Jeremiah 3:5

Wil he keepe his anger for euer? will he reserue it to the ende? thus hast thou spoken, but thou doest euill, euen more and more.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

4Diddest thou not stil crie vnto me, Thou art my father, and the guide of my youth?

6The Lord saide also vnto me, in the daies of Iosiah the King, Hast thou seene what this rebell Israel hath done? for she hath gone vp vpon euery high mountaine, and vnder euery greene tree, and there plaied the harlot.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 29:10Now I purpose to make a couenant with the Lord God of Israel, that he may turne away his fierce wrath from vs.

Psalms 85:5Wilt thou be angry with vs for euer? and wilt thou prolong thy wrath from one generation to another?

Psalms 103:8The Lord is full of compassion and mercie, slowe to anger and of great kindnesse.

Isaiah 64:9Be not angry, O Lord, aboue measure, neither remember iniquitie for euer: lo, we beseech thee beholde, we are all thy people.

Jeremiah 8:5Wherefore is this people of Ierusalem turned backe by a perpetuall rebellion? they gaue themselues to deceit, and would not returne.

Ezekiel 22:6Beholde, the princes of Israel euery one in thee was ready to his power, 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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