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Jeremiah 3:6 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 3 · verse 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.Jeremiah 3:6 · King James Version
Jeremiah 3:6 in context
4Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
5Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
6The 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.
7And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
8And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- backslidingmᵉshûwbâhapostasyH4878 →
- JosiahYôʼshîyâhJoshijah, the name of two IsraelitesH2977 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- daysyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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The date of this sermon must be observed, in order to the right understanding of it; it was in the days of Josiah, who set on foot a blessed work of reformation, in which he was hearty, but the people were not sincere in their compliance with it;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-11