Jeremiah 3:5
3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
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.
6 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous 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
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
Read in contextJeremiah 3:12
Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.
Read in contextIsaiah 57:16
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
Read in contextMicah 2:1
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Read in contextMicah 7:3
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
Read in contextIsaiah 64:9
Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Read in contextPsalms 103:8–9
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
Read in contextPsalms 85:5
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
Read in context