1 If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, should he come back to her? Wouldn't the land be totally polluted? But you, you are a harlot with many lovers, and you still have the nerve to return to me? - it is Yahweh who speaks.
2 Lift your eyes to the hills and see: Where have you not been violated? By the wayside you sat waiting for your lovers, like an Arab in the wilderness, and you have dishonored the land with your evil and your harlotry!
3 The showers held back and there was no spring rain for you, yet you have a harlot's brow and refuse to be ashamed!
4 Worse still you called to me: 'Father, guide of my youth!
5 Will you always be angry? Will your wrath last forever?' That is what you said, and did evil as much as you were able to."
6 During the reign of King Josiah, Yahweh said to me, "Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone on every high hill and under every green tree and there played the harlot!
7 So I thought: After all this she will return to me; but she did not. Her perverse sister, Judah, saw
8 that for all the adulteries of that unfaithful Israel, I sent her away with a certificate of divorce. Yet I saw that the disloyal Judah had no fear and that she too went and played the harlot!
9 Because of her harlotry, she dishonored the land, sinning with stones and trees.
10 And even after that her sister, the unfaithful Judah, did not come to me wholeheartedly. It was only pretense. It is Yahweh who speaks."
11 And Yahweh continued, "Rebellious Israel has been less guilty than false Judah.
12 Go and shout this message to the north: Come back, unfaithful Israel - it is Yahweh who speaks - I will not let my anger fall on you for I am merciful, I will not be angry forever.
13 Simply confess your guilt; you have rebelled against Yahweh your God, and have scattered your favors among strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice - it is the word of Yahweh.
14 Come back, faithless people - it is Yahweh who speaks - for I am your master. I will select one from a city and two from a family and bring you to Zion.
15 Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and prudence.
16 And when you have increased and multiplied in the land in those days - it is Yahweh who speaks - people will no longer speak of the ark of the covenant of Yahweh; it will not be remembered or missed, nor shall it be made again!
17 Then they will call Jerusalem 'The Throne of Yahweh' and all the nations will gather there to honor the name of Yahweh and no longer will they follow the stubbornness of their wicked hearts.
18 In those days the people of Judah will unite with the people of Israel and together they will return from the north to the land that I gave to their ancestors as a heritage.
19 And I thought: How gladly would I have placed you among my children and given you as your inheritance a beautiful land, the most splendid among all the nations! And I thought you would call me 'my father' and not turn from following me!
20 But, like a woman unfaithful to her husband, you have been unfaithful to me, O people of Israel! - it is Yahweh who speaks."
21 A cry is heard in the barren heights, the weeping and pleading of the children of Israel, because they have perverted their way and have forgotten Yahweh their God!
22 "Come back, unfaithful people, I will heal you of your rebelliousness!" 'Yes, we come to you, for you are Yahweh our God!
23 Truly the temples on the heights and the feasts on the hills are useless; only Yahweh our God can save Israel.
24 The infamous god has devoured all the fruits of our forefathers' labor since our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
25 Let us lie down in our shame and let our confusion cover us, for it is against Yahweh our God that we have sinned from our youth until this day, we and our fathers, and we have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh our God!'
Versículos relacionados com Jeremiah, 3:
Jeremiah 3 talks about the infidelity of the people of Israel in relation to God and the need to repent and return to Him. The chapter describes Israel's situation as an unfaithful wife who leaves her husband to follow other lovers. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in Jeremiah 3.
Hosea 6:1: "Come, let us go back to the Lord. He has shattered us, but he will bring us healing; He wounded us, but will take care of our wounds." This verse shows the need for Israel to repent and return to the Lord, believing that he can heal the wounds caused by infidelity.
Ezekiel 18:30: "Therefore, O nation of Israel, I will judge them, to each one as their way, declares the sovereign, the Lord. Repent! It will be your ruin. " This verse highlights the importance of repentance and life change to avoid the ruin caused by sin.
Hosea 14:1: "Return, O Israel, to the Lord, His God. His sins made them stumble." Here, again, we see the exhortation for Israel to return to the Lord and abandon sin.
Joel 2:13: "Rise your heart and not dress. Go back to the Lord, your God, for He is merciful and compassionate, very patient and full of love; repent, he does not send the misfortune." This verse emphasizes the need for sincere repentance of the heart and confidence in God's mercy.
Deuteronomy 30:2: "Then if they turn to the Lord, His God, and obey with all their hearts and all their souls, according to all that I command them today, the Lord, His God, will bless them." This verse shows that God's blessing comes to those who repent and obey Him with all their hearts.
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