Jeremiah 3:5

Why should you be angry unceasingly? And will you continue in this to the end? Behold, you have spoken and done evil, for you were able to do so.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4Therefore, at least from this moment on, call out to me: ‘You are my father, the guide of my virginity.’

6And, in the days of king Josiah, the Lord said to me: “Have you not seen what the apostate Israel has done? She has brought herself up to every lofty mountain, and she has lain down under every leafy tree, and she has committed fornication there.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 29:10Now therefore, it is pleasing to me that we should enter into a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel. And he will turn away the fury of his indignation from us.

Psalms 85:5For you are sweet and mild, Lord, and plentiful in mercy to all who call upon you.

Psalms 103:8The mountains ascend, and the plains descend, to the place which you have founded for them.

Isaiah 64:9Do not be so angry, O Lord, and no longer call to mind our iniquity. Behold, consider that we are all your people.

Jeremiah 8:5Then why have this people in Jerusalem turned away with a contentious loathing? They have taken hold of what is false, and they are not willing to return.

Ezekiel 22:6Behold, the leaders of Israel have each used his arm to shed blood within you.

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 →

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