1 God's great mercy in Judah's vile whoredom
6 Judah is worse than Israel
12 The promises of the gospel to the penitent
20 Israel reproved, and called by God, makes a solemn confession of their sins

they say. Heb. saying. If a man De 24:1-4

shall not that Jer 3:9 2:7 Le 18:24-28 Isa 24:5 Mic 2:10

but thou hast Jer 2:20,23 De 22:21 Jud 19:2 Eze 16:26,28,29 23:4 Ho 1:2 2:5-7

yet return Jer 3:12-14,22 4:1,14 8:4-6 De 4:29-31 Isa 55:6-9 Eze 33:11 Ho 14:1-4 Zec 1:3 Lu 15:16-24

2 Lift 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.

lift Jer 2:23 Eze 8:4-6 Lu 16:23

unto Jer 2:20 De 12:2 1Ki 11:3 2Ki 23:13 Eze 16:16,24,25 20:28

in the Ge 38:14 Pr 7:11 23:28 Eze 16:24,25

thou hast Jer 3:1,9 2:7

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.

the showers Jer 9:12 14:4,22 Le 26:19 De 28:23 Isa 5:6 Joe 1:16-20 Am 4:7 Hag 1:11

latter rain Jer 5:24

a whore's Jer 5:3 6:15 8:12 44:16,17 Eze 3:7 16:30-34 Zep 3:5

thou refusedst Jer 5:3 Ne 9:17 Zec 7:11,12 Heb 12:25

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

wilt thou Jer 3:19 31:9,18-20 Ho 14:1-3

my father Jer 2:27

the guide Jer 2:2 Ps 48:14 71:5,17 119:9 Pr 1:4 2:17 Ho 2:15 Mal 2:14

5 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.

he reserve Jer 3:12 Ps 77:7-9 85:5 103:8,9 Isa 57:16 64:9

thou hast spoken Eze 22:6 Mic 2:1 7:3 Zep 3:1-5

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.

A.M. 3292. B.C. 612. Backsliding Jer 3:8,11-14 2:19 7:24 2Ki 17:7-17 Eze 23:11

she is Jer 2:20 Isa 57:7 Eze 16:24,25,31 20:28 1Ki 14:23

played Jer 3:1

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.

turn thou 2Ki 17:13,14 2Ch 30:6-12 Ho 6:1-4 14:1

her treacherous Jer 3:8-11 Eze 16:46 23:2-4

8 And 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.

when for Jer 3:1 2Ki 17:6-18 18:9-11 Eze 23:9 Ho 2:2,3 3:4 4:15-17 9:15-17

and given her De 24:1 Isa 50:1

feared not 2Ki 17:19 Eze 23:11-21 Ho 4:15

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

lightness. or, fame Eze 23:10

she defiled Jer 3:2 2:7

committed Jer 2:27 10:8 Isa 57:6 Eze 16:17 Ho 4:12 Hab 2:19

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

Judah 2Ch 34:33 35:1-18 Ps 78:36,37 Isa 10:6 Ho 7:14

feignedly. Heb. in falsehood Ps 18:44 66:3

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

the backsliding Jer 3:8,22 Ho 4:16 11:7

justified Eze 16:47,51,52 23:11

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.

toward the north Jer 3:18 23:8 31:8 2Ki 15:29 17:6,23 18:1

return Jer 3:1,7,22 4:1 Isa 44:22 Eze 33:11 Ho 6:1 14:1-3

and I will not Jer 30:11 33:26 Eze 39:25 Ho 11:8,9

for I am Jer 31:20 De 4:29-31 2Ch 30:9 Ps 86:5,15 103:8,17 145:8 Mic 7:18-20 Ro 5:20,21

I will Jer 3:5 Ps 79:5

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.

acknowledge Jer 3:25 31:18-20 Le 26:40-42 De 30:1-3 Job 33:27,28 Pr 28:13 Lu 15:18-21 1Jo 1:8-10

and hast scattered Jer 3:2,6 2:20,25 Eze 16:15,24,25

under every De 12:2

14 Turn, 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:

o backsliding Jer 2:19

for I am married Jer 3:1,8 2:2 31:32 Isa 54:5 Ho 2:19,20

one of a city Jer 23:3 31:8-10 Isa 1:9 6:13 10:22 11:11,12 17:6 24:13-15 Eze 34:11-14 Zec 13:7-9 Ro 9:27 11:4-6

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

and I Jer 23:4 1Sa 13:14 Isa 30:20,21 Eze 34:23 37:24 Mic 5:4,5 Joh 10:1-5 21:15-17 Eph 4:11,12 1Pe 5:1-4

which shall Pr 10:21 Lu 12:42 Joh 21:15,17 Ac 20:28 1Co 2:6,12,13 3:1,2 Heb 5:12-14 1Pe 2:2 5:2

16 And 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.

when Jer 30:19 31:8,27 Isa 60:22 61:4 Eze 36:8-12 37:26 Ho 1:10,11 Am 9:9,14,15 Zec 8:4,5 10:7-9

say Jer 7:4 Zep 3:11 Mt 3:9

the ark Isa 65:17 66:1,2 Mt 1:11 Joh 4:20-24 Heb 9:9-12 10:8,9,19-21

to mind. Heb. upon the heart. that be done. or it be magnified

17 At 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.

the throne Jer 14:21 17:12 31:23 Ps 87:3 Isa 6:1 66:1 Eze 1:26 43:7 Ga 4:26

and all the nations Isa 2:2-4 49:18-23 60:3-9 66:20 Mic 4:1-5 Zec 2:11 8:20-23

to the name Isa 26:8 56:6 59:19

walk Jer 7:24 9:14 11:8 16:12 18:12 Ge 8:21 Nu 15:39 Ro 1:21 6:14 2Co 10:4,5 Eph 4:17-19

imaginations. or, stubbornness De 29:29 Jud 2:19 Ps 78:8

18 In 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.

in Jer 30:3 50:4,20 Isa 11:11-13 Eze 37:16-22 39:25-28 Ho 1:11 Zec 10:6

with. or, to. out Jer 3:12 23:8 31:8 Am 9:15

given. or, caused your fathers to possess

19 But 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.

how Jer 5:7 Ho 11:8

put thee Jer 3:4 31:9,20 Joh 1:11-13 2Co 6:17,18 Ga 3:26 4:5-7 Eph 1:5 1Jo 3:1-3

pleasant land. Heb. land of desire Jer 12:10 Ps 106:24 Eze 20:6 Da 8:9 11:16,41,45

goodly heritage. Heb. heritage of glory, or beauty Pr 3:35 1Pe 1:3,4

thou shalt Jer 3:4 Isa 63:16 64:8 Mt 6:8,9 Ro 8:15-17 Ga 4:5

shall not Jer 32:39,40 Heb 10:39

from me. Heb. from after me

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

husband. Heb. friend Ho 3:1

so have Jer 3:1,2,8-10 5:11 Isa 48:8 Eze 16:15 Ho 5:7 6:7 Mal 2:11

21 A 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.

a voice Jer 30:15-17 31:9,18-20 50:4,5 Isa 15:2 Eze 7:16 Zec 12:10-14 2Co 7:10

for they have Nu 22:32 Job 33:27 Pr 10:9 19:3 Mic 3:9

and they have Jer 2:32 Isa 17:10 Eze 23:35 Ho 8:14 13:6

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

return Ho 6:1 14:1,4

we Jer 31:18 Isa 27:8 So 1:4 Ho 3:5 6:1,2 13:4 14:8 Zec 13:9

23 Truly 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.

in vain Jer 3:6 10:14-16 Ps 121:1,2 Isa 44:9 45:20 46:7,8 Eze 20:28 Jon 2:8,9

in the Lord Jer 14:8 Ps 3:8 37:39,40 121:1,2 Isa 12:2 43:11 45:15,17 63:1,16 Ho 1:7 Joh 4:22

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

Jer 11:13 Eze 16:61,63 Ho 2:8 9:10 10:6

25 We 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.

lie down Jer 2:26 6:26 Ezr 9:6-15 Ps 109:29 Isa 50:11 La 5:16 Eze 7:18 Da 12:2 Ro 6:21

for we have sinned Jer 2:17,19 De 31:17,18 Ezr 9:6 Eze 36:32

we and our Jer 2:2 Ezr 9:7 Ne 9:32-34 Ps 106:7 Isa 48:8 La 5:7 Da 9:6-9

and have not Jer 22:21 Jud 2:2 Pr 5:13 Da 9:10