1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Jeremiah 3

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, maketh a solemn confession of their sins.

 3:1 [God] says 559, “If 2005 a husband 376 divorces 7971 his wife 802 And she goes 1980 from him And belongs 1961 to another 312 man 376, Will he still 5750 return 7725 to her? Will not that land 776 be completely 2610 polluted 2610? But you are a harlot 2181 [with] many 7227a lovers 7453; Yet you turn 7725 to Me,” declares 5002 the LORD 3068.

 3:2 “Lift 5375 up your eyes 5869 to the bare 8205 heights 8205 and see 7200; Where 375 have you not been violated 7693? By the roads 1870 you have sat 3427 for them Like an Arab 6163b in the desert 4057b, And you have polluted 2610 a land 776 With your harlotry 2183 and with your wickedness 7463a.

 3:3 “Therefore the showers 7241 have been withheld 4513, And there has been 1961 no 3808 spring 4456 rain 4456. Yet you had 1961 a harlot’s 802 2181 forehead 4696; You refused 3985 to be ashamed 3637.

 3:4 “Have you not just now 6258 called 7121 to Me, ‘My Father 1, You are the friend 441a of my youth 5271?

 3:5 ‘Will He be angry 5201 forever 5769? Will He be indignant 8104 to the end 5331?’ Behold 2009, you have spoken 1696 And have done 6213a evil 7451a things 7451a, And you have had 3201 your way 3201.”

 3:6 ¶ Then the LORD 3068 said 559 to me in the days 3117 of Josiah 2977 the king 4428, “Have you seen 7200 what 834 faithless 4878 Israel 3478 did 6213a? She went 1980 up on every 3605 high 1364 hill 2022 and under 8478 every 3605 green 7488 tree 6086, and she was a harlot 2181 there 8033.

 3:7 “I thought 559, ‘After 310 she has done 6213a all 3605 these 428 things 428 she will return 7725 to Me’; but she did not return 7725, and her treacherous 901 sister 269 Judah 3063 saw 7200 it.

 3:8 “And I saw 7200 that for all 3605 the adulteries 5003 of faithless 4878 Israel 3478, I had sent 7971 her away 7971 and given 5414 her a writ 5612 of divorce 3748, yet her treacherous 898 sister 269 Judah 3063 did not fear 3372a; but she went 1980 and was a harlot 2181 also 1571.

 3:9 “Because 4480 of the lightness 7032b of her harlotry 2184, she polluted 2610 the land 776 and committed 5003 adultery 5003 with stones 68 and trees 6086.

 3:10 “Yet 1571 in spite of all 3605 this 384 her treacherous 901 sister 269 Judah 3063 did not return 7725 to Me with all 3605 her heart 3820, but rather 3588 518 in deception 8267,” declares 5002 the LORD 3068.

 3:11 ¶ And the LORD 3068 said 559 to me, “Faithless 4878 Israel 3478 has proved 6663 herself 5315 more 4480 righteous 6663 than 4480 treacherous 898 Judah 3063.

 3:12 “Go 1980 and proclaim 7121 these 428 words 1697 toward the north 6828 and say 559, ‘Return 7725, faithless 4878 Israel 3478,’ declares 5002 the LORD 3068; ‘I will not look 5307 upon you in anger. For I am gracious 2623,’ declares 5002 the LORD 3068; ‘I will not be angry 5201 forever 5769.

 3:13 ‘Only 389 acknowledge 3045 your iniquity 5771, That you have transgressed 6586 against the LORD 3068 your God 430 And have scattered 6340 your favors 1870 to the strangers 2114a under 8478 every 3605 green 7488 tree 6086, And you have not obeyed 8085 My voice 6963,’ declares 5002 the LORD 3068.

 3:14 ‘Return 7725, O faithless 7726 sons 1121,’ declares 5002 the LORD 3068; ‘For I am a master 1166 to you, And I will take 3947 you one 259 from a city 5892b and two 8147 from a family 4940, And I will bring 935 you to Zion 6726.’

 3:15 ¶ “Then I will give 5414 you shepherds 7462a after My own heart 3820, who will feed 7462a you on knowledge 1844 and understanding 7919a.

 3:16 “It shall be in those 1992a days 3117 when 3588 you are multiplied 7235a and increased 6509 in the land 776,” declares 5002 the LORD 3068, “they will no 3808 longer 5750 say 559, ‘The ark 727 of the covenant 1285 of the LORD 3068.’ And it will not come 5927 to mind 3820, nor 3808 will they remember 2142 it, nor 3808 will they miss 6485 [it], nor 3808 will it be made 6213a again 5750.

 3:17 “At that time 6256 they will call 7121 Jerusalem 3389 ‘The Throne 3678 of the LORD 3068,’ and all 3605 the nations 1471 will be gathered 6960b to it, to Jerusalem 3389, for the name 8034 of the LORD 3068; nor 3808 will they walk 1980 anymore 5750 after 310 the stubbornness 8307 of their evil 7451a heart 3820.

 3:18 “In those 1992a days 3117 the house 1004 of Judah 3063 will walk 1980 with the house 1004 of Israel 3478, and they will come 935 together 3164a from the land 776 of the north 6828 to the land 776 that I gave 5157 your fathers 1 as an inheritance 5157.

 3:19 ¶ “Then I said 559, ‘How 349 I would set 7896 you among My sons 1121 And give 5414 you a pleasant 2532 land 776, The most 6635 beautiful 6643a inheritance 5159 of the nations 1471!’ And I said 559, ‘You shall call 7121 Me, My Father 1, And not turn 7725 away 7725 from following 310 Me.’

 3:20 “Surely 403, as a woman 802 treacherously 898 departs from her lover 7453, So 3651 you have dealt 898 treacherously 898 with Me, O house 1004 of Israel 3478,” declares 5002 the LORD 3068.

 3:21 ¶ A voice 6963 is heard 8085 on the bare 8205 heights 8205, The weeping 1065 [and] the supplications 8469 of the sons 1121 of Israel 3478; Because 3588 they have perverted 5753a their way 1870, They have forgotten 7911 the LORD 3068 their God 430.

 3:22 “Return 7725, O faithless 7726 sons 1121, I will heal 7495 your faithlessness 4878.” “Behold 2009, we come 857 to You; For You are the LORD 3068 our God 430.

 3:23 “Surely 403, the hills 1389 are a deception 8267, A tumult 1995 [on] the mountains 2022. Surely 403 in the LORD 3068 our God 430 Is the salvation 8668 of Israel 3478.

 3:24 ¶ “But the shameful 1322 thing 1322 has consumed 398 the labor 3018 of our fathers 1 since 4480 our youth 5271, their flocks 6629 and their herds 1241, their sons 1121 and their daughters 1323.

 3:25 “Let us lie 7901 down 7901 in our shame 1322, and let our humiliation 3639 cover 3680 us; for we have sinned 2398 against the LORD 3068 our God 430, we and our fathers 1, from our youth 5271 even to this 2088 day 3117. And we have not obeyed 8085 the voice 6963 of the LORD 3068 our God 430.”