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Unfaithful Israel

“If[a] a man divorces his wife
and she goes from him
and becomes another man’s wife,
    will he return to her?
Would not that land be greatly polluted?
You have played the harlot with many lovers;
    and would you return to me?
                says the Lord.
Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see!
    Where have you not been lain with?
By the waysides you have sat awaiting lovers
    like an Arab in the wilderness.
You have polluted the land
    with your vile harlotry.
Therefore the showers have been withheld,
    and the spring rain has not come;
yet you have a harlot’s brow,
    you refuse to be ashamed.
Have you not just now called to me,
    ‘My father, thou art the friend of my youth—
will he be angry for ever,
    will he be indignant to the end?’
Behold, you have spoken,
    but you have done all the evil that you could.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 3:1 Gk Syr: Heb Saying, If

[a]They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, will he return unto her again? will not that land be greatly polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; [b]yet return again to me, saith Jehovah. Lift up thine eyes unto the bare heights, and see; where hast thou not been lain with? By the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness. Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hadst a harlot’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed. Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My Father, thou art the [c]guide of my youth? Will he retain his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou [d]hast spoken and hast done evil things, and hast [e]had thy way.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 3:1 Hebrew Saying.
  2. Jeremiah 3:1 Or, and thinkest thou to return etc.?
  3. Jeremiah 3:4 Or, companion
  4. Jeremiah 3:5 Or, hast spoken thus, but hast done etc.
  5. Jeremiah 3:5 Hebrew been able.