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Book 24 Jeremiah Chapter 003

 

003:001They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and
become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall
not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the
harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the
LORD.

 

003:002Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou
hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them,
as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the
land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

 

003:003Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath
been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou
refusedst to be ashamed.

 

003:004Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art
the guide of my youth?

 

003:005Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the
end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou
couldest.

 

003:006The 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.

 

003:007And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto
me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw
it.

 

003:008And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel
committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of
divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went
and played the harlot also.

 

003:009And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom,
that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones
and with stocks.

 

003:010And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not
turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the
LORD.

 

003:011And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath
justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

 

003:012Go 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.

 

003:013Only 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.

 

003:014Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married
unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a
family, and I will bring you to Zion:

 

003:015And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which
shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

 

003:016And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased
in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no
more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it
come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall
they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.

 

003:017At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD;
and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of
the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after
the imagination of their evil heart.

 

003:018In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of
Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the
north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto
your fathers.

 

003:019But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give
thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of
nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt
not turn away from me.

 

003:020Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so
have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith
the LORD.

 

003:021A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and
supplications of the children of Israel: for they have
perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their
God.

 

003:022Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your
backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD
our God.

 

003:023Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from
the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the
salvation of Israel.

 

003:024For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our
youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their
daughters.

 

003:025We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for
we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers,
from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the
voice of the LORD our God.