Jeremiah 3:13

Only acknowledge thine avon (iniquity, guilt of wrongdoing), 1 that thou hast rebelled against Hashem your G-d, 1 and hast scattered thy favors to the zarim 1 under every green tree, 1 and ye have not obeyed My voice, saith Hashem. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

12Go and proclaim these devarim toward the north, and say: 1 Return, thou meshuvah Yisroel, saith Hashem; 1 and I will not cast down Mine anger to fall upon you; 1 for I am chasid (displaying chesed, mercy), saith Hashem, 1 and I will not keep anger l'olam. 1

14Shuvu (Turn), O banim shovaviv (backsliding children), saith Hashem; 1 for I am married unto you: 1 and I will take you one from a town, 1 and two from a mishpakhah, 1 and I will bring you to Tziyon:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:2Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the Goyim which ye shall possess served their elohim, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree;

Job 33:27He looketh upon anashim, and if any say, 1 I have sinned, and perverted that which was yashar, 1 and it was not recompensed to me, 1

Jeremiah 2:20For long ago I have broken thy ol (yoke), 1 and tore off thy bonds; 1 and thou saidst: I will not serve; 1 when upon every high hill 1 and under every green tree 1 thou hast sprawled, playing the zonah. 1

Jeremiah 3:2Lift up thine eyes unto the hilltops, and see! 1 Where hast thou not been lain with? 1 In the drakhim (ways, roads) hast thou sat [waiting] for them, 1 as the nomad in the midbar; 1 and thou hast defiled the eretz 1 with thy zenut (whoredom, prostitution) and with thy ra'ah (wickedness). 1

Jeremiah 3:25We lie down in our Boshet (Shame), and kelimateinu (our humiliation) covereth us; for we have sinned against Hashem Eloheinu, we and Avoteinu, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of Hashem Eloheinu.

Jeremiah 7:26Yet they paid heed not unto Me, nor inclined their ear, but stiffened stubbornly their neck; they did more evil than their Avot.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 3:13-20

Encouragements to Repentance. ( b. c. 620.) 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,… Read the whole commentary →

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