now you say to me, 'You are my father! You have been my faithful companion ever since I was young.
5 You will not always be angry with me, will you? You will not be mad at me forever, will you?' That is what you say, but you continually do all the evil that you can."
6 When Josiah was king of Judah, the LORD said to me, "Jeremiah, you have no doubt seen what wayward Israel has done. You have seen how she went up to every high hill and under every green tree to give herself like a prostitute to other gods.
7 Yet even after she had done all that, I thought that she might come back to me. But she did not. Her sister, unfaithful Judah, saw what she did.
8 She also saw that I gave wayward Israel her divorce papers and sent her away because of her adulterous worship of other gods. Even after her unfaithful sister Judah had seen this, she still was not afraid, and she too went and gave herself like a prostitute to other gods.
9 Because she took her prostitution so lightly, she defiled the land through her adulterous worship of gods made of wood and stone.
10 In spite of all this, Israel's sister, unfaithful Judah, has not turned back to me with any sincerity; she has only pretended to do so," says the LORD.
11 Then the LORD said to me, "Under the circumstances, wayward Israel could even be considered less guilty than unfaithful Judah.
12 "Go and shout this message to my people in the countries in the north. Tell them, 'Come back to me, wayward Israel,' says the LORD. 'I will not continue to look on you with displeasure. For I am merciful,' says the LORD. 'I will not be angry with you forever.
13 However, you must confess that you have done wrong, and that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You must confess that you have given yourself to foreign gods under every green tree, and have not obeyed my commands,' says the LORD.
14 "Come back to me, my wayward sons," says the LORD, "for I am your true master. If you do, I will take one of you from each town and two of you from each family group, and I will bring you back to Zion.
15 I will give you leaders who will be faithful to me. They will lead you with knowledge and insight.
16 In those days, your population will greatly increase in the land. At that time," says the LORD, "people will no longer talk about having the ark that contains the LORD's covenant with us. They will not call it to mind, remember it, or miss it. No, that will not be done any more!
17 At that time the city of Jerusalem will be called the LORD's throne. All nations will gather there in Jerusalem to honor the LORD's name. They will no longer follow the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts.
18 At that time the nation of Judah and the nation of Israel will be reunited. Together they will come back from a land in the north to the land that I gave to your ancestors as a permanent possession. "
19 "I thought to myself, 'Oh what a joy it would be for me to treat you like a son! What a joy it would be for me to give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful piece of property there is in all the world!' I thought you would call me, 'Father' and would never cease being loyal to me.
20 But, you have been unfaithful to me, nation of Israel, like an unfaithful wife who has left her husband," says the LORD.
21 "A noise is heard on the hilltops. It is the sound of the people of Israel crying and pleading to their gods. Indeed they have followed sinful ways; they have forgotten to be true to the LORD their God.
22 Come back to me, you wayward people. I want to cure your waywardness. Say, 'Here we are. We come to you because you are the LORD our God.
23 We know our noisy worship of false gods on the hills and mountains did not help us. We know that the LORD our God is the only one who can deliver Israel.
24 From earliest times our worship of that shameful god, Baal, has taken away all that our ancestors worked for. It has taken away our flocks and our herds, and even our sons and daughters.
25 Let us acknowledge our shame. Let us bear the disgrace that we deserve. For we have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our ancestors. From earliest times to this very day we have not obeyed 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 .
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