Jeremiah 3:13

A Call to Repentance · Jeremiah 3:11–25
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Translations

Modern
Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.
Traditional
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.
Literal
Only acknowledge your iniquity, that against YHWH your God you have transgressed, and you have scattered your ways to strangers under every green tree, and you have not listened to My voice!’” A declaration of YHWH.
Latin
Verumtamen scito iniquitatem tuam, quia in Dominum Deum tuum prævaricata es, et dispersisti vias tuas alienis sub omni ligno frondoso, et vocem meam non audisti, ait Dominus.

Original

Hebrew
English
Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.

Notes

acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled...and have not obeyed My voice: Through these three steps of repentance, people can show their willingness to receive the Lord’s salvation and restoration (Leviticus 26:40; Deuteronomy 30:1–5).

The Lord asked Israel to repent, return, and reconcile with him (contrast Jeremiah 2:1–3:10). Israel had sinned and faced punishment. Now, the people of Judah sinned even more openly than their northern relatives, ignoring the lesson the Lord taught Israel (Ezekiel 16:51–52). However, it was still not too late to repent and become the blessing to the nations (Jeremiah 4:1–2) that God intended them to be (Genesis 12:3).

Events

Parallels

Hosea 14:1–3 Zechariah 1:1–6

Glossary

Adultery Book of Jeremiah Bride of Christ God, Names of Hosea, Book of Jeremiah (Person)

Topics

Backsliders: Backsliding of Israel Backsliders: Promises To Backsliding: Sin of, to be Confessed Church: Backslidden Condescension of God: Expostulates with Backsliding Israel Confession of Sin: Exhortation To Prayer: Confession In Repentance: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To The Anger of God is Averted Upon Confession of Sin and Repentance