Jeremiah 3
Legacy Standard Bible
The Polluted Land
3 God [a]says, “(A)If a husband divorces his wife
And she goes from him
And belongs to another man,
Will he still return to her?
Will not that land be completely [b]polluted?
But you (B)are a harlot with many [c]lovers;
Yet you (C)turn to Me,” declares Yahweh.
2 “Lift up your eyes to the (D)bare heights and see;
Where have you not been ravished?
By the roads you have (E)sat for them
Like [d]an Arab in the wilderness,
And you have (F)polluted a land
With your harlotry and with your evil.
3 Therefore the (G)showers have been withheld,
And the [e]late rain has not [f]come.
Yet you had a (H)harlot’s forehead;
You refused to feel dishonor.
4 Have you not just now called to Me,
‘(I)My Father, You are the [g](J)close companion of my (K)youth?
5 (L)Will He be angry forever?
Will He keep it to the end?’
Behold, you have spoken
And have done evil things,
And you have [h]had your way.”
Faithless Israel Called to Repentance
6 Then Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She (M)went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and she was a harlot there. 7 (N)I said, ‘After she has done all these things, she will return to Me’; but she did not return, and her (O)treacherous sister Judah saw it. 8 And I saw that for all the adulteries of faithless Israel, I had sent her away and (P)given her a certificate of divorce, yet her (Q)treacherous sister Judah did not fear; but she went and was a harlot also. 9 So it was, because of the lightness of her harlotry, that she (R)polluted the land and committed adultery with (S)stones and trees. 10 Yet in spite of all this, her treacherous sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but rather in (T)lying,” declares Yahweh.
11 And Yahweh said to me, “(U)Faithless Israel has proved herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. 12 Go and call out these words toward the north and say,
‘[i](V)Return, faithless Israel,’ declares Yahweh;
‘(W)I will not [j]look upon you in anger.
For I am (X)One of lovingkindness,’ declares Yahweh;
‘I will not be angry forever.
13 Only [k](Y)acknowledge your iniquity,
That you have transgressed against Yahweh your God
And have (Z)scattered your ways of harlotry to the strangers (AA)under every green tree,
And you have not listened to My voice,’ declares Yahweh.
14 ‘[l]Return, O faithless sons,’ declares Yahweh;
‘For I am a (AB)master to you,
And I will take you one from a city and two from a family,
And (AC)I will bring you to Zion.’
15 “Then I will give you (AD)shepherds after My own heart, who will [m](AE)shepherd you on knowledge and understanding. 16 It shall be in those days when you are multiplied and fruitful in the land,” declares Yahweh, “they will (AF)no longer say, ‘The ark of the covenant of Yahweh.’ And it will not come upon the heart, nor will they remember it, nor will they miss it, nor will it be made again. 17 At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘The (AG)Throne of Yahweh,’ and (AH)all the nations will be gathered to it, to Jerusalem, for the (AI)name of Yahweh; nor will they (AJ)walk anymore after the stubbornness of their evil heart. 18 (AK)In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together (AL)from the land of the north to the (AM)land that I gave your fathers as an inheritance.
19 “Then I said,
‘How I would set you among [n]My sons
And give you a pleasant land,
The most (AN)beautiful inheritance of the nations!’
And I said, ‘You shall call Me, (AO)“My Father,”
And not turn away from following Me.’
20 Surely, as a woman treacherously departs from her [o]lover,
So you have (AP)dealt treacherously with Me,
O house of Israel,” declares Yahweh.
21 A voice is heard on the (AQ)bare heights,
The weeping and the supplications of the sons of Israel;
Because they have perverted their way,
They have (AR)forgotten Yahweh their God.
22 [p]“Return, O faithless sons;
(AS)I will heal your faithlessness.”
“Behold, we come to You,
For You are Yahweh our God.
23 Surely, (AT)the hills are a lie,
A tumult on the mountains.
Surely in (AU)Yahweh our God
Is the salvation of Israel.
24 “But (AV)the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers since our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. 25 Let us lie down in our (AW)shame, and let our dishonor cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, (AX)from our youth even to this day. And we have not listened to the voice of Yahweh our God.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 3:1 Lit saying
- Jeremiah 3:1 Or alienated
- Jeremiah 3:1 Lit companions
- Jeremiah 3:2 Or a nomad
- Jeremiah 3:3 Spring
- Jeremiah 3:3 Lit been
- Jeremiah 3:4 Lit leader
- Jeremiah 3:5 Lit been able
- Jeremiah 3:12 Or Return, O Israel, who has turned away
- Jeremiah 3:12 Lit cause My countenance to fall upon you
- Jeremiah 3:13 Lit know
- Jeremiah 3:14 Or Return, O sons, who have turned away
- Jeremiah 3:15 Or feed
- Jeremiah 3:19 Lit the
- Jeremiah 3:20 Or companion
- Jeremiah 3:22 Or Return, O sons, who have turned away
Jeremias 3
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
3 “Kung ang isang babae ay hiniwalayan ng kanyang asawa at ang babaeng ito ay mag-asawang muli, hindi na siya dapat bawiin ng kanyang unang asawa, dahil magpaparumi ito nang lubos sa inyong lupain. Kayong mga taga-Israel ay namumuhay na parang isang babaeng bayaran. Marami kayong minamahal na mga dios-diosan. Sa kabila ng lahat ng ito, tatawagin ko pa rin kayo na magbalik sa akin. Ako, ang Panginoon, ang nagsasabi nito.
2 “Tingnan ninyo ang matataas na lugar kung saan kayo sumasamba sa inyong mga dios-diosan. May mga lugar pa ba roon na hindi ninyo dinungisan? Pinarumi ninyo ang lupain dahil sa kasamaan ninyo. Para kayong babaeng bayaran na nakaupo sa tabi ng daan at naghihintay ng lalaki. Tulad din kayo ng isang mapagsamantalang tao[a] na naghihintay ng mabibiktima niya sa ilang. 3 Iyan ang dahilan kung bakit hindi umuulan sa panahon ng tag-ulan. Pero sa kabila nito, matigas pa rin ang ulo ninyo gaya ng babaeng bayaran na hindi na nahihiya. 4 At ngayon sinasabi ninyo sa akin, ‘Ama ko, kayo po ay kasama[b] ko mula noong bata pa ako. 5 Palagi na lang ba kayong galit sa akin? Hanggang kailan pa po ba kayo magagalit sa akin?’ Ito ang sinasabi ninyo, pero ginagawa naman ninyo ang lahat ng masama na magagawa ninyo.”
Ginaya ng Juda ang Israel
6 Noong panahon ng paghahari ni Josia, sinabi sa akin ng Panginoon, “Nakita mo ba ang ginawa ng taksil na Israel? Sumamba siya sa mga dios-diosan sa bawat matataas na burol at sa ilalim ng bawat malalagong punongkahoy. Para siyang babaeng nangangalunya. 7 Akala ko, pagkatapos niyang magawa ang lahat ng ito, babalik na siya sa akin, pero hindi siya bumalik. At nakita ito ng taksil niyang kapatid na walang iba kundi ang Juda. 8 Hiniwalayan ko ang Israel at pinalayas dahil sa pangangalunya sa pamamagitan ng pagsamba sa mga dios-diosan. Pero sa kabila nito, nakita ko ang taksil niyang kapatid na Juda ay hindi man lang natakot. Nangalunya rin siya 9 sa pamamagitan ng pagsamba sa mga dios-diosang bato at kahoy, kaya dinungisan niya ang lupain. Hindi siya nababahala sa pagsamba sa mga dios-diosan. 10 At ang pinakamasama pa, hindi taos-pusong bumalik sa akin ang taksil na Juda. Pakunwari lang siya na bumalik sa akin. Ako, ang Panginoon, ang nagsasabi nito.”
11 Pagkatapos, sinabi sa akin ng Panginoon, “Kahit hindi tapat sa akin ang Israel mas mabuti pa rin siya kaysa sa taksil na Juda. 12 Lumakad ka ngayon at sabihin mo ito sa Israel,[c] ‘Ako, ang Panginoon ay nagsasabi: Israel na taksil, manumbalik ka, dahil mahabagin ako. Hindi na ako magagalit sa iyo kailanman. 13 Aminin mo lang ang iyong kasalanan na naghimagsik ka sa akin, ang Panginoon na iyong Dios, at sumunod ka sa ibang mga dios sa pamamagitan ng pagsamba sa kanila sa ilalim ng bawat malalagong punongkahoy. Aminin mo na hindi ka sumunod sa akin. Ako, ang Panginoon, ang nagsasabi nito.’ ”
14 Sinabi pa ng Panginoon, “Magbalik na kayo, kayong mga suwail na mga anak, dahil akin kayo.[d] Kukunin ko ang isa o dalawa sa inyo mula sa bawat bayan o angkan at dadalhin sa Israel.[e] 15 Pagkatapos, bibigyan ko kayo ng pinuno na gusto kong mamumuno sa inyo na may kaalaman at pang-unawa. 16 Ako, ang Panginoon ay nagsasabi na pagdating ng araw na marami na kayo sa lupaing iyon, hindi na ninyo hahanap-hanapin ang Kahon ng Kasunduan, ni iisipin o aalalahanin ito. At hindi na rin ninyo kailangang gumawa pa ng panibago nito. 17 Sa panahong iyon, tatawagin nʼyo ang Jerusalem na ‘Trono ng Panginoon.’ At ang lahat ng bansa ay magtitipon sa Jerusalem para parangalan ang pangalan ng Panginoon. Hindi na nila susundin ang nais ng matitigas at masasama nilang puso. 18 Sa panahong iyon, ang mga mamamayan ng Juda at ng Israel ay magkasamang babalik mula sa pagkabihag sa hilaga pauwi sa lupaing ibinigay ko sa mga magulang nila bilang mana. 19 Ako mismo ang nagsasabi, ‘Natutuwa ako na ituring kayong mga anak ko at bigyan ng magandang lupain na pinakamagandang pamana sa buong mundo.’ At akala koʼy tatawagin ninyo akong ‘Ama’ at hindi na kayo hihiwalay sa akin. 20 Pero kayong mga mamamayan ng Israel ay nagtaksil sa akin, tulad ng babaeng nagtaksil sa asawa niya. Ako, ang Panginoon, ang nagsasabi nito.
21 “May naririnig na mga ingay sa itaas ng bundok. Nag-iiyakan at nagmamakaawa ang mga mamamayan ng Israel dahil naging masama ang kanilang pamumuhay at kinalimutan nila ako, ang Panginoon na kanilang Dios. 22 Kayong mga naliligaw kong anak, manumbalik kayo sa akin at itutuwid ko ang inyong kataksilan.
“Sumagot sila, ‘Opo, lalapit po kami sa inyo dahil kayo ang Panginoon naming Dios. 23 Talagang mali po ang pagsamba namin sa mga dios-diosan sa mga bundok. Sa inyo lamang ang kaligtasan ng Israel, Panginoon naming Dios. 24 Mula po sa kabataan namin, ang mga nakakahiyang dios-diosan ang nakinabang sa mga pinaghirapan ng mga ninuno namin ang mga hayop at anak nila. 25 Dapat nga po kaming magtago dahil sa hiya dahil kami at ang mga ninuno namin ay nagkasala sa inyo, Panginoon naming Dios. Mula sa kabataan namin hanggang ngayon, hindi po kami sumunod sa inyo.’ ”
Jeremiah 3
King James Version
3 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.
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