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Will your wrath continue forever?&#8217 This is how you talk, but you do all the evil you can.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Surely you won’t be angry forever! Surely you can forget about it!’ So you talk, but you keep on doing all the evil you can.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />will he be angry forever, will he be indignant to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken, but you have done all the evil that you could.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ This you have spoken, but you keep doing all the evil you can.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Will he reserve <i>his anger</i> for ever? will he keep <i>it</i> to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Will He remain angry forever? Will He keep it to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken and done evil things, As you were able.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘Will He be angry forever, Or keep <i>His anger</i> to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken And have done evil things, And you have had your own way.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?&#8217 Behold, you have spoken And have done evil things, And you have had your way.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken And have done evil things, And you have had your way.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Will He be angry forever? Will He keep <i>it</i> to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken And have done evil things, And you have had your way.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken, And you have done all the evil things [you could], And you have had your way <i>and</i> have carried out your wickedness.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Will he bear a grudge forever? Will he be endlessly infuriated? ” This is what you have said, but you have done the evil things you are capable of.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Will He bear a grudge forever? Will He be endlessly infuriated?&#8221 This is what you have said, but you have done the evil things you are capable of. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Will he retain his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and hast had thy way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />you beg me to stop being angry, but you won't stop sinning. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Will he retain his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and hast had thy way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He won't hold a grudge forever. He won't always be angry.' You have said and done all the evil things that you could."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You won't always be angry; you won't be mad at me forever.' Israel, that is what you said, but you did all the evil you could." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />will he hold on to his anger forever, will he persist in his wrath to the end?' Look, you have spoken and done evil things, and you have succeeded in it." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You will not always be angry with me, will you? You will not be mad at me forever, will you?' That is what you say, but you continually do all the evil that you can." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'Will he retain his anger forever? Will he keep it to the end?' Look, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Will he retain his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldst.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ This you have spoken, but you keep doing all the evil you can.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘Will he retain his anger forever? Will he keep it to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Does He keep for all time? Watch forever? Behold, you have spoken these things, "" And you do evil, and prevail.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Doth He keep to the age? watch for ever?' Lo, these things thou hast spoken, And thou dost the evil things, and prevailest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Will he guard forever? if he will watch to the end? Behold, I spake, and wilt thou do evil, and shalt thou be able?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Wilt thou be angry for ever, or wilt thou continue until the end? Behold, thou hast spoken, and hast done evil things, and hast been able. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Why should you be angry unceasingly? And will you continue in this to the end? Behold, you have spoken and done evil, for you were able to do so.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Will he keep his wrath forever, will he hold his grudge to the end?” This is what you say; yet you do all the evil you can. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />will he be angry forever, will he be indignant to the end?” This is how you have spoken, but you have done all the evil that you could.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Will God reserve his anger for ever? Or will he keep it to the end? Behold, you have spoken, and have done evil things beyond measure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Will it be kept for eternity, or will it be kept for eternities? Behold, you have spoken and you have done evil and you have been empowered<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Will He bear grudge for ever? Will He keep it to the end?' Behold, thou hast spoken, but hast done evil things, And hast had thy way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Will <i>God's anger</i> continue for ever, or be preserved to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done these bad things, and hadst power <i>to do them</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/3-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=706" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/3.htm">The Wages of the Harlot</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5201.htm" title="5201: hă·yin·ṭōr (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To keep. A primitive root; to guard; figuratively, to cherish.">Will He be angry</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: lə·‘ō·w·lām (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">forever?</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: yiš·mōr (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">Will He be indignant</a> <a href="/hebrew/5331.htm" title="5331: lā·ne·ṣaḥ (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity. ">to the end?’</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">This</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: ḏib·bar·tī (V-Piel-Perf-2fs) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">you have spoken,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wat·ta·‘ă·śî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2fs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">but you keep doing</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: hā·rā·‘ō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">all the evil</a> <a href="/hebrew/3201.htm" title="3201: wat·tū·ḵāl (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2ms) -- To be able, have power. Or yakowl; a primitive root; to be able, literally or morally.">you can.”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/14-4.htm">Hosea 14:4</a></span><br />I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-16.htm">Isaiah 57:16</a></span><br />For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me—the breath of life I have made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-9.htm">Psalm 103:9</a></span><br />He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-7.htm">Isaiah 55:7</a></span><br />Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Micah 7:18</a></span><br />Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-31.htm">Lamentations 3:31-32</a></span><br />For the Lord will not cast us off forever. / Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/77-7.htm">Psalm 77:7-9</a></span><br />“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again? / Is His loving devotion gone forever? Has His promise failed for all time? / Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-7.htm">Isaiah 54:7-8</a></span><br />“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back. / In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-9.htm">2 Chronicles 30:9</a></span><br />For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-17.htm">Nehemiah 9:17</a></span><br />They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-13.htm">Joel 2:13</a></span><br />So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/18-21.htm">Matthew 18:21-22</a></span><br />Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?” / Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-3.htm">Luke 17:3-4</a></span><br />Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. / Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/4-32.htm">Ephesians 4:32</a></span><br />Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-13.htm">Colossians 3:13</a></span><br />Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, you have spoken and done evil things as you could.</p><p class="hdg">he reserve</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/3-12.htm">Jeremiah 3:12</a></b></br> Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; <i>and</i> I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I <i>am</i> merciful, saith the LORD, <i>and</i> I will not keep <i>anger</i> for ever.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/77-7.htm">Psalm 77:7-9</a></b></br> Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/85-5.htm">Psalm 85:5</a></b></br> Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?</p><p class="hdg">thou hast spoken</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/22-6.htm">Ezekiel 22:6</a></b></br> Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1</a></b></br> Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/micah/7-3.htm">Micah 7:3</a></b></br> That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge <i>asketh</i> for a reward; and the great <i>man</i>, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/65-20.htm">Age</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-11.htm">Always</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-23.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-7.htm">Continue</a> <a href="/john/19-11.htm">Couldest</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-26.htm">Determined</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-3.htm">End</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-29.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-18.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/psalms/59-15.htm">Grudge</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-14.htm">Indignant</a> <a href="/psalms/49-9.htm">Perpetually</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-1.htm">Preserve</a> <a href="/job/14-20.htm">Prevailest</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-2.htm">Reserve</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-8.htm">Retain</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-9.htm">Talk</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-12.htm">Watch</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-36.htm">Way</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/7-7.htm">Age</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-5.htm">Always</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-12.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-12.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-12.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-12.htm">Continue</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-28.htm">Couldest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-10.htm">Determined</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-27.htm">End</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-17.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-12.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-12.htm">Grudge</a> <a href="/daniel/2-12.htm">Indignant</a> <a href="/amos/1-11.htm">Perpetually</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-11.htm">Preserve</a> <a href="/job/14-20.htm">Prevailest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-20.htm">Reserve</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-9.htm">Retain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-5.htm">Talk</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-6.htm">Watch</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-21.htm">Way</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-4.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/3-1.htm">God's great mercy to Judah the polluted land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Judah is worse than Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/3-12.htm">The promises of the gospel to the penitent</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/3-20.htm">Israel reproved, and called by God, makes a solemn confession of their sins</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Will He be angry forever?</b><br>This phrase reflects the Israelites' misunderstanding of God's nature. While God is just and righteous, His anger is not eternal. The Bible consistently portrays God as patient and merciful, willing to forgive those who repent (<a href="/psalms/103-8.htm">Psalm 103:8-9</a>). The rhetorical question highlights the tension between God's justice and His mercy, emphasizing that His anger is a response to persistent sin rather than a permanent state.<p><b>Will He be indignant to the end?</b><br>Indignation here refers to God's righteous anger towards sin. The Israelites are questioning whether God's displeasure will persist indefinitely. This reflects a lack of understanding of God's covenantal promises, where He assures restoration upon repentance (<a href="/isaiah/54-7.htm">Isaiah 54:7-8</a>). The question underscores the need for genuine repentance to restore the relationship with God.<p><b>This you have spoken,</b><br>This phrase indicates that the people of Israel have verbally acknowledged God's displeasure. It suggests a superficial recognition of their wrongdoing without a corresponding change in behavior. This mirrors the frequent biblical theme where God's people acknowledge Him with their lips, but their hearts remain distant (<a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Isaiah 29:13</a>).<p><b>but you keep doing all the evil you can.</b><br>Despite their acknowledgment, the Israelites continue in their sinful ways. This highlights the theme of hypocrisy and the danger of empty words without true repentance. The persistent sinfulness of Israel is a recurring issue throughout the prophetic books, where God calls for a transformation of heart and actions (<a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Jeremiah 7:9-10</a>). This phrase serves as a warning that mere acknowledgment of sin is insufficient without a genuine turning away from evil.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, often rebuked by God through the prophets for their idolatry and unfaithfulness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure in this passage, expressing His disappointment with Judah's persistent sinfulness.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>Often referenced in Jeremiah as a nation that has turned away from God, serving as a warning to Judah.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/prophetic_rebuke.htm">Prophetic Rebuke</a></b><br>The event of God, through Jeremiah, confronting the people of Judah about their sin and false assumptions about His patience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_patience_and_justice.htm">God's Patience and Justice</a></b><br>God's patience is immense, but it is not infinite. He desires repentance and a return to righteousness, but persistent sin will eventually lead to judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_presumption.htm">The Danger of Presumption</a></b><br>Assuming that God's patience equates to indifference towards sin is a grave mistake. Believers must not take God's grace for granted.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The passage serves as a call to self-examination and repentance. Believers should regularly assess their lives and turn away from sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_character.htm">Understanding God's Character</a></b><br>A balanced view of God's character includes both His love and His justice. This understanding should lead to a healthy fear of the Lord and a desire to live in obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophetic_warning.htm">The Role of Prophetic Warning</a></b><br>Prophetic messages, like those of Jeremiah, are relevant today as they call us to align our lives with God's will and avoid complacency in our spiritual walk.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god's_behavior_differ_in_the_testaments.htm">If God is unchanging, why does He show different behaviors in the Old and New Testaments?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_god_capable_of_experiencing_anger.htm">Is God capable of experiencing anger?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_psalm_139_19-22_and_love_align.htm">Psalm 139:19-22: How do these verses endorsing hatred for the wicked align with other passages in the Bible that command love for one's enemies?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_the_thessalonian_church_important.htm">Why label evil as good and good as evil?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">Will he reserve his anger for ever . . .</span>?--The questions were such as might well be asked in the first burst of sorrowing though superficial repentance. The implied answer was in the negative, "No, He will not keep His anger to the end." Yet, so far, facts were against that yearning hope. It will be noted that the word "anger" is not in the Hebrew. It is, however, rightly inserted, after the precedent of <a href="/nahum/1-2.htm" title="God is jealous, and the LORD revenges; the LORD revenges, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserves wrath for his enemies.">Nahum 1:2</a>; <a href="/psalms/103-9.htm" title="He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.">Psalm 103:9</a>. The words seem, indeed, almost a quotation from the latter, and <a href="/context/jeremiah/3-4.htm" title="Will you not from this time cry to me, My father, you are the guide of my youth?">Jeremiah 3:4-5</a> may probably be looked on as cited from the penitential litanies in which the people had joined, and which were too soon followed by a return to the old evils (<a href="/context/jeremiah/2-1.htm" title="Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,">Jeremiah 2:1-13</a>).<p><span class= "bld">Thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.</span>, resolutely and obstinately. That pathetic appeal to the mercy and love of Jehovah was followed by no amendment, but by a return to evil. Here the first prophecy, as reproduced from memory, ends, and the next verse begins a separate discourse.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Will he reserve</span>? rather, <span class="accented">Will he retain</span>, etc.? It is a continuation of the supposed address of Judah. <span class="cmt_word">To the end</span>? rather, <span class="accented">everlastingly? <span class="cmt_word"></span>Behold, thou hast spoken</span>, etc.; rather, <span class="accented">Behold</span>, <span class="accented">thou hast spoken it</span>, <span class="accented">but hast done these evil things</span>, <span class="accented">and hast prevailed</span> (i.e. <span class="accented">succeeded</span>). The substance of the two verses (4 and 5) is well given by Ewald: "Unhappily her power truly to return has been exhausted, as not long ago after fresh signs of the Divine displeasure she prayed in beautiful language to [Jehovah] for new favor and abatement of the old sufferings, [but] she immediately fell again into her sin, and carried it out with cool determination." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/3-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Will He be angry</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲיִנְטֹ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(hă·yin·ṭōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5201.htm">Strong's 5201: </a> </span><span class="str2">To guard, to cherish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forever?</span><br /><span class="heb">לְעוֹלָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·‘ō·w·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> </span><span class="str2">Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Will He be indignant</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׁמֹ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(yiš·mōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the end?’</span><br /><span class="heb">לָנֶ֑צַח</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ne·ṣaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5331.htm">Strong's 5331: </a> </span><span class="str2">Eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">This</span><br /><span class="heb">הִנֵּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">0</span> <span class="translit">(0)</span><br /><span class="parse">0<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">have spoken,</span><br /><span class="heb">דִבַּ֛רְתְּ‪‬</span> <span class="translit">(ḏib·bart)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but you keep doing</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתַּעֲשִׂ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wat·ta·‘ă·śî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all the evil</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרָע֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rā·‘ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bad, evil</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you can.”</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתּוּכָֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tū·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3201.htm">Strong's 3201: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be able, have power</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/3-5.htm">Jeremiah 3:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/3-5.htm">Jeremiah 3:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/3-5.htm">Jeremiah 3:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/3-5.htm">Jeremiah 3:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/3-5.htm">Jeremiah 3:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/3-5.htm">Jeremiah 3:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/3-5.htm">Jeremiah 3:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/3-5.htm">Jeremiah 3:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/3-5.htm">Jeremiah 3:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/3-5.htm">Jeremiah 3:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/3-5.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 3:5 Will he retain his anger forever? 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