Commentaries:Barnes' Notes
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Jeremiah 3:21
Upon the high places - Upon those bare table-lands, which previously had been the scene of Israel' s idolatries Jeremiah 3:2. The prophet supposes the offer of mercy to Israel if repentant to have been accepted, and describes Israel' s agony of grief now that she is convinced of her sins.
Weeping and supplications - literally, "the weeping of earliest prayers for mercy."
For they have ... - Rather, because "they hare perverted their way," literally, made it crooked. It gives the reason of their cry for mercy.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Jeremiah 3:21:
Isaiah 41:18
Jeremiah 3:22
Jeremiah 4:1
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