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Jeremiah 3:13 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 3 · verse 13
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.Jeremiah 3:13 · King James Version
Jeremiah 3:13 in context
11And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
12Go 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.
13Only 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.
14Turn, 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:
15And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- transgressedpâshaʻto break awayH6586 →
- acknowledgeyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- scatteredpâzarto scatter, whether in enmity or bountyH6340 →
- strangerszûwrto turn asideH2114 →
- iniquityʻâvônperversityH5771 →
- greenraʻănânverdantH7488 →
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Here is a great deal of gospel in these verses, both that which was always gospel, God's readiness to pardon sin and to receive and entertain returning repenting sinners, and those blessings which were in a special manner reserved for gospel times, the forming and founding of the gospel church by bringing into it the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-19