Jeremiah 3:8 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 3:8

A Call to Repentance

6 The Lord said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: “Have you seen what ^abacksliding Israel has done? She has ^bgone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot.

7 ^aAnd I said, after she had done all these things, ‘Return to Me.’ But she did not return. And her treacherous ^bsister Judah saw it.

8 Then I saw that ^afor all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had ^bput her away and given her a certificate of divorce; ^cyet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also.

9 So it came to pass, through her casual harlotry, that she ^adefiled the land and committed adultery with ^bstones and trees.

10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me ^awith her whole heart, but in pretense,” says the Lord.

11 Then the Lord said to me, ^a“Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

12 Go and proclaim these words toward ^athe north, and say:
‘Return, backsliding Israel,’ says the Lord;
‘I will not cause My anger to fall on you.
For I am ^bmerciful,’ says the Lord;
‘I will not remain angry forever.

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Definitions of words in Jeremiah 3:8:

Adultery {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Adultery {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

All {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Also {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Divorce {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Divorce {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Fear {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

For {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Harlot {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Harlot {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Israel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Israel {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Israel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Saw {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Sister {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Judah {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Judah {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

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