Jeremiah 3:5
3 Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
4 Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth.
Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ This you have spoken, but you keep doing all the evil you can.”
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.
7 I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ This you have spoken, but you keep doing all the evil you can.”
- KJV
- Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
- WEB
- “‘Will he retain his anger forever? Will he keep it to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.”
- ASV
- Will he retain [his anger] for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and hast had thy way.
- DARBY
- Will he keep [his anger] for ever? Will he preserve it perpetually? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and thou art [so] determined.
- BLB
- ‘Will He keep [it] forever, or will He keep [it] to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken, and have done the evils as you could.”
- ÅB
- Mon han vil holde fast ved sin vrede evindelig eller bevare sin harme til evig tid? Se, så talte du, og enda gjorde du det onde, og du maktet det.
- OTB
- vil du være sint for alltid? Vil din vrede vare til enden?’ Dette er hva du sier, men du fortsetter å gjøre alt det onde du kan.”
- B1930
- Mon han vil holde fast ved sin vrede evindelig eller bevare sin harme til evig tid? Se, så talte du, og enda gjorde du det onde, og du maktet det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 22:6
See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.
Read in contextJeremiah 3:12
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.
Read in contextIsaiah 57:16
For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.
Read in contextMicah 2:1
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
Read in contextMicah 7:3
Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
Read in contextIsaiah 64:9
Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!
Read in contextPsalms 103:8–9
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
Read in contextPsalms 85:5
Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
Read in context