Jeremiah 3:5

“‘Will he retain his anger forever? Will he keep it to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.”

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

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

4Will you not from this time cry to me, ‘My Father, you are the guide of my youth!’?

6Moreover, the LORD said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and has played the prostitute there.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 29:10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.

Psalms 85:5Will you be angry with us forever? Will you draw out your anger to all generations?

Psalms 103:8The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.

Isaiah 64:9Don’t be furious, LORD. Don’t remember iniquity forever. Look and see, we beg you, we are all your people.

Jeremiah 8:5Why then have the people of Jerusalem fallen back by a perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit. They refuse to return.

Ezekiel 22:6“‘“Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you 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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