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We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Return, ye backsliding children, <i>and</i> I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou <i>art</i> the LORD our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Return, you backsliding children, <i>And</i> I will heal your backslidings.” “Indeed we do come to You, For You are the LORD our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Return, you faithless sons, I will heal your faithlessness.” “Behold, we come to You; For You are the LORD our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Return, O faithless sons, I will heal your faithlessness.&#8221 &#8220Behold, we come to You; For You are the LORD our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Return, O faithless sons, I will heal your faithlessness.” “Behold, we come to Thee; For Thou art the LORD our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Return, O faithless sons; I will heal your faithlessness.” “Behold, we come to You, For You are Yahweh our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Return, O faithless sons,” [says the LORD], “I will heal your unfaithfulness.” [They answer] “Behold, we come to You, For You are the LORD our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Return, you faithless children. I will heal your unfaithfulness. “Here we are, coming to you, for you are the LORD our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Return, you faithless children. I will heal your unfaithfulness. &#8220Here we are, coming to You, for You are the LORD our God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I will tell them, "Come back, and I will cure you of your unfaithfulness." They will answer, "We will come back, because you are the LORD our God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings, Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Come back, you rebellious people, and I will forgive you for being unfaithful." Here we are! We have come to you because you are the LORD our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Return, all of you who have turned away from the LORD; he will heal you and make you faithful. You say, "Yes, we are coming to the LORD because he is our God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Turn back, unfaithful people, and I'll heal your unfaithfulness." "Look, we're coming to you because you are the LORD our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Come back to me, you wayward people. I want to cure your waywardness. Say, 'Here we are. We come to you because you are the LORD our God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Return, you backsliding children, I will heal your backsliding." "Look, we have come to you; for you are the LORD our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come to thee; for thou art the LORD our God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Return, O backsliding sons, "" I cause your backslidings to cease.” “Behold us, we have come to You, "" For You [are] our God YHWH.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Turn back, O backsliding sons, I cause your backslidings to cease. -- Behold us, we have come to Thee, For Thou art Jehovah our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Turn back, ye sons turning away; I will heal your turnings away. Behold, we came to thee; for thou Jehovah our God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Return, you rebellious children, and I will heal your rebellions. Behold we come to thee: for thou art the Lord our God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“Convert, O rebellious sons! And I will heal your rebelliousness.” “Behold, we are returning to you. For you are the Lord our God!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Return, rebellious children! I will heal your rebellions. “Here we are! We belong to you, for you are the LORD, our God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Return, O faithless children, I will heal your faithlessness. “Here we come to you; for you are the LORD our God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Repent, O you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings; and say, Behold, we are yours; for thou art the LORD our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Return, children backsliders, and I shall heal your backsliding, and they said: “Behold, we are yours, because you are LORD JEHOVAH our God!”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings.-- 'Here we are, we are come unto Thee; For Thou art the LORD our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Turn, ye children that are given to turning, and I will heal your bruises. Behold, we will be thy servants; for thou art the Lord our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/3-22.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=923" 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">Invitation to Repentance</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD their God. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: ū·ḇū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">“Return,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7726.htm" title="7726: šō·w·ḇā·ḇîm (Adj-mp) -- Turning back, recusant, apostate. From shuwb; apostate, i.e. Idolatrous.">O faithless</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bā·nîm (N-mp) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">children,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7495.htm" title="7495: ’er·pāh (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To heal. Or raphah; a primitive root; properly, to mend, i.e. to cure.">and I will heal</a> <a href="/hebrew/4878.htm" title="4878: mə·šū·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem (N-fpc:: 2mp) -- Turning back, apostasy. Or mshubah; from shuwb; apostasy.">your faithlessness.”</a> <a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hin·nū (Interjection:: 1cp) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">“Here we are.</a> <a href="/hebrew/857.htm" title="857: ’ā·ṯā·nū (V-Qal-Perf-1cp) -- To come. Or matha; a primitive root; to arrive.">We come</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- ">to You,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">You</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">are the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·nū (N-mpc:: 1cp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">our God.</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.…<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/14-1.htm">Hosea 14:1-4</a></span><br />Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity. / Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips. / Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.” ...<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="/joel/2-12.htm">Joel 2:12-13</a></span><br />“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” / 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="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30-32</a></span><br />Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall. / Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel? / For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a></span><br />and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/1-3.htm">Zechariah 1:3</a></span><br />So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-22.htm">Isaiah 44:22</a></span><br />I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-40.htm">Lamentations 3:40-41</a></span><br />Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. / Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Acts 3:19</a></span><br />Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a></span><br />If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-8.htm">James 4:8</a></span><br />Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a></span><br />Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. / Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. / For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/15-18.htm">Luke 15:18-24</a></span><br />I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. / I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’ / So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-20.htm">2 Corinthians 5:20</a></span><br />Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4</a></span><br />Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come to you; for you are the LORD our God.</p><p class="hdg">return</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/6-1.htm">Hosea 6:1</a></b></br> Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/14-1.htm">Hosea 14:1,4</a></b></br> O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity… </p><p class="hdg">we</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/31-18.htm">Jeremiah 31:18</a></b></br> I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself <i>thus</i>; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed <i>to the yoke</i>: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou <i>art</i> the LORD my God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/27-8.htm">Isaiah 27:8</a></b></br> In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/songs/1-4.htm">Song of Solomon 1:4</a></b></br> Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/3-14.htm">Backsliding</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-19.htm">Backslidings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-12.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-1.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-21.htm">Children</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-11.htm">Cure</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-24.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-20.htm">Faithless</a> <a href="/job/21-34.htm">Faithlessness</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-19.htm">Heal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-19.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-14.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-17.htm">Wandering</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/5-6.htm">Backsliding</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-6.htm">Backslidings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-28.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-22.htm">Children</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Cure</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-8.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-11.htm">Faithless</a> <a href="/hosea/14-4.htm">Faithlessness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Heal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-1.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-8.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-16.htm">Wandering</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>Return, O faithless children</b><br>This call to return is a recurring theme in the book of Jeremiah, emphasizing God's desire for repentance and restoration. The term "faithless children" highlights Israel's unfaithfulness, akin to a wayward child. This imagery is consistent with the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where God is the Father and Israel is His child (<a href="/deuteronomy/32-6.htm">Deuteronomy 32:6</a>). The call to return is not just a physical return from exile but a spiritual return to covenant faithfulness.<p><b>and I will heal your faithlessness.</b><br>God promises healing, indicating that faithlessness is a condition that requires divine intervention. This healing is both spiritual and relational, restoring the broken relationship between God and His people. The concept of healing is prevalent in the prophetic literature, often symbolizing forgiveness and restoration (<a href="/hosea/14-4.htm">Hosea 14:4</a>). It points to God's grace and willingness to forgive, foreshadowing the ultimate healing through Christ (<a href="/1_peter/2-24.htm">1 Peter 2:24</a>).<p><b>Here we are.</b><br>This phrase signifies a response to God's call, an acknowledgment of His presence and authority. It reflects a readiness to listen and obey, reminiscent of the responses of biblical figures like Samuel (<a href="/1_samuel/3-10.htm">1 Samuel 3:10</a>) and Isaiah (<a href="/isaiah/6-8.htm">Isaiah 6:8</a>). It marks the beginning of repentance and a turning back to God.<p><b>We come to You,</b><br>This movement towards God is an act of repentance and submission. It signifies a conscious decision to leave behind idolatry and sin, aligning with the biblical theme of returning to God (<a href="/zechariah/1-3.htm">Zechariah 1:3</a>). It underscores the importance of seeking God as the source of life and blessing.<p><b>for You are the LORD our God.</b><br>This declaration reaffirms the covenant relationship and acknowledges God's sovereignty. The use of "LORD" (Yahweh) emphasizes His eternal and unchanging nature, the God of the covenant with Israel (<a href="/exodus/3-14.htm">Exodus 3:14-15</a>). It is a confession of faith, recognizing God as the only true God, contrasting with the idolatry that led to their faithlessness. This acknowledgment is essential for restoration and aligns with the first commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-2.htm">Exodus 20:2-3</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry spanned the reigns of several kings and was marked by calls for repentance and promises of restoration.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/f/faithless_children.htm">Faithless Children</a></b><br>Refers to the people of Israel and Judah who have turned away from God, engaging in idolatry and breaking the covenant established with their ancestors.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who calls His people to return to Him despite their unfaithfulness, promising healing and restoration.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel_and_judah.htm">Israel and Judah</a></b><br>The divided kingdoms of God's chosen people, both of which experienced periods of rebellion against God, leading to their eventual exile.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>Central themes in Jeremiah's message, emphasizing the need for the people to turn back to God to receive His forgiveness and healing.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>God continually calls His people to return to Him, regardless of their past unfaithfulness. This is a reminder of His enduring love and desire for reconciliation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/promise_of_healing.htm">Promise of Healing</a></b><br>God promises to heal our faithlessness, indicating that no sin is too great for His grace. This encourages believers to seek His forgiveness and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/recognition_of_god's_sovereignty.htm">Recognition of God’s Sovereignty</a></b><br>Acknowledging God as the LORD is crucial in the process of repentance. It involves submitting to His authority and recognizing His rightful place in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_relationship.htm">Faithfulness in Relationship</a></b><br>Just as God remains faithful, we are called to cultivate faithfulness in our relationship with Him, avoiding the pitfalls of idolatry and spiritual adultery.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_for_restoration.htm">Hope for Restoration</a></b><br>The promise of restoration offers hope to those who feel distant from God. It assures us that returning to Him brings renewal and a fresh start.<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/bible's_view_on_child_custody.htm">What does the Bible say about child custody issues?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_return_after_losing_faith.htm">How can one return after backsliding from faith?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_a_backsliding_christian.htm">What defines a backsliding Christian?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/father's_past_actions'_effects.htm">What are the consequences of a father's past actions?</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>(22) <span class= "bld">Return, ye backsliding children . . .</span>--We lose, as before, the force of the Hebrew repetition of the same root, <span class= "ital">Turn, ye children that have turned, I will heal your turnings. </span>As so often in Hebrew poetry, we have the answer to the invitation given in dramatic form, and hear the cry--we might almost call it the litany--of the suppliants, "Behold, we come unto thee." They at last own Jehovah as their one true God.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Return, ye backsliding children</span>, etc.; more literally, Turn, ye <span class="accented">turned-away sons</span>; <span class="accented">I will heal your turnings</span> (as <a href="/hosea/14-4.htm">Hosea 14:4</a>). It seems strange at first sight that this verso does not stand before ver. 21. But the truth is that ver. 21 describes not so much the "conversion" of the Jews as their willingness to "convert" (an archaism of King James's Bible, which we may well regret), or "turn" to God. Christ must touch, or at least make his presence felt, in order that the sick man may be healed; a special call of God must be heard, in order that the sinner may truly repent. <span class="cmt_word">Behold, we come unto thee</span>. Efficacious, and not "irresistible" grace, is the doctrine of the Old Testament. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/3-22.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">“Return,</span><br /><span class="heb">שׁ֚וּבוּ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O faithless</span><br /><span class="heb">שׁוֹבָבִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(šō·w·ḇā·ḇîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7726.htm">Strong's 7726: </a> </span><span class="str2">Turning back, recusant, apostate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">children,</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּנִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(bā·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[and] I will heal</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶרְפָּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(’er·pāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7495.htm">Strong's 7495: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mend, to cure</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your faithlessness.”</span><br /><span class="heb">מְשׁוּבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(mə·šū·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4878.htm">Strong's 4878: </a> </span><span class="str2">Turning back, apostasy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Here we are.</span><br /><span class="heb">הִנְנוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(hin·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">We come to You,</span><br /><span class="heb">אָתָ֣נוּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ṯā·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_857.htm">Strong's 857: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrive</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתָּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהֹוָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">our God.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/3-22.htm">Jeremiah 3:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/3-22.htm">Jeremiah 3:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/3-22.htm">Jeremiah 3:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/3-22.htm">Jeremiah 3:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/3-22.htm">Jeremiah 3:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/3-22.htm">Jeremiah 3:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/3-22.htm">Jeremiah 3:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/3-22.htm">Jeremiah 3:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/3-22.htm">Jeremiah 3:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/3-22.htm">Jeremiah 3:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/3-22.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 3:22 Return you backsliding children I will heal (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/3-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 3:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 3:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/3-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 3:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 3:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>