Jeremiah 3:4

Translations

Modern

Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth.

Traditional

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

Literal

Have you not from now called out to Me, ‘My Father, You are the companion of my youth?

Latin

Ergo saltem amodo voca me: Pater meus, dux virginitatis meæ tu es:

Original

Hebrew

English

Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth.

Notes

Jeremiah 3:4–5

Instead of confessing their sins, the people tried to hide them with sweet talk. However, God saw through their deception. They were right that he would not be angry forever (Psalm 103:9; Isaiah 57:16; Malachi 1:6), but he promised to show his wrath (Jeremiah 4:7).

Jeremiah 3:1–5

Adultery was a valid reason for divorce (Deuteronomy 24:1–2; Hosea 2:1–5; 9:1). Judah committed spiritual adultery, arrogantly assuming that God would not object (Ezekiel 16:26; Zechariah 1:3).

Jeremiah 2:23–3:5

Israel did not act like a loyal wife. Instead, she acted like:

A wild animal in heat (Jeremiah 2:23–25)
A thief (Jeremiah 2:26–30)
A prostitute (Jeremiah 2:31–3:5)

Theme notes and profiles

God’s New Covenant The Broken Covenant

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 2:2
“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
Jeremiah 3:19
Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
Jeremiah 31:9
They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
Jeremiah 2:27
…say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Yet in the time of trouble, they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’
Hosea 2:15
There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
Proverbs 2:17
…who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
Jeremiah 31:18–20
I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
Psalm 71:17
O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
Psalm 71:5
For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.
Psalm 48:14
For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
Malachi 2:14
Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
Psalm 119:9
How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.

Glossary

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

Topics

Backsliders: Backsliding of Israel Backsliders: Promises To Church: Backslidden Condescension of God: Expostulates with Backsliding Israel God: Guide Idolatry: Warnings Against, and Punishments of Repentance: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

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