Didst thou not still cry [a]unto me, Thou art my father, and the guide of my youth?

Will he keep his anger forever? will he reserve it to the end? thus hast thou spoken, but thou doest evil, even more and more.

The Lord said also unto me, in the days of Josiah the King, Hast thou seen what this rebel [b]Israel hath done? for she hath gone up upon every high mountain, and under every green tree, and there played the harlot.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 3:4 He showeth that the wicked in their miseries will cry unto God and use outward prayer as the godly do, but because they turn not from their evil, they are not heard, Isa. 58:3, 4.
  2. Jeremiah 3:6 Meaning, the ten tribes.

Have you not just called to me:
    ‘My Father,(A) my friend from my youth,(B)
will you always be angry?(C)
    Will your wrath continue forever?’
This is how you talk,
    but you do all the evil you can.”

Unfaithful Israel

During the reign of King Josiah,(D) the Lord said to me, “Have you seen what faithless(E) Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every spreading tree(F) and has committed adultery(G) there.

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