# Jeremiah 3 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jeremiah_3 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jeremiah_3.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_3 > Source revision: 1245311449 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Book of Jeremiah, chapter 3}} {{Bible chapter|letname= Jeremiah 3 |previouslink= Jeremiah 2 |previousletter= chapter 2 |nextlink= Jeremiah 4 |nextletter= chapter 4 |book=[Book of Jeremiah](/source/Book_of_Jeremiah) |biblepart=[Old Testament](/source/Old_Testament) | booknum= 24 |hbiblepart= [Nevi'im](/source/Nevi'im) | hbooknum = 6 |category= [Latter Prophets](/source/Nevi'im) | filename= BL_Or_2211_01_Jeremiah.pdf |size=240px |caption=
A double version of [Jeremiah](/source/Book_of_Jeremiah) in Hebrew and Aramaic, written by Benayah ben Sa'adyah ben Zekharyah ben Margaz (scribe) in Yemen (1475).
}} '''Jeremiah 3''' is the third [chapter](/source/Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible) of the [Book of Jeremiah](/source/Book_of_Jeremiah) in the [Hebrew Bible](/source/Hebrew_Bible) or the [Old Testament](/source/Old_Testament) of the [Christian](/source/Christianity) [Bible](/source/Bible). This book contains prophecies attributed to the [prophet](/source/Biblical_prophet) [Jeremiah](/source/Jeremiah), and is one of the [Books of the Prophets](/source/Nevi'im). Chapters [2](/source/Jeremiah_2) to [6](/source/Jeremiah_6) contain the earliest preaching of Jeremiah on the apostasy of [Israel](/source/Ancient_Israel).[Jerusalem Bible](/source/Jerusalem_Bible) (1966), footnote at Jeremiah 2:1 Verses 2:1-3:5 dramatize the ending of a "marriage" between Yahweh and Israel, whereas verses 3:6-4:2 describe "the aftermath of recrimination" and partial restoration.{{sfn|O'Connor|2007|p=491}} == Text == The original text of this chapter, as with the rest of the [Book of Jeremiah](/source/Book_of_Jeremiah), was written in [Hebrew language](/source/Hebrew_language). Since the division of the Bible into [chapters and verses](/source/Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible) in the late medieval period, this chapter is divided into 25 verses. ===Textual witnesses=== Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in [Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language) are of the [Masoretic Text](/source/Masoretic_Text) tradition, which includes the [Codex Cairensis](/source/Codex_Cairensis) (895), [the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets](/source/Codex_Babylonicus_Petropolitanus) (916), [Aleppo Codex](/source/Aleppo_Codex) (10th century), [Codex Leningradensis](/source/Leningrad_Codex) (1008).{{sfn|Würthwein|1995|pp=35-37}} There is also a translation into [Koine Greek](/source/Koine_Greek) known as the [Septuagint](/source/Septuagint), made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the [Septuagint](/source/Septuagint) version include [Codex Vaticanus](/source/Codex_Vaticanus) ('''B'''; \mathfrak{G}B; 4th century), [Codex Sinaiticus](/source/Codex_Sinaiticus) ('''S'''; [BHK](/source/Biblia_Hebraica_(Kittel)): \mathfrak{G}S; 4th century), [Codex Alexandrinus](/source/Codex_Alexandrinus) ('''A'''; \mathfrak{G}A; 5th century) and [Codex Marchalianus](/source/Codex_Marchalianus) ('''Q'''; \mathfrak{G}Q; 6th century).{{sfn|Würthwein|1995|pp=73-74}} ==Parashot== The ''[parashah](/source/parashah)'' sections listed here are based on the [Aleppo Codex](/source/Aleppo_Codex).As reflected in the [http://mechon-mamre.org/e/et/et0.htm Jewish Publication Society's 1917 edition of the Hebrew Bible in English]. Jeremiah 3:1-5 is a part of the ''Second prophecy ([Jeremiah 2](/source/Jeremiah_2):1-3:5)'', whereas Jeremiah 3:6-25 is a part of the ''Third prophecy (Jeremiah 3:6-[6](/source/Jeremiah_6):30)''; both are in the section of ''Prophecies of Destruction ([Jeremiah 1](/source/Jeremiah_1)-[25](/source/Jeremiah_25))''. {P}: open ''parashah''; {S}: closed ''parashah''. : [{S} 2:29-37] 3:1-5 {P} 3:6-10 {S} 3:11-17 {S} 3:18-25 {S} ==Structure== Verses 1–5 continue Jeremiah's first prophecy, commenced in [chapter 2](/source/Jeremiah_2). Verses 6–18 may be considered as a separate prophecy, the first prophecy then resuming with verse 19.Streane, A. W. (1913),[https://biblehub.com/commentaries/cambridge/jeremiah/2.htm Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges] on Jeremiah 3, accessed 24 December 2018 =={{Anchor|Verses 1–5}}Wages of apostasy (3:1–5)== ===Verse 1=== : ''They say,'' :: ''If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's,'' :: ''shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted?'' : ''but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers;'' : ''yet return again to me,'' :: ''saith the Lord.''{{bibleverse|Jeremiah|3:1|KJV}} [KJV](/source/King_James_Version) The part following "They say" refers to {{bibleref2|Deuteronomy|24:1-14|KJV}} which forbids a man who divorced his wife to remarry her if she had married another man, even when she becomes a widow or is divorced by the second husband.{{sfn|Thompson|1980|p=190}} ===Verse 3=== :''Therefore the showers have been withheld,'' :''And there has been no latter rain.'' :''You have had a harlot’s forehead;'' :''You refuse to be ashamed.''{{bibleverse|Jeremiah|3:3|NKJV}} [NKJV](/source/New_King_James_Version) Jeremiah's thoughts are strongly connected with {{bibleverse|Deuteronomy|11:13-14|NKJV}}: :''And it shall be that if you earnestly obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the Lord your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, then I will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain.'' The Septuagint text is completely different: :''And thou didst retain many shepherds for a stumbling-block to thyself: thou hadst a whore's face, thou didst become shameless toward all.''{{Cite web|url=https://biblehub.com/sep/jeremiah/3.htm|title=Jeremiah 3 Brenton Septuagint Translation|website=biblehub.com}} =={{Anchor|Verses 6–25}}A call to repentance (3:6–25)== ===Verse 12=== :'' Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say:'' :: '''Return, backsliding Israel,' says the Lord;'' :: '''I will not cause My anger to fall on you.'' :: ''For I am merciful,' says the Lord;'' :: '''I will not remain angry forever.'''{{bibleverse|Jeremiah|3:12|NKJV}} [NKJV](/source/New_King_James_Version) The phrase "Return, backsliding" ({{Script/Hebrew|שׁ֣וּבָה מְשֻׁבָ֤ה}}, ''shubah meshubah'') is a play of two words from the same root ''shub'' ("to turn"), that the "backslider" ("turn away") is invited to "return" ("turn back") without getting the anger of [Yahweh](/source/Yahweh), because He is merciful.{{sfn|Thompson|1980|p=200}} ===Verse 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.''{{bibleverse|Jeremiah|3:23|KJV}} KJV The Masoretic text reads: : אכן לשקר מגבעות המון הרים : אכן ביהוה אלהינו תשועת ישראל׃ Transliteration: : {{Strong-number|’ā-ḵên|H|00403}} la-{{Strong-number|she-qer|H|08267}} mi-{{Strong-number|gə-ḇā-‘ō-wṯ|H|01389}} {{Strong-number|hā-mōn|H|01995}} {{Strong-number|hā-rîm|H|02022}}; : {{Strong-number|’ā-ḵên|H|00403}} {{Strong-number|Yah-weh|H|03068}} {{Strong-number|’ĕ-lō-hê-nū|H|00430}}, {{Strong-number|tə-šū-‘aṯ|H|08668}} {{Strong-number|yiś-rā-’êl|H|03478}}. The repentance should start with the confession that the "hills" and "mountains" give false hope, but the salvation of Israel can only be found in Yahweh, as Israel's only God.{{sfn|Thompson|1980|p=209}} ==See also== * [Israel](/source/Israel) * [Judah](/source/Judah_(biblical_person)) * [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem) * [Zion](/source/Zion) *Related [Bible](/source/Bible) parts: [Deuteronomy 24](/source/Deuteronomy_24), [Psalm 121](/source/Psalm_121), [Jeremiah 1](/source/Jeremiah_1), [Jeremiah 2](/source/Jeremiah_2) ==Notes and references== {{Reflist|30em}} ==Sources== *{{cite book|last=O'Connor | first= Kathleen M. | chapter = 23. Jeremiah | title=The Oxford Bible Commentary | editor-first1=John| editor-last1=Barton |editor1-link = John Barton (theologian) | editor-first2=John| editor-last2= Muddiman |editor2-link = John Muddiman | publisher = Oxford University Press |edition= first (paperback) | date = 2007 | pages = 487–533 | isbn = 978-0199277186 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJdVkgEACAAJ| access-date=February 6, 2019}} *{{cite book|last = Thompson |first= J. A. |author-link = J. A. Thompson |title= A Book of Jeremiah |series=The [New International Commentary on the Old Testament](/source/New_International_Commentary_on_the_Old_Testament) |edition=illustrated, revised |date= 1980 |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |url= https://archive.org/details/bookofjeremiah00thom |url-access = registration |isbn=9780802825308 }} *{{cite book | last = Würthwein | first = Ernst | author-link = Ernst Würthwein | title = The Text of the Old Testament | publisher = Wm. B. Eerdmans |location = Grand Rapids, MI | year= 1995 | translator-first1 = Erroll F.| translator-last1 = Rhodes |isbn = 0-8028-0788-7 | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=FSNKSBObCYwC | access-date= January 26, 2019}} ==External links== ===Jewish=== *[http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt1103.htm Jeremiah 3 Original Hebrew with Parallel English] ===Christian=== *[http://www.latinvulgate.com/lv/verse.aspx?t=0&b=28&c=3 Jeremiah 3 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate] {{Book of Jeremiah}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jeremiah 03}} 03 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jeremiah 3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_3) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_3?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.