Jeremiah 3:1-5

The Polluted Land

1 God says, "1If a husband divorces his wife And she goes from him And belongs to another man, Will he still return to her? Will not that land be completely polluted? But you 2are a harlot with many lovers; Yet you 3turn to Me," declares the LORD.
2 "Lift up your eyes to the 4bare heights and see; Where have you not been violated? By the roads you have 5sat for them Like an Arab in the desert, And you have 6polluted a land With your harlotry and with your wickedness.
3 "Therefore the 7showers have been withheld, And there has been no spring rain. Yet you had a 8harlot's * forehead; You refused to be ashamed.
4 "Have you not just now called to Me, '9My Father, You are the 10friend of my 11youth?
5 '12Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?' Behold, you have spoken And have done evil things, And you have had your way."

Cross References 12

  • 1. Deuteronomy 24:1-4
  • 2. Jeremiah 2:20; Ezek 16:26, 28, 29
  • 3. Jeremiah 4:1; Zechariah 1:3
  • 4. Deuteronomy 12:2; Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 3:21; Jeremiah 7:29
  • 5. Genesis 38:14; Ezekiel 16:25
  • 6. Jeremiah 2:7
  • 7. Leviticus 26:19; Jeremiah 14:3-6
  • 8. Jeremiah 6:15; Jeremiah 8:12
  • 9. Jeremiah 3:19; Jeremiah 31:9
  • 10. Psalms 71:17; Proverbs 2:17
  • 11. Jeremiah 2:2; Hosea 2:15
  • 12. Psalms 103:9; Isaiah 57:16; Jeremiah 3:12

Footnotes 6

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