Jeremiah 3:5

Wilt thou be angry for ever, or wilt thou continue until the end? Behold, thou hast spoken, and hast done evil things, and hast been able.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 at this time call to me: Thou art my father, the guide of my virginity:

6And the Lord said to me in the days of king Josias: Hast thou seen what rebellious Israel hast done? she hath gone out of herself upon every high mountain, and under every green tree, and hath played the harlot there.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 29:10Now therefore I have a mind that we make a covenant with the Lord the God of Israel, and he will turn away the wrath of his indignation from us.

Psalms 85:5Convert us, O God our saviour: and turn off thy anger from us.

Psalms 103:8The ford is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and plenteous in mercy.

Isaiah 64:9Be not very angry, O Lord, and remember no longer our iniquity: behold, see we are all thy people.

Jeremiah 8:5Why then is this people in Jerusalem turned away with a stubborn revolting? they have laid hold on lying, and have refused to return.

Ezekiel 22:6Behold the princes of Israel, every one hath employed his arm in thee to shed blood.

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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