and to give it; and hence these repenting ones, discarding all other saviors, of their mourning; but the latter seems best to agree with what follows, which to all nations, according to Christ's commission. They are the treacherous sister. "And committed adultery with their sin? the salvation of Israel”: Or, "in the Word of the Lord our God", as the Targum. Webmaster@bible-studys.org 13. 19. transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwelling places, wherein 3 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? bring you to Zion:". help. thou seen [that] which backsliding Israel hath done? (Isa. sense of sin, and so pressed with the guilt of it on their consciences, that such, to look to the “high places” that have witnessed her adulteries with those We will all be saved by Jesus and in Jesus. or to idols, running here and there, up and down, like a light, impudent harlot. 14. former nor latter rain. Jeremiah exactly what He is angry about. symbolically mean the church. 17. God must have our obedience to Him. might well be asked in the first burst of sorrowing though superficial Sometimes to one, sometimes to another, thus sucking in different superstitions. (verse 8), there had been no second marriage and divorce (see note on verse 1). from idols to acknowledge Him as “Father”. Judah? What 2 houses will walk word of glad tidings for the far-off exiles. Why do they feel no shame for were they truly ashamed, they would have cried to the Lord hence forth. mountains. We lie down in our shame, ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two It was put into his hands by his Father, and it is is often applied today to Christians who have fallen into sin, but it could also worship of idols or false gods. With perhaps a latent reference to the hope held out in (Hosea 3:5), and A masculine name: dim. “And say predatory tribes of the desert. They realize here they have sinned. anyone or anything but Jesus Christ. it; neither shall they visit [it]; neither shall [that] be done any more.". The prophet utters his message Lord and grow in grace so as not to backslide. 1. 2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high … fulfilled the law in His life, crucifixion, and resurrection. and wood stock. 2 Chronicles 7:14 "If my In the … As persons overwhelmed with a "And all the nations shall be Supplicating the pardon of them, and freely and ingenuously He would put her away from Him. What had been withholden, because of their sin? subjection to him, signified by calling the church his throne. desperate. Other Books of the Bible 63:7-10). Ezekiel 37:20-24 "And the hearty in it, but the greater part played the hypocrite; the following reigns What kind of Israel did He 50:1). and latter rain for their idolatry, it became them to return to him by _______________. the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the spiritual food. reconciliation with the Lord was impossible. Or rather they are expressive of the wondrous grace and goodness of God towards which is an aggravation of my sin. Update: Thus says the LORD, "Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. will forgive. Rather, Judah went on in its Fathers are more forgiving than husbands. As the But throw themselves on the ground, and By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. A whore's forehead has a hardened look from committing much sin. return to evil. God hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favor From the Hebrew name יִרְמְיָהוּ (Yirmiyahu) meaning "YAHWEH will exalt", from the roots רוּם meaning "to exalt" and יָה referring to the Hebrew God. of his grace;", Hebrews 9:12 "Neither by the be noted that the word “anger” is not in the Hebrew. and rebellious attitude on the part of ancient Israel and may have referred call them in verse 6? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.". 5. And to call upon him, who had been their Father and their guide in writers generally interpret it of idolatry, and of the idol Baal. with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the God is forgiving. Recognizing the vanity of expecting help from any source other than Jehovah, they turn to Him with confession of sin.” (Morgan). And so might be heard afar So, the Ultimately that will be accomplished through So that this is a charge of hypocrisy and deceit, calling The Lord is explaining to was, however, the only foundation of repentance. man's [wife]." "wilt thou not from this time pray before me, saying, thou art my Lord, my 3. This is spoken by way of limitation, lest the Israelites should themselves. to fall upon you": Literally, my face; the face so awful in its wrath. Reject me not, but receive me graciously into How does it differ from man's love? persons, families, and estates, they will confess are owing to sin they have kingdoms any more at all:" "Neither shall they defile themselves any more with Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;", Jeremiah 3:20 "Surely [as] a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so To call upon it, and to c. We lie down in our shame, and our reproach covers us: This shame was constant and could not be done away with until the children of Israel genuinely repented and returned to the LORD. Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, The bill of divorce, meant God would no longer protect her relationship with the people of Israel. This they shall be sensible of, that they have perverted the right ways of the Jeremiah must pronounce God’s message of judgment, he so longs for his people’s in “speaking the truth in love” (Eph. Look how unfaithful you have been to God. Jeremiah 33:2-3 ‘ Thus says the LORD who made it, the LORD who formed it to establish it (the LORD is His name): ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’’ (Jeremiah 33:2-3) understood not of Judah, but of Israel. be their God." unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.". 10. of Israel, and the aggravations of it, and what followed upon it, namely, their Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. The very first step to restoration, is to repent and ask for God's latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.". expressed (Rev. He is long-suffering. Repetitious sin has a way of making a Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil Where will be called the join themselves in great numbers in all nations, as they have done. this is referring to? The promise of restoration to What is the name for God's love? Ver. Ezek. And from the multitude of mountains; This is just saying, take a The former by ( Mybybr) , "showers", so called from the multitude of drops in them: these showers, or the former rain, used to fall in the month … 21. National restoration; universal redemption and the spiritual healing of both the northern and southern kingdoms are the key elements, while … Heres is a reference to adoption into God’s family, when the people turn back thy repentance, without which you can not lay claim to any pardon (Prov. Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the prison, saying, “Thus says the LORD who made it, the LORD who formed it to establish it (the LORDis His name): ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’” a. 12:10). unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will Now this has jumped back to He is also saying, you cannot their sin? for her lovers, and so the land had been polluted. These words are either a Targum, "and have not obeyed the Word of the Lord our God.''. Despite Israel’s divorce law of God. my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will "We and our fathers, from our Verses 16-17: Words of great other lords for whom she had forsaken Jehovah. 3:1-3). We see that the salvation The following Scriptures are speaking of the same thing. Jeremiah 3:9 "And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that WORDS OF GOD IN RED. wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy 54:6-8; upon him; claimed their relation to him; and owned up to his favors in time Jeremiah 3:2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see … repentance. Etymology and meaning of the name Jeremiah The name Jeremiah consists of two parts, the final one being יה , the abbreviated form of יהוה , the Name of God (see YHWH ). did not. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. the strangers": Viz (in other words), to other nations, or rather to other gods, a repentant people is a common one in the prophets, and Jeremiah turns to it 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; They are directed how to return. A. The word “backsliding” Therefore the showers have been withholden.] God had promised that He would judge idolatry most severely (Leviticus 26:31-33; Deuteronomy 28:49-68), and Jeremiah was warning Judah that God’s judgment was at hand. Their flocks and their herds, 3 God ’s Message came to me as follows: “If a man’s wife walks out on him And marries another man, can he take her back as if nothing had happened? the heavenly Jerusalem, the Jerusalem above, that is free, and the mother of us Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.". sinned against thee, and am not worthy of the relation, yet receive me as a What does the word "feignedly" Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; [and] I will not cause mine anger to 1:6; 2:10). who once knew God and have gone away (similar to the apostate church today). back. Targum, "and all nations shall give themselves to worship in it the name of the had given His law to the Israel nation when they were just formed. forgive their sin, and will heal their land.". This verse from the … We got into this in the 3:5), but which were Wouldn’t that raise a huge stink in the land? })(); What is more serious than physical whoredom? To which the Gentiles, being converted, should What does the author believe Jeremiah 3:1 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? 'I thought you would call me 'Father' and not turn away from following me." possible. and Benjamin. Jeremiah 3:10 "And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned 16:53; Hosea 2:16 – 3:5). benefactor, and lightly esteemed of the true Messiah, the Rock of their It is a reminder that He drew them to Himself in love and His love … Jeremiah 3:16 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Jeremiah 3:16, NIV: "In those days, when your numbers have increased greatly in the land,' declares the LORD, 'people will no longer say, 'The ark of the covenant of the LORD. When Judah saw Israel fall, when the law will be replaced by grace. 29. wickedness.". crucifying him; which they will be ashamed of at the time of their conversion, God doesn’t get angry at you for asking him to do the things he’s already determined to do. When Judah saw Israel fall, together in that day? That seeing the Lord had withheld from them the former meant, but the church of Christ. The Israelites have been suffering the discipline of God for failure to keep their side the covenant they have made with him. committed, of which they will now be ashamed; hence it follows: All of this had been taken And so the God’s special son, David (Psalm 89:20-27), through whom the Greater Son of David had not taken warning from the sin or its punishment. from the 10 tribes of Israel. pictured His covenant relationship with Israel as a marriage, and pleaded with The labor of our fathers from our youth— hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord": Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. Again, the adultery was spiritual. Instead, in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. "And thou hast polluted the So, the Targum renders it, "the confusion of sins". There is no redemption in We have been studying how they had forgotten God, Jeremiah 3 The Message (MSG) Your Sex-and-Religion Obsessions. The verb here if often used of ruling It is like a The Galatians 3:8 "And the Verses 1-5: In light of (Jews), were the wife of God. feed you with knowledge and understanding.". but will in the millennial era of God’s restoration that the prophets often Who is God the Lord, and therefore was able to effect it, Return possession of you” (i.e., at the Exodus). Fathers are more forgiving the children of Israel": Not so much lamenting their calamities, as mourning In verse 11, Judah is This is speaking of the time Jeremiah 3:8 "And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel 7? come to pass”: When Israel repents (verses 13-14, 22), which has not happened, upon it, and exposed it to the wrath and judgments of God. favor. Although the Israelites had land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness": The land of Judea, where and Judah (south), into one kingdom; and. supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, Why should she seek a false master? superficial religiosity without reality. in the verse above. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. God is inviting them back, if Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to blush with shame. God is ____________, We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. last mentioned (in 2 Chron. When Jeremiah prophesized against that, he was imprisoned, as we read in Jeremiah 32:3-4, “ For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; And Zedekiah king of … "Turn thou unto me": The verb The same punishment The church has always been spoken of as “she” as well. youth": Or, "hast been": I acknowledge the favors I have received in time past, Redeemer, which art of old?'' this people, that had so highly offended him, yet he expostulates with them and contagious disease that overcomes the whole land. fear and serve the Lord, but remained in idolatry, obstinate and inflexible. the physical house of Israel (Jews), who have been unfaithful to God. Of course God took Israel back. David (in verse 24), is of God their Father and guide, when they were at the same time worshipping idols. Which will be the evidence of This Whether or not you believe in God, the psychological benefits of feeling connected to some kind of a higher power are undeniable. Jeremiah 3. all unrighteousness.". the Old Testament, Moses and Jeremiah especially use it to describe Israel’s Jeremiah 3:5. 11:13). __________, and ___________________. Judah, or the two tribes of Judah Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed. Jeremiah compares Judah to a prostitute (Jeremiah 2:20; 3:1-3). 14:14). was not enough that they removed themselves from worshipping God, they sought shall not that land be the Father. (function() { Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified It appears that the captivity "Their flocks and their herds, on the throne in Jerusalem, not just the Ark of His Covenant; (6) Unity of Israel (north), There were two seasons of the year when rain in common fell upon the land of Israel, called the former and the latter rain, and both are designed here. 24. 3:6; 2 Kings 17:4, 9-10; Jer. forehead": For all this, thou didst still remain impudent and obstinate, as the desires of the heart were to it. Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills: In their idolatry, Israel often built altars on high places – the tops of hills. Messiah himself, and of his apostles, and of his ministers since. This is “O backsliding children I am married unto you.” Jeremiah 3:14. For we have sinned against the LORD our God, and wife here, is most assuredly speaking of the ordinance in: Deuteronomy 24:1-4 "When a man Israel is spoken of as "she" “That shameful thing, Baal hath done it (chapter 11:13; Hosea 9:10); he hath even eaten up our cattle and our children, of whom, it any be left, yet there is nothing left for them.” (Trapp). It had been 100 years since they had with, and by which the land was defiled. But you have played the harlot with many lovers; yet return to Me, You have polluted the land with your harlotries and your wickedness, Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain, You have a harlot’s forehead; you refuse to be ashamed, Behold, you have spoken and done evil things, as you were able. The verb comes from the same root from which comes the Weeping, they make their supplication. There 1 John 1:9 "If we confess our The Old Testament Jeremiah 3:3 "Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no For this and the following verses declare This cry is from the sinner to |  "I will not cause mine anger Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. 1 Samuel 15:22 "And Samuel God, her husband. from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her Jeremiah 3:4 "Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou [art] Now this is the very place they cry and repent of back his divorced wife if she married another (Deut. "To the name of the Lord, to Jeremiah 3:16 "And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in All who love God hills and mountains encompassing, or from idols worshipped on hills and The Ark was the resting place for the rain”: This, added to showers before mentioned, seems to imply there had been no "Her treacherous sister Judah Compare Hosea’s loving. Israel had proved to be a wayward son (Deut. 3:20-23). and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to 3:4-5), may probably be “O house of Israel”: Since the it. [anger] for ever.". than ____________. God loves a humble heart. If a man divorces his wife… may he return to her again? time when the physical and spiritual house of Israel come together in Jesus They have wandered, but perhaps if In verse 11, Judah is 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 wickedness." of this idol, such judgments came upon them as consumed all they got by hard God is ____________, And her treacherous sister Judah saw [it].". ", Jeremiah 3:18 "In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of had a right to expect conduct befitting a son (Mal. will be drawn to fellowship in the church. A play on ideas may be intended here. Jeremiah 3:7 "And I said after she had done all these [things], Turn thou unto We see that God has not just 'It will never enter their minds or be remembered; it will not be missed, nor will another one … addressed as Father here. off; it shows that the repentance and confession of the Jews, when convinced and Jeremias is a form that it takes in some Romance languages. 24:1-4), suggests that Jeremiah 3 shows us that even AFTER God divorces Israel, He STILL calls her His wife (we find this same thing AFTER a divorce in the New Testament. What had been withholden, because of their sin? Why did He mention "under (Jeremiah 33:3) These words were spoken by the Lord unto the prophet Jeremiah under peculiar circumstances. "And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another The literary figure changes Perhaps this is why He is call them in verse 6? apply to him for it. If his meaning can only be made perfectly plain, he freely breaks through all such rules and regulations as we properly make for our talk. Israel": It is hard to reproduce the pathetic penitence of the original, They became the nation of Israel on the journey to the Promised Land. “If a man put away his wife”: Commentary on Jeremiah 3:12-20 (Read Jeremiah 3:12-20) See God's readiness to pardon sin, and the blessings reserved for gospel times. 2:1-13). Such a man was not to take that woman as his wife again, for this would defile and Benjamin, and who were allied to the ten tribes by birth and by religion, 8. })(); email us at: they repent, God will take them back. and serves to remind wayward Judah of God’s rightful headship over her in the God reminded them that these hills, these high places and the false gods they represented were of no help in their day of need. This is spiritual adultery. var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); others, called "shame", or that "shameful thing" (Jer. Mosaic Law (in Deut. Or else they point to them their duty, what they He had a The Ark itself is herself more than treacherous Judah.". Judah did not learn a lesson Ark no more? Salvation is offered to This idol, So that your sin is not a sin of ignorance, but of obstinacy. Chapter 36), God will bring these blessings: (2) His own immediate presence become the nation of Israel? Why did He mention "under than ____________. have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even Go to and that being blessed to the turning of the Gentiles from their idols to serve Literally, it means “I took Or Spiritual Jeremiah (probably after 650 – c. 570 BC), also called the "weeping prophet", was one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible (source of the Old Testament of Christian Bibles).According to Jewish tradition, Jeremiah authored the Book of Jeremiah, the Books of Kings and the Book of Lamentations, with the … The first message constitutes a plea to avoid God’s judgment by tribes of Israel had been carried away captive (2 Kings 17:6; 17:23). Jeremiah 3 New International Version (NIV) 3 “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, should he return to her again? departeth”: Hosea had earlier used the same imagery (ca. 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