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World English Bible

Jeremiah 3 (WEBP)

[1] “They say, ‘If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes another man’s, should he return to her again?’ Wouldn’t that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me,” says Yahweh.
[2] “Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? You have sat waiting for them by the road, as an Arabian in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.
[3] Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain; yet you have had a prostitute’s forehead and you refused to be ashamed.
[4] Will you not from this time cry to me, ‘My Father, you are the guide of my youth!’?
[5] “‘Will he retain his anger forever? Will he keep it to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.”
[6] Moreover, Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and has played the prostitute there.
[7] I said after she had done all these things, ‘She will return to me;’ but she didn’t return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
[8] I saw when, for this very cause, that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, had no fear, but she also went and played the prostitute.
[9] Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with wood.
[10] Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense,” says Yahweh.
[11] Yahweh said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
[12] Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, ‘Return, you backsliding Israel,’ says Yahweh; ‘I will not look in anger on you, for I am merciful,’ says Yahweh. ‘I will not keep anger forever.
[13] Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against Yahweh your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice,’” says Yahweh.
[14] “Return, backsliding children,” says Yahweh, “for I am a husband to you. I will take one of you from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
[15] I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
[16] It will come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land in those days,” says Yahweh, “they will no longer say, ‘the ark of Yahweh’s covenant!’ It will not come to mind. They won’t remember it. They won’t miss it, nor will another be made.
[17] At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘Yahweh’s Throne;’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Yahweh’s name, to Jerusalem. They will no longer walk after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
[18] In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance to your fathers.
[19] “But I said, ‘How I desire to put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father”, and shall not turn away from following me.’
[20] “Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,” says Yahweh.
[21] A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their God.
[22] Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.
[23] Truly help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains, is in vain. Truly the salvation of Israel is in Yahweh our God.
[24] But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
[25] Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed Yahweh our God’s voice.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Jeremiah 3 (KJVS)

[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.

Jeremiah 3:1 Heb. Saying
Jeremiah 3:9 Or, fame
Jeremiah 3:10 Heb. in falsehood
Jeremiah 3:16a Heb. come upon the heart
Jeremiah 3:16b Or, it be magnified
Jeremiah 3:17 Or, stubbornness
Jeremiah 3:18a Or, to
Jeremiah 3:18b Or, caused your fathers to possess
Jeremiah 3:19a Heb. land of desire
Jeremiah 3:19b Heb. from after me
Jeremiah 3:20 Heb. friend

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Jeremiah 3 (BYZ)

[1] Ἐὰν () ἐξαποστείλῃ () ἀνὴρ () τὴν () γυναῖκα () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἀπέλθῃ () ἀπ’ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () γένηται () ἀνδρὶ () ἑτέρῳ, () μὴ () ἀνακάμπτουσα () ἀνακάμψει () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () ἔτι; () Οὐ () μιαινομένη () μιανθήσεται () ἡ () γυνὴ () ἐκείνη; () Καὶ () σὺ () ἐξεπόρνευσας () ἐν () ποιμέσιν () πολλοῖς· () καὶ () ἀνέκαμπτες () πρός () με; () Λέγει () κύριος. ()
[2] Ἆρον () εἰς () εὐθεῖαν () τοὺς () ὀφθαλμούς () σου () καὶ () ἰδέ· () ποῦ () οὐχὶ () ἐξεφύρθης; Ἐπὶ () ταῖς () ὁδοῖς () ἐκάθισας () αὐτοῖς () ὡσεὶ () κορώνη ἐρημουμένη () καὶ () ἐμίανας () τὴν () γῆν () ἐν () ταῖς () πορνείαις () σου () καὶ () ἐν () ταῖς () κακίαις () σου. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἔσχες () ποιμένας () πολλοὺς () εἰς () πρόσκομμα () σεαυτῇ· () ὄψις () πόρνης () ἐγένετό () σοι, () ἀπηναισχύντησας πρὸς () πάντας. ()
[4] Οὐχ () ὡς () οἶκόν () με () ἐκάλεσας () καὶ () πατέρα () καὶ () ἀρχηγὸν () τῆς () παρθενίας () σου; ()
[5] Μὴ () διαμενεῖ () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα () ἢ () διαφυλαχθήσεται () εἰς () νεῖκος; Ἰδοὺ () ἐλάλησας () καὶ () ἐποίησας () τὰ () πονηρὰ () ταῦτα () καὶ () ἠδυνάσθης. ()
[6] Καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () πρός () με () ἐν () ταῖς () ἡμέραις () Ιωσια τοῦ () βασιλέως () Εἶδες () ἃ () ἐποίησέν () μοι () ἡ () κατοικία () τοῦ () Ισραηλ· () ἐπορεύθησαν () ἐπὶ () πᾶν () ὄρος () ὑψηλὸν () καὶ () ὑποκάτω () παντὸς () ξύλου () ἀλσώδους καὶ () ἐπόρνευσαν () ἐκεῖ. ()
[7] Καὶ () εἶπα () μετὰ () τὸ () πορνεῦσαι () αὐτὴν () ταῦτα () πάντα () Πρός () με () ἀνάστρεψον, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἀνέστρεψεν· () καὶ () εἶδεν () τὴν () ἀσυνθεσίαν αὐτῆς () ἡ () ἀσύνθετος () Ιουδα.
[8] Καὶ () εἶδον () διότι () περὶ () πάντων () ὧν () κατελήμφθη () ἐν () οἷς () ἐμοιχᾶτο () ἡ () κατοικία () τοῦ () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () ἐξαπέστειλα () αὐτὴν () καὶ () ἔδωκα () αὐτῇ () βιβλίον () ἀποστασίου () εἰς () τὰς () χεῖρας () αὐτῆς· () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐφοβήθη () ἡ () ἀσύνθετος () Ιουδα καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () καὶ () ἐπόρνευσεν () καὶ () αὐτή. ()
[9] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () εἰς () οὐθὲν () ἡ () πορνεία () αὐτῆς, () καὶ () ἐμοίχευσεν () τὸ () ξύλον () καὶ () τὸν () λίθον. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἐν () πᾶσιν () τούτοις () οὐκ () ἐπεστράφη () πρός () με () ἡ () ἀσύνθετος () Ιουδα ἐξ () ὅλης () τῆς () καρδίας () αὐτῆς, () ἀλλ’ () ἐπὶ () ψεύδει. ()
[11] Καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () πρός () με () Ἐδικαίωσεν () τὴν () ψυχὴν () αὐτοῦ () Ισραηλ () ἀπὸ () τῆς () ἀσυνθέτου () Ιουδα.
[12] Πορεύου () καὶ () ἀνάγνωθι () τοὺς () λόγους () τούτους () πρὸς () βορρᾶν () καὶ () ἐρεῖς () Ἐπιστράφητι () πρός () με, () ἡ () κατοικία () τοῦ () Ισραηλ, () λέγει () κύριος, () καὶ () οὐ () στηριῶ () τὸ () πρόσωπόν () μου () ἐφ’ () ὑμᾶς· () ὅτι () ἐλεήμων () ἐγώ () εἰμι, () λέγει () κύριος, () καὶ () οὐ () μηνιῶ ὑμῖν () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα. ()
[13] Πλὴν () γνῶθι () τὴν () ἀδικίαν () σου, () ὅτι () εἰς () κύριον () τὸν () θεόν () σου () ἠσέβησας () καὶ () διέχεας τὰς () ὁδούς () σου () εἰς () ἀλλοτρίους () ὑποκάτω () παντὸς () ξύλου () ἀλσώδους, τῆς () δὲ () φωνῆς () μου () οὐχ () ὑπήκουσας, () λέγει () κύριος. ()
[14] Ἐπιστράφητε, () υἱοὶ () ἀφεστηκότες, () λέγει () κύριος, () διότι () ἐγὼ () κατακυριεύσω () ὑμῶν () καὶ () λήμψομαι () ὑμᾶς () ἕνα () ἐκ () πόλεως () καὶ () δύο () ἐκ () πατριᾶς () καὶ () εἰσάξω () ὑμᾶς () εἰς () Σιων ()
[15] καὶ () δώσω () ὑμῖν () ποιμένας () κατὰ () τὴν () καρδίαν () μου, () καὶ () ποιμανοῦσιν () ὑμᾶς () ποιμαίνοντες () μετ’ () ἐπιστήμης.
[16] Καὶ () ἔσται () ἐὰν () πληθυνθῆτε () καὶ () αὐξηθῆτε () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς () ἐν () ταῖς () ἡμέραις () ἐκείναις, () λέγει () κύριος, () οὐκ () ἐροῦσιν () ἔτι () Κιβωτὸς () διαθήκης () ἁγίου () Ισραηλ, () οὐκ () ἀναβήσεται () ἐπὶ () καρδίαν, () οὐκ () ὀνομασθήσεται () οὐδὲ () ἐπισκεφθήσεται () καὶ () οὐ () ποιηθήσεται () ἔτι· ()
[17] ἐν () ταῖς () ἡμέραις () ἐκείναις () καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () καιρῷ () ἐκείνῳ () καλέσουσιν () τὴν () Ιερουσαλημ () Θρόνος () κυρίου, () καὶ () συναχθήσονται () εἰς () αὐτὴν () πάντα () τὰ () ἔθνη () καὶ () οὐ () πορεύσονται () ἔτι () ὀπίσω () τῶν () ἐνθυμημάτων τῆς () καρδίας () αὐτῶν () τῆς () πονηρᾶς. ()
[18] Ἐν () ταῖς () ἡμέραις () ἐκείναις () συνελεύσονται () οἶκος () Ιουδα ἐπὶ () τὸν () οἶκον () τοῦ () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () ἥξουσιν () ἐπὶ () τὸ () αὐτὸ () ἀπὸ () γῆς () βορρᾶ () καὶ () ἀπὸ () πασῶν () τῶν () χωρῶν () ἐπὶ () τὴν () γῆν, () ἣν () κατεκληρονόμησα () τοὺς () πατέρας () αὐτῶν. ()
[19] Καὶ () ἐγὼ () εἶπα () Γένοιτο, () κύριε· () ὅτι () τάξω () σε () εἰς () τέκνα () καὶ () δώσω () σοι () γῆν () ἐκλεκτὴν () κληρονομίαν () θεοῦ () παντοκράτορος () ἐθνῶν· () καὶ () εἶπα () Πατέρα () καλέσετέ () με () καὶ () ἀπ’ () ἐμοῦ () οὐκ () ἀποστραφήσεσθε. ()
[20] Πλὴν () ὡς () ἀθετεῖ () γυνὴ () εἰς () τὸν () συνόντα () αὐτῇ, () οὕτως () ἠθέτησεν () εἰς () ἐμὲ () οἶκος () Ισραηλ, () λέγει () κύριος. ()
[21] Φωνὴ () ἐκ () χειλέων () ἠκούσθη () κλαυθμοῦ () καὶ () δεήσεως () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ, () ὅτι () ἠδίκησαν () ἐν () ταῖς () ὁδοῖς () αὐτῶν, () ἐπελάθοντο () θεοῦ () ἁγίου () αὐτῶν. ()
[22] Ἐπιστράφητε, () υἱοὶ () ἐπιστρέφοντες, () καὶ () ἰάσομαι () τὰ () συντρίμματα () ὑμῶν. () Ἰδοὺ () δοῦλοι () ἡμεῖς () ἐσόμεθά () σοι, () ὅτι () σὺ () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ἡμῶν () εἶ. ()
[23] Ὄντως () εἰς () ψεῦδος () ἦσαν () οἱ () βουνοὶ () καὶ () ἡ () δύναμις () τῶν () ὀρέων, () πλὴν () διὰ () κυρίου () θεοῦ () ἡμῶν () ἡ () σωτηρία () τοῦ () Ισραηλ. ()
[24] Ἡ () δὲ () αἰσχύνη () κατανάλωσεν () τοὺς () μόχθους () τῶν () πατέρων () ἡμῶν () ἀπὸ () νεότητος () ἡμῶν, () τὰ () πρόβατα () αὐτῶν () καὶ () τοὺς () μόσχους () αὐτῶν () καὶ () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () αὐτῶν () καὶ () τὰς () θυγατέρας () αὐτῶν. ()
[25] Ἐκοιμήθημεν () ἐν () τῇ () αἰσχύνῃ () ἡμῶν, () καὶ () ἐπεκάλυψεν () ἡμᾶς () ἡ () ἀτιμία () ἡμῶν, () διότι () ἔναντι () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἡμῶν () ἡμάρτομεν () ἡμεῖς () καὶ () οἱ () πατέρες () ἡμῶν () ἀπὸ () νεότητος () ἡμῶν () ἕως () τῆς () ἡμέρας () ταύτης () καὶ () οὐχ () ὑπηκούσαμεν () τῆς () φωνῆς () κυρίου () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἡμῶν. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.