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Only in the LORD our God will Israel ever find salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Truly the hills are a delusion, the orgies on the mountains. Truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in 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 />Truly in vain <i>is salvation hoped for</i> from the hills, <i>and from</i> the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God <i>is</i> the salvation of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Truly, in vain <i>is salvation hoped for</i> from the hills, <i>And from</i> the multitude of mountains; Truly, in the LORD our God <i>Is</i> the salvation of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Certainly the hills are a deception, Commotion <i>on</i> the mountains. Certainly in the LORD our God Is the salvation of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Surely, the hills are a deception, A tumult on the mountains. Surely in the LORD our God Is the salvation of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Surely, the hills are a deception, A tumult <i>on</i> the mountains. Surely, in the LORD our God Is the salvation of Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Surely, the hills are a lie, A tumult <i>on</i> the mountains. Surely in Yahweh our God Is the salvation of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Truly, [the hope of salvation from] the hill [where idols are worshiped] is a deception, A tumult <i>and</i> noisy multitude on the mountains; Truly in the LORD our God Is the salvation of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Surely, falsehood comes from the hills, commotion from the mountains, but the salvation of Israel is only in 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 />Surely, falsehood comes from the hills, commotion from the mountains, but the salvation of Israel is only in 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 />Truly in vain is the help that is looked for from the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />On hilltops, we worshiped idols and made loud noises, but it was all for nothing--only you can save us. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Truly in vain is the help that is looked for from the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Truly, the noise from the hills, from the mountains, is the noise of false worship. Truly, the LORD our God will rescue us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />We were not helped at all by our pagan worship on the hilltops. Help for Israel comes only from the LORD our God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Truly the hills are a deception, and the mountains are confusion. Truly, in the LORD our God is Israel's salvation."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />We know our noisy worship of false gods on the hills and mountains did not help us. We know that the LORD our God is the only one who can deliver Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Truly the hills are a delusion, the tumult on the mountains. Truly the salvation of Israel is in 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 />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Truly help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains, is in vain. Truly the salvation of Israel is in 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 />Surely in vain—from the heights, "" The multitude of mountains—Surely the salvation of Israel [is] in 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 /> Surely in vain from the heights, The multitude of mountains -- Surely in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Truly in vain from the hills; the multitude of mountains; truly in Jehovah our God the salvation of Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />In very deed the hills were liars. and the multitude of the mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Truly, the hills were liars, with the multitude of the mountains. Truly, the salvation of Israel is in 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 />Deceptive indeed are the hills, the mountains, clamorous; Only in the LORD our God is Israel’s salvation. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Truly the hills are a delusion, the orgies on the mountains. Truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills and from fortified mountains; truly, in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Truly the hills and the strength of the mountains are for falsehood. Truly in LORD JEHOVAH our God is the redemption of Israel<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Truly vain have proved the hills, The uproar on the mountains; Truly in the LORD our God Is the salvation of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Truly the hills and the strength of the mountains were a lying refuge: but by the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/3-23.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=936" 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">22</span>“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="reftext">23</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/403.htm" title="403: ’ā·ḵên (Adv) -- Surely. From kuwn; firmly; figuratively, surely; also But.">Surely</a> <a href="/hebrew/8267.htm" title="8267: laš·še·qer (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- Deception, disappointment, falsehood. From shaqar; an untruth; by implication, a sham.">deception</a> <a href="/hebrew/1389.htm" title="1389: mig·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ (Prep-m:: N-fp) -- A hill. Feminine from the same as Geba'; a hillock.">comes from the hills,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1995.htm" title="1995: hā·mō·wn (N-ms) -- A sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance. Or hamon; from hamah; a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth.">and commotion</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: hā·rîm (N-mp) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">from the mountains.</a> <a href="/hebrew/403.htm" title="403: ’ā·ḵên (Adv) -- Surely. From kuwn; firmly; figuratively, surely; also But.">Surely</a> <a href="/hebrew/8668.htm" title="8668: tə·šū·‘aṯ (N-fsc) -- Deliverance, salvation. Or tshuah; from shava' in the sense of yasha'; rescue.">the salvation</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-b:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">is in 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">24</span>From our youth, that shameful god has consumed what our fathers have worked for—their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.…<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/14-3.htm">Hosea 14:3</a></span><br />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/45-20.htm">Isaiah 45:20</a></span><br />Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-15.htm">Isaiah 30:15</a></span><br />For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/121-1.htm">Psalm 121:1-2</a></span><br />A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? / My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/127-1.htm">Psalm 127:1</a></span><br />A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-1.htm">Isaiah 31:1</a></span><br />Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-11.htm">Isaiah 43:11</a></span><br />I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-8.htm">Isaiah 44:8</a></span><br />Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1</a></span><br />Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-22.htm">Isaiah 45:22</a></span><br />Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/4-12.htm">Acts 4:12</a></span><br />Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/10-13.htm">Romans 10:13</a></span><br />for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-5.htm">1 Corinthians 8:5-6</a></span><br />For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords), / yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/2-5.htm">1 Timothy 2:5</a></span><br />For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">in vain</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6</a></b></br> The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen <i>that</i> which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/10-14.htm">Jeremiah 10:14-16</a></b></br> Every man is brutish in <i>his</i> knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image <i>is</i> falsehood, and <i>there is</i> no breath in them… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/121-1.htm">Psalm 121:1,2</a></b></br> A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help… </p><p class="hdg">in the Lord</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/14-8.htm">Jeremiah 14:8</a></b></br> O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man <i>that</i> turneth aside to tarry for a night?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/3-8.htm">Psalm 3:8</a></b></br> Salvation <i>belongeth</i> unto the LORD: thy blessing <i>is</i> upon thy people. Selah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/37-39.htm">Psalm 37:39,40</a></b></br> But the salvation of the righteous <i>is</i> of the LORD: <i>he is</i> their strength in the time of trouble… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/45-12.htm">Army</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-2.htm">Commotion</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-10.htm">Deception</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-29.htm">Delusion</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-21.htm">Heights</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-37.htm">Help</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-21.htm">Hills</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-25.htm">Hope</a> <a href="/isaiah/20-6.htm">Hoped</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-5.htm">Idolatrous</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-21.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-9.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-7.htm">Multitude</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-6.htm">Noise</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">Orgies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-11.htm">Proved</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-28.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-20.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-6.htm">Tumult</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-6.htm">Uproar</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-30.htm">Vain</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/4-16.htm">Army</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-22.htm">Commotion</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-6.htm">Deception</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-3.htm">Delusion</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-11.htm">Heights</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-20.htm">Help</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-11.htm">Hills</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-8.htm">Hope</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-15.htm">Hoped</a> <a href="/hosea/10-5.htm">Idolatrous</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-24.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Multitude</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">Noise</a> <a href="/romans/13-13.htm">Orgies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-14.htm">Proved</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-14.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-2.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Tumult</a> <a href="/amos/2-2.htm">Uproar</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-14.htm">Vain</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>Surely deception comes from the hills</b><br>In the context of ancient Israel, the "hills" often refer to the high places where idolatrous worship occurred. These locations were frequently used for pagan rituals and sacrifices, which led the Israelites away from the worship of Yahweh. The deception mentioned here highlights the false security and spiritual adultery that came from engaging in these practices. This phrase serves as a warning against the allure of idolatry, which promises much but delivers only spiritual emptiness and separation from God. The hills symbolize the false gods and the misleading promises they offer, contrasting with the true security found in the Lord.<p><b>and commotion from the mountains</b><br>The "commotion" from the mountains can be understood as the tumult and chaos resulting from idol worship and the political instability it brought. Mountains, like hills, were often sites of idol worship, and the noise or commotion could refer to the frenzied activities associated with these practices. Historically, the worship of foreign gods often led to moral and social disorder, as well as divine judgment. This phrase underscores the futility and disorder that come from turning away from God, as opposed to the peace and order found in obedience to Him.<p><b>Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God</b><br>This statement is a declaration of faith and a call to repentance. It contrasts the false hopes placed in idols with the true hope found in the Lord. The salvation of Israel is not in the deceptive practices of idolatry but in returning to the covenant relationship with God. This phrase echoes the central message of the prophets: that deliverance and restoration come only through Yahweh. It also points forward to the ultimate salvation through Jesus Christ, who fulfills the promises made to Israel. The emphasis on "our God" reinforces the personal and communal relationship that Israel is called to have with the Lord, highlighting the covenantal faithfulness of God despite Israel's unfaithfulness.<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, known for his messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. He is often called the "weeping prophet" due to his deep sorrow over the spiritual state of his people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>Refers to the Northern Kingdom, which had fallen into idolatry and was eventually conquered by Assyria. In this context, it represents the people of God who have strayed from Him.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_hills_and_mountains.htm">The Hills and Mountains</a></b><br>These are symbolic of the high places where idolatrous worship occurred. The Israelites often turned to these locations for false worship, seeking help from idols rather than God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_our_god.htm">The LORD our God</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, Yahweh, emphasizing His relationship with Israel as their true source of salvation and deliverance.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/idolatry.htm">Idolatry</a></b><br>The event and practice of worshiping false gods, which was prevalent in Israel and Judah, leading to their downfall and exile.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_deception_of_idolatry.htm">The Deception of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry promises security and fulfillment but ultimately leads to deception and emptiness. Believers must be vigilant against modern forms of idolatry, such as materialism or self-reliance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/true_salvation_comes_from_god_alone.htm">True Salvation Comes from God Alone</a></b><br>Salvation and deliverance are found only in the LORD. Believers are called to trust in God rather than in worldly solutions or false gods.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_return_to_god.htm">Repentance and Return to God</a></b><br>Like Israel, believers are invited to repent and return to God, acknowledging Him as their sole source of hope and salvation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_false_worship.htm">The Futility of False Worship</a></b><br>Worshiping anything other than God is futile and leads to spiritual commotion and unrest. True peace is found in worshiping God alone.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_covenant.htm">God’s Faithfulness to His Covenant</a></b><br>Despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God remains faithful to His covenant promises. Believers can trust in His steadfast love and commitment.<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/how_is_the_bible_simplified_for_kids.htm">What does 'Twisting Scriptures to Their Own Destruction' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_the_angel_amenadiel.htm">What will happen to the righteous and the wicked?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_allow_false_prophets,_god_disapproves.htm">Jeremiah 23:21-22: Why would God allow false prophets to speak in His name if He disapproves of their messages?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_allow_false_prophets.htm">Jeremiah 14:13-16: If God is omniscient and just, why allow false prophets to deceive so many without immediate correction?</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>(23) <span class= "bld">Truly in vain . . .</span>--The italics show the difficulty of the verse, and represent an attempt to get over it. According to the senses given to the word translated "multitude" we get, <span class= "ital">in vain </span>(literally, <span class= "ital">as a lie</span>)<span class= "ital"> from the hills is the revelry </span>(as in <a href="/amos/5-23.htm" title="Take you away from me the noise of your songs; for I will not hear the melody of your viols.">Amos 5:23</a>), or <span class= "ital">the wealth, </span>or <span class= "ital">the multitude, of the mountains. </span>The first gives the best meaning, and expresses the confession of the repentant Israelites that their wild ritual on the high places had brought them loss and not gain.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 23.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Truly in vain</span>, etc. An obscure and (if corruption exists anywhere) corrupt passage, which, however, it is hopeless to attempt to emend, as the corruption consists partly in wrong letters, partly in omitted letters or words (or both); and, moreover, the text employed by the Septuagint appears to have presented the same difficulty. The latter point is especially noteworthy. It is far from proving that the traditional text is correct; what it does suggest is that the writings of the prophets were at first written down in a very insecure manner. The rendering of the Authorized Version is substantially that of Hitzig, who explains "the multitude of [the] mountains," as meaning "the multitude of gods worshipped on the mountains" -too forced an expression for so simple a context. It seems most natural to suppose (with Ewald, Graf, and Keil), a contrast between the wild, noisy cultus of idolatrous religions, and the quiet spiritual worship inculcated by the prophets. Compare by way of illustration, the loud and ostentatious demonstrations of Baal's ritual in <a href="/1_kings/18.htm">1 Kings 18</a>, with the sober, serious attitude of Elijah in the same chapter. The word rendered in the Authorized Version "multitude" has a still more obvious and original meaning, viz. "tumult;" and probably the Targum is not far from the true sense in rendering, "In vain have we worshipped upon the hills and not for profit have we raised a tumult on the mountains." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/3-23.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">Surely</span><br /><span class="heb">אָכֵ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḵên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_403.htm">Strong's 403: </a> </span><span class="str2">Firmly, surely, but</span><br /><br /><span class="word">deception</span><br /><span class="heb">לַשֶּׁ֛קֶר</span> <span class="translit">(laš·še·qer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8267.htm">Strong's 8267: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deception, disappointment, falsehood</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[comes from] the hills,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִגְּבָע֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(mig·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1389.htm">Strong's 1389: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hillock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">commotion</span><br /><span class="heb">הָמ֣וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(hā·mō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1995.htm">Strong's 1995: </a> </span><span class="str2">A noise, tumult, crowd, disquietude, wealth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the mountains,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but surely</span><br /><span class="heb">אָכֵן֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḵên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_403.htm">Strong's 403: </a> </span><span class="str2">Firmly, surely, but</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the salvation</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּשׁוּעַ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(tə·šū·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8668.htm">Strong's 8668: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deliverance, salvation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is in the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיהֹוָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | 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">אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ</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/3-23.htm">Jeremiah 3:23 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/3-23.htm">Jeremiah 3:23 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/3-23.htm">Jeremiah 3:23 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/3-23.htm">Jeremiah 3:23 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/3-23.htm">Jeremiah 3:23 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/3-23.htm">Jeremiah 3:23 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/3-23.htm">Jeremiah 3:23 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/3-23.htm">Jeremiah 3:23 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/3-23.htm">Jeremiah 3:23 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/3-23.htm">Jeremiah 3:23 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/3-23.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 3:23 Truly in vain is the help that (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/3-22.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 3:22"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 3:22" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/3-24.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 3:24"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 3:24" /></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>