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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Jeremiah 3 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/jeremiah/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/jeremiah/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Jeremiah 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jeremiah/2.htm" title="Jeremiah 2">◄</a> Jeremiah 3 <a href="../jeremiah/4.htm" title="Jeremiah 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Sin and Shame</h3>1The Lord said to the people of Israel:If a divorced woman marries,can her first husbandever marry her again?No, because thiswould pollute the land.But you have more godsthan a prostitute has lovers.Why should I take you back?2Just try to find one hilltopwhere you haven't goneto worship other godsby having sex.<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.3.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> You sat beside the roadlike a robber in ambush,except you offered yourselfto every passerby.Your sins of unfaithfulnesshave polluted the land.3So I, the Lord, refusedto let the spring rains fall.But just like a prostitute,you still have no shamefor what you have done.4You call me your fatheror your long-lost friend;5you beg me to stop being angry,but you won't stop sinning.<h3 class="s1">The Lord Asks Israel To Come Back to Him</h3>6<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.3.6!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> When Josiah<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.3.6!f.2" class="notelink f-link">+</a> was king, the Lord said:Jeremiah, the kingdom of Israel<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.3.6!f.3" class="notelink f-link">+</a> was like an unfaithful wife who became a prostitute on the hilltops and in the shade of large trees.<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.3.6!f.4" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 7-8I knew that the kingdom of Israel had been unfaithful and committed many sins, yet I still hoped she might come back to me. But she didn't, so I divorced her and sent her away.Her sister, the kingdom of Judah, saw what happened, but she wasn't worried in the least, and I watched her become unfaithful like her sister. 9The kingdom of Judah wasn't sorry for being a prostitute, and she didn't care that she had made both herself and the land unclean by worshiping idols of stone and wood. 10And worst of all, the people of Judah pretended to come back to me. 11Even the people of Israel were honest enough not to pretend.12Jeremiah, shout toward the north:Israel, I am your Lord—come back to me!You were unfaithfuland made me furious,but I am merciful,and so I will forgive you.13Just admit that you rebelledand worshiped foreign godsunder large trees everywhere.14You are unfaithful children,but you belong to me.Come home!I'll take one or two of youfrom each town and clanand bring you to Zion.15Then I'll appoint wise rulerswho will obey me,and they will care for youlike shepherds.16You will increase in numbers,and there will be no needto remember the sacred chestor to make a new one.<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.3.16!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 17The whole city of Jerusalemwill be my throne.<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.3.17!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> All nations will come hereto worship me,and they will no longer followtheir stubborn, evil hearts.18Then, in countries to the north,you people of Judah and Israelwill be reunited,and you will return to the landI gave your ancestors.19I have always wantedto treat you as my childrenand give you the best land,the most beautiful on earth.I wanted you to call me “Father”and not turn from me.20But instead, you are like a wifewho broke her wedding vows.You have been unfaithful to me.I, the Lord, have spoken.<h3 class="s1">The People Confess Their Sins</h3><h5 class="sp">The Lord said:</h5>21Listen to the noiseon the hilltops!It's the people of Israel,weeping and begging meto answer their prayers.They forgot about meand chose the wrong path.22I will tell them, “Come back,and I will cure youof your unfaithfulness.”They will answer,“We will come back, because youare the Lord our God.23On hilltops, we worshiped idolsand made loud noises,but it was all for nothing—only you can save us.24Since the days of our ancestorswhen our nation was young,that shameful god Baal<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.3.24!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> has takenour crops and livestock,our sons and daughters.25We have rebelled against youjust like our ancestors,and we are ashamed of our sins.”</div> </div> <a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">3.2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">hilltop … sex: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 2.20.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">3.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Josiah: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Ruled 640–609 <char style="sc">b.c.</char></char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">3.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Israel: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The northern kingdom (see the note at 2.4).</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">3.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">prostitute … trees: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 2.20.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">3.16 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">make a new one: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The sacred chest was probably destroyed or taken away by the Babylonians when they captured Jerusalem in 586 <char style="sc">b.c.</char></char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">3.16,17 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">sacred chest … throne: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The sacred chest was thought to be God's throne on earth.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">3.24 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">that shameful god Baal: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text has “The Shame,” which was sometimes used as a way of making fun of the Canaanite god Baal.</char></note></div></div> <div align="center">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®) © 2006 American Bible Society. 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