God calleth his people unto repentance. 14 He promiseth the restitution of his Church. 20 He reproveth Judah and Israel, comparing them to a woman disobedient to her husband.

They [a]say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return again unto her? shall not this land [b]be polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many [c]lovers: yet [d]turn again to me, saith the Lord.

Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and behold, where thou hast not played the harlot: thou hast sat waiting for them in the ways, as the [e]Arabian in the wilderness: and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms, and with thy malice.

Therefore the showers have been restrained, and the [f]latter rain came not, and thou haddest a [g]whore’s forehead: thou wouldest not be ashamed.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 3:1 According as it is written, Deut. 24:4.
  2. Jeremiah 3:1 If he take such one to wife again.
  3. Jeremiah 3:1 That is, with idols, and with them whom thou hast put thy confidence in.
  4. Jeremiah 3:1 And I will not cast thee off, but receive thee, according to my mercy.
  5. Jeremiah 3:2 Which dwelleth in tents and waiteth for them that pass by to spoil them.
  6. Jeremiah 3:3 As God threatened by his Law, Deut. 28:24.
  7. Jeremiah 3:3 Thou wouldest never be ashamed of thine acts and repent: and this impudency is common to idolaters, which will not give off, though they be never so manifestly convicted.

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