Jeremiah 3
3"They say, 'If a man divorces his wife, And she goes from him And becomes another man's, May he return to her again?' Would not that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the harlot with many lovers; Yet return to Me," says the LORD.H559H376H7971H802H1980H312H376H7725H776H2610H2610H2181H7227H7453H7725H5002H30682"Lift up your eyes to the desolate heights and see: Where have you not lain with men? By the road you have sat for them Like an Arabian in the wilderness; And you have polluted the land With your harlotries and your wickedness.H5375H5869H8205H7200H375H7693H7901H1870H3427H6163H4057H2610H776H2184H74513Therefore the showers have been withheld, And there has been no latter rain. You have had a harlot's forehead; You refuse to be ashamed.H7241H4513H4456H2181H802H4696H3985H36374Will you not from this time cry to Me, 'My father, You are the guide of my youth?H7121H1H441H52715Will He remain angry forever? Will He keep it to the end?' Behold, you have spoken and done evil things, As you were able."H5201H5769H8104H5331H1696H6213H7451H32016The LORD said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: "Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot.H3068H559H3117H2977H4428H7200H4878H3478H6213H1980H1364H2022H8478H7488H6086H21817"And I said, after she had done all these things, 'Return to Me.' But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.H559H310H6213H7725H7725H901H269H3063H72008"Then I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also.H7200H182H4878H3478H5003H7971H5414H5612H3748H898H269H3063H3372H3212H21819"So it came to pass, through her casual harlotry, that she defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.H6963H2184H2610H776H5003H68H608610"And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me with her whole heart, but in pretense," says the LORD.H901H269H3063H7725H3820H8267H5002H306811Then the LORD said to me, "Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.H3068H559H4878H3478H6663H5315H898H306312"Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say: 'Return, backsliding Israel,' says the LORD; 'I will not cause My anger to fall on you. For I am merciful,' says the LORD; 'I will not remain angry forever.H1980H7121H1697H6828H559H7725H4878H3478H5002H3068H6440H5307H2623H5002H3068H5201H576913Only acknowledge your iniquity, That you have transgressed against the LORD your God, And have scattered your charms To alien deities under every green tree, And you have not obeyed My voice,' says the LORD.H3045H5771H6586H3068H430H6340H1870H2114H7488H6086H8085H6963H5002H306814"Return, O backsliding children," says the LORD; "for I am married to you. I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.H7725H7726H1121H5002H3068H1166H3947H259H5892H8147H4940H935H672615"And I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.H5414H7462H3820H7462H1844H791916"Then it shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land in those days," says the LORD, "that they will say no more, 'The ark of the covenant of the LORD.' It shall not come to mind, nor shall they remember it, nor shall they visit it, nor shall it be made anymore.H7235H6509H776H3117H5002H3068H559H727H1285H3068H5927H3820H2142H6485H621317"At that time Jerusalem shall be called The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem. No more shall they follow the dictates of their evil hearts.H6256H7121H3389H3678H3068H1471H6960H8034H3068H3389H3212H310H8307H7451H382018"In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given as an inheritance to your fathers.H3117H1004H3063H3212H1004H3478H935H3162H776H6828H776H5157H119"But I said: 'How can I put you among the children And give you a pleasant land, A beautiful heritage of the hosts of nations?' "And I said: 'You shall call Me, "My Father," And not turn away from Me.'H559H7896H1121H5414H2532H776H6643H5159H6635H1471H559H7121H1H7725H31020Surely, as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, So have you dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel," says the LORD.H403H802H898H7453H898H1004H3478H5002H306821A voice was heard on the desolate heights, Weeping and supplications of the children of Israel. For they have perverted their way; They have forgotten the LORD their God.H6963H8085H8205H1065H8469H1121H3478H5753H1870H7911H3068H43022"Return, you backsliding children, And I will heal your backslidings." "Indeed we do come to You, For You are the LORD our God.H7725H7726H1121H7495H4878H857H3068H43023Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, And from the multitude of mountains; Truly, in the LORD our God Is the salvation of Israel.H403H8267H1389H1995H2022H403H3068H430H8668H347824For shame has devoured The labor of our fathers from our youth—Their flocks and their herds, Their sons and their daughters.H1322H398H3018H1H5271H6629H1241H1121H132325We lie down in our shame, And our reproach covers us. For we have sinned against the LORD our God, We and our fathers, From our youth even to this day, And have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God."H7901H1322H3639H3680H2398H3068H430H1H5271H3117H8085H6963H3068H430
Columbus, OH
