Jeremiah 3:4

Hast thou not called me as it were a home, and the father and guide of thy virgin time?

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

3And thou didst retain many shepherds for a stumbling block to thyself: thou hadst a whore’s face, thou didst become shameless toward all.

5Will God’s anger continue forever, or be preserved to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done these bad things, and hadst power to do them.

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Cross References

Psalms 71:5And he shall continue as long as the sun, 1 And before the moon forever. 1

Proverbs 2:17Of her who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, 1 And forgotten the covenant of God. 1

Jeremiah 2:27They said to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast begotten me: and they have turned their backs to me, and not their faces: yet in the time of their afflictions they will say, Arise, and save us.

Jeremiah 31:9Set marks upon Moab, for she shall be touched with a plague spot, and all her cities shall become desolate; whence shall there be an inhabitant for her?

Jeremiah 31:22and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon the house of Beth-diblathaim,

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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