Jeremiah 3:13

11 And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.

12 Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.

Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.

14 “Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.

15 Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.
KJV
Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.
WEB
Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against the LORD your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice,’” says the LORD.
ASV
Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith Jehovah.
DARBY
Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast turned thy ways hither and thither to the strangers under every green tree; and ye have not hearkened to my voice, saith Jehovah.
BLB
Only acknowledge your iniquity, that against YHWH your God you have transgressed, and you have scattered your ways to strangers under every green tree, and you⁺ have not listened to My voice!’” A declaration of YHWH.
ÅB
Bare erkjenn din misgjerning, at du er falt fra Herren din Gud og på forskjellige veier har løpet om til de fremmede guder, inn under hvert grønt tre, og på min røst har dere ikke hørt, sier Herren.
OTB
Bare erkjenn din skyld—at du har gjort opprør mot Herren din Gud, spredt dine gunster til fremmede guder under hvert frodig tre, og ikke har adlydt min røst,’ erklærer Herren.
B1930
Bare erkjenn din misgjerning, at du er falt fra Herren din Gud og på forskjellige veier har løpet om til de fremmede guder, inn under hvert grønt tre, og på min røst har I ikke hørt, sier Herren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 3:25

    Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”

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  • Deuteronomy 30:1–3

    “When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,

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  • Deuteronomy 12:2

    Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.

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  • Jeremiah 3:6

    Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.

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  • Jeremiah 2:25

    You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’

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  • Jeremiah 14:20

    We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.

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  • Luke 15:18–21

    I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

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  • 1 John 1:8–10

    If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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