Jeremiah 3:4
Therefore, at least from this moment on, call out to me: ‘You are my father, the guide of my virginity.’
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 71:5And he will remain, with the sun and before the moon, from generation to generation.
Proverbs 2:17and who leaves behind the Guide of her youth,
Jeremiah 2:27For they say to a piece of wood, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You have conceived me.’ They have turned their back to me, and not their face. But in the time of their affliction, they will say: ‘Rise up and deliver us.’
Jeremiah 31:9They will approach with weeping. And I will lead them back with mercy. And I will lead them through the torrents of water, by an upright way, and they will not stumble in it. For I have become Father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.”
Jeremiah 31:22How long will you be absorbed in delights, O wandering daughter? For the Lord has created something new upon the earth: a woman will encompass a man.”
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 3:2-6
The Wickedness of Israel. ( b. c. 620.) 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… Read the whole commentary →