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Admit that you rebelled against the LORD your God and committed adultery against him by worshiping idols under every green tree. Confess that you refused to listen to my voice. I, the LORD, have spoken! <a href="/esv/jeremiah/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> Only acknowledge your guilt, that you rebelled against the LORD your God and scattered your favors among foreigners under every green tree, and that you have not obeyed my voice, declares the LORD. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/3.htm">King James Bible</a> Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/3.htm">New King James Version</a> Only acknowledge your iniquity, That you have transgressed against the LORD your God, And have scattered your charms To alien deities under every green tree, And you have not obeyed My voice,’ says the LORD. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> ‘Only acknowledge your wrongdoing, That you have revolted against the LORD your God, And have scattered your favors to the strangers under every leafy tree, And you have not obeyed My voice,’ declares the LORD. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216Only acknowledge your iniquity, That you have transgressed against the LORD your God And have scattered your favors to the strangers under every green tree, And you have not obeyed My voice,&#8217 declares the LORD. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘Only acknowledge your iniquity, That you have transgressed against the LORD your God And have scattered your favors to the strangers under every green tree, And you have not obeyed My voice,’ declares the LORD. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Only acknowledge your iniquity, That you have transgressed against Yahweh your God And have scattered your ways of harlotry to the strangers under every green tree, And you have not listened to My voice,’ declares Yahweh. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> ‘Only understand fully and acknowledge your wickedness and guilt, That you have rebelled (transgressed) against the LORD your God And have scattered your favors among strangers under every green tree, And you have not obeyed My voice,’ says the LORD. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Only acknowledge your guilt — you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to strangers under every green tree and have not obeyed me. This is the LORD’s declaration. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Only acknowledge your guilt— you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to strangers under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice. This is the LORD&#8217s declaration. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith Jehovah. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Just admit that you rebelled and worshiped foreign gods under large trees everywhere. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Admit that you've done wrong! You have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have given yourself to strangers under every large tree. You have not obeyed me,' declares the LORD. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> Only admit that you are guilty and that you have rebelled against the LORD, your God. Confess that under every green tree you have given your love to foreign gods and that you have not obeyed my commands. I, the LORD, have spoken. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God, and have scattered your favors to strangers under every green tree. But you haven't obeyed me,' declares the LORD. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,?? declares the LORD. <a href="/net/jeremiah/3.htm">NET Bible</a> However, you must confess that you have done wrong, and that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You must confess that you have given yourself to foreign gods under every green tree, and have not obeyed my commands,' says the LORD. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against the LORD your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice,'" says the LORD. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Only acknowledge thy iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD. <a href="/web/jeremiah/3.htm">World English Bible</a> Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against Yahweh your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice,’” says Yahweh. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Only, know your iniquity, "" For you have transgressed against your God YHWH, "" And you scatter your ways to strangers, "" Under every green tree, "" And you have not listened to My voice,” "" A declaration of YHWH. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Only, know thine iniquity, For against Jehovah thy God thou hast transgressed, And thou dost scatter thy ways to strangers, Under every green tree, And to My voice thou hast not hearkened, An affirmation of Jehovah. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Only know thine iniquity that thou didst transgress against Jehovah thy God, and thou wilt scatter thy ways to strangers under every green tree, and to my voice ye heard not, says Jehovah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> But yet acknowledge thy iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God: and thou hast scattered thy ways to strangers under every green tree, and hast not heard my voice, saith the Lord. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> So then, truly acknowledge your iniquity, that you have betrayed the Lord your God, and that you have spread your ways to strangers, under every leafy tree, and that you have not listened to my voice, says the Lord. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/3.htm">New American Bible</a> Only admit your guilt: how you have rebelled against the LORD, your God, How you ran here and there to strangers under every green tree and would not listen to my voice—oracle of the LORD. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God, and scattered your favors among strangers under every green tree, and have not obeyed my voice, says the LORD.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Only acknowledge your iniquity, for you have sinned against the LORD your God, and have scattered your evil practices to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice, says the LORD. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> However, know your sins that you have sinned against LORD JEHOVAH your God, and you scattered your ways to foreigners under every thick tree. You have not listened to my voice, says LORD JEHOVAH<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Only acknowledge thine iniquity, That thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, And hast scattered thy ways to the strangers Under every leafy tree, And ye have not hearkened to My voice, Saith the LORD. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Nevertheless, know thine iniquity, that thou hast sinned against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to strangers under every shady tree, but thou didst not hearken to my voice, saith the Lord. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=804" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/3.htm">Invitation to Repentance</a> …12Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever. 13<a href="/hebrew/389.htm" title="389: ’aḵ (Adv) -- Surely, howbeit. Akin to 'aken; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence only.">Only</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: də·‘î (V-Qal-Imp-fs) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">acknowledge</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ă·wō·nêḵ (N-csc:: 2fs) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">your guilt,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/6586.htm" title="6586: pā·šā·‘at (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- To rebel, transgress. A primitive root; to break away, i.e. Trespass, apostatize, quarrel.">you have rebelled</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.">against the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·ha·yiḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6340.htm" title="6340: wat·tə·p̄az·zə·rî (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-2fs) -- To scatter. A primitive root; to scatter, whether in enmity or bounty.">You have scattered</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: də·rā·ḵa·yiḵ (N-cpc:: 2fs) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">your favors</a> <a href="/hebrew/2114.htm" title="2114: laz·zā·rîm (Prep-l, Art:: Adj-mp) -- A primitive root; to turn aside; hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically to commit adultery.">to foreign gods</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: ta·ḥaṯ (Prep) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc.">under</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">every</a> <a href="/hebrew/7488.htm" title="7488: ra·‘ă·nān (Adj-ms) -- Luxuriant, fresh. From an unused root meaning to be green; verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous.">green</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: ‘êṣ (N-ms) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood.">tree</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and have not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šə·ma‘·tem (V-Qal-Perf-2mp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">obeyed</a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: ū·ḇə·qō·w·lî (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">My voice,’”</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um- (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</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.">the LORD.</a> 14“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hosea/5-15.htm">Hosea 5:15</a> Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.” <a href="/hosea/14-1.htm">Hosea 14:1-2</a> 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. <a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a> If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. <a href="/isaiah/55-7.htm">Isaiah 55:7</a> 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. <a href="/proverbs/28-13.htm">Proverbs 28:13</a> He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy. <a href="/leviticus/26-40.htm">Leviticus 26:40-42</a> But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me— / and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity, / then I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land. <a href="/psalms/32-5.htm">Psalm 32:5</a> Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah <a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a> 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. <a href="/joel/2-12.htm">Joel 2:12-13</a> “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. <a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30-32</a> 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! <a href="/luke/15-18.htm">Luke 15:18-21</a> 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. ... <a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Acts 3:19</a> Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away, <a href="/matthew/3-6.htm">Matthew 3:6</a> Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. <a href="/james/5-16.htm">James 5:16</a> Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail. <a href="/romans/10-9.htm">Romans 10:9-10</a> that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. / For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against the LORD your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice, said the LORD.acknowledge<a href="/jeremiah/3-25.htm">Jeremiah 3:25</a> We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.<a href="/jeremiah/31-18.htm">Jeremiah 31:18-20</a> I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God… <a href="/leviticus/26-40.htm">Leviticus 26:40-42</a> If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; … and hast scattered<a href="/jeremiah/3-2.htm">Jeremiah 3:2,6</a> Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness… <a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20,25</a> For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot… <a href="/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Ezekiel 16:15,24,25</a> But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was… under every<a href="/deuteronomy/12-2.htm">Deuteronomy 12:2</a> Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/63-16.htm">Acknowledge</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-12.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-7.htm">Favors</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-25.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Green</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-22.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-18.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-22.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Leafy</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-13.htm">Obeyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-29.htm">Rebelled</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-3.htm">Scattered</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-25.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-29.htm">Transgressed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-9.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-15.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-2.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/9-3.htm">Acknowledge</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-14.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Favors</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-19.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-16.htm">Green</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-20.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-19.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-5.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-16.htm">Leafy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-25.htm">Obeyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-17.htm">Rebelled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-16.htm">Scattered</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-19.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-8.htm">Transgressed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-13.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-21.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-21.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 3</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/3-1.htm">God's great mercy to Judah the polluted land</a> 6. <a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Judah is worse than Israel</a> 12. <a href="/jeremiah/3-12.htm">The promises of the gospel to the penitent</a> 20. <a href="/jeremiah/3-20.htm">Israel reproved, and called by God, makes a solemn confession of their sins</a> </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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> </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>Only acknowledge your guilt This phrase emphasizes the importance of confession and repentance in the relationship between God and His people. Acknowledging guilt is a recurring theme in the Bible, highlighting the need for humility and recognition of one's sins before God. In 1 <a href="/john/1-9.htm">John 1:9</a>, the New Testament echoes this sentiment, promising forgiveness and cleansing for those who confess their sins. The call to acknowledge guilt is a step towards reconciliation and restoration with God.that you have rebelled against the LORD your God Rebellion against God is a central issue in the prophetic books, where Israel's unfaithfulness is often depicted as spiritual adultery. This rebellion is not just a personal failing but a national one, reflecting the covenant relationship between God and Israel. <a href="/deuteronomy/9-7.htm">Deuteronomy 9:7</a> reminds the Israelites of their history of rebellion, underscoring the need for repentance. The phrase also points to the seriousness of sin as a breach of the covenant with God.You have scattered your favors to foreign gods This imagery of scattering favors to foreign gods illustrates Israel's idolatry and unfaithfulness. The worship of foreign gods was a violation of the first commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>) and often involved adopting the practices of surrounding nations, which led to moral and spiritual corruption. The phrase suggests a promiscuous and indiscriminate devotion to idols, akin to spiritual adultery, as seen in <a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Hosea 4:12-13</a>.under every green tree The reference to "every green tree" is significant in the context of ancient Near Eastern religious practices, where trees and groves were often sites of idol worship and pagan rituals. This phrase indicates the widespread nature of Israel's idolatry, as these sites were commonly used for worshiping Baal and Asherah. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-2.htm">Deuteronomy 12:2-3</a> commands the destruction of such places, highlighting their association with false worship.and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD. Disobedience to God's voice is a recurring theme in the prophetic literature, where the prophets call the people back to faithfulness and adherence to God's commandments. The failure to obey is not just a matter of neglect but a willful rejection of God's authority and guidance. In <a href="/jeremiah/7-23.htm">Jeremiah 7:23-24</a>, God contrasts the blessings of obedience with the consequences of disobedience. This phrase underscores the importance of listening to and following God's word as a sign of true repentance and devotion.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry spanned over 40 years during a tumultuous period in Israel's history. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who calls His people to repentance and faithfulness. He is portrayed as both just and merciful. 3. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, which had fallen into idolatry and rebellion against God. Jeremiah's messages were primarily directed towards this kingdom. 4. <a href="/topical/f/foreign_gods.htm">Foreign gods</a> The idols and deities worshiped by surrounding nations, which the people of Judah adopted, leading them away from the worship of Yahweh. 5. <a href="/topical/g/green_tree.htm">Green tree</a> A reference to the places where idolatrous worship often occurred, symbolizing the widespread nature of Judah's unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/a/acknowledgment_of_sin.htm">Acknowledgment of Sin</a> Recognizing and admitting our sins is the first step towards reconciliation with God. It requires humility and honesty before the Lord. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_idolatry.htm">Consequences of Idolatry</a> Idolatry leads to spiritual adultery and separation from God. We must examine our lives for anything that takes precedence over our relationship with Him. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_voice.htm">Obedience to God's Voice</a> True repentance involves not only confessing sin but also turning back to obedience. Listening to and following God's commands is essential for a restored relationship. <a href="/topical/g/god's_call_to_repentance.htm">God's Call to Repentance</a> Despite our rebellion, God continually calls us back to Him. His desire is for restoration and healing, not punishment. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a> Prophets like Jeremiah serve as God's messengers, calling people to repentance and warning of the consequences of sin. Their messages are still relevant today.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 3</a> <a href="/q/how_does_jer._3_12-14_show_limitless_mercy.htm">How does Jeremiah 3:12–14 depict limitless mercy when texts like 2 Kings 17:6–23 suggest God’s patience eventually ran out? </a> <a href="/q/how_does_lamentations_4_13_align_with_communal_guilt.htm">(Lamentations 4:13) How does blaming prophets and priests for the downfall align or conflict with other biblical teachings on communal guilt?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_romans_5_12-13_address_sin_guilt.htm">How can Romans 5:12-13 speak of sin causing universal guilt when nonbelievers or infants appear incapable of consciously breaking any law?</a> <a href="/q/why_do_some_bad_leaders_go_unpunished.htm">Jeremiah 23:1-2: How can God condemn 'shepherds' who mislead the flock while, historically, many oppressive leaders seem to go unpunished?</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>(13) Only acknowledge . . .--This was the one sufficient, indispensable condition of pardon--the confession that kept nothing back, and made no vain excuses.Hast scattered thy ways.--The phrase is a strong one, thou hast left traces of thy way everywhere, i.e., hast gone this way and that in search of new and alien forms of worship. The "green tree" as before (<a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm" title="For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bands; and you said, I will not transgress; when on every high hill and under every green tree you wander, playing the harlot.">Jeremiah 2:20</a>) was the familiar scene of the hateful worship.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - This condition of restoration to favor. Israel is to acknowledge, or perceive, notice, recognize, her guilt. And hast scattered thy ways; alluding to that "gadding about" in quest of foreign alliances, reproved in the preceding chapter (<a href="/jeremiah/2-36.htm">Jeremiah 2:36</a>). Comp. "interlacing her ways," <a href="/jeremiah/2-23.htm">Jeremiah 2:23</a>. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Only אַ֚ךְ (’aḵ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_389.htm">Strong's 389: </a> A particle of affirmation, surely acknowledge דְּעִ֣י (də·‘î) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know your guilt, עֲוֺנֵ֔ךְ (‘ă·wō·nêḵ) Noun - common singular construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity that כִּ֛י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction you have rebelled פָּשָׁ֑עַתְּ (pā·šā·‘at) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6586.htm">Strong's 6586: </a> To break away, trespass, apostatize, quarrel against the LORD בַּיהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God. אֱלֹהַ֖יִךְ (’ĕ·lō·ha·yiḵ) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative You have scattered וַתְּפַזְּרִ֨י (wat·tə·p̄az·zə·rî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6340.htm">Strong's 6340: </a> To scatter your favors דְּרָכַ֜יִךְ (də·rā·ḵa·yiḵ) Noun - common plural construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> A road, a course of life, mode of action to foreign [gods] לַזָּרִ֗ים (laz·zā·rîm) Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2114.htm">Strong's 2114: </a> To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery under תַּ֚חַת (ta·ḥaṯ) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8478.htm">Strong's 8478: </a> The bottom, below, in lieu of every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every green רַעֲנָ֔ן (ra·‘ă·nān) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7488.htm">Strong's 7488: </a> Verdant, new, prosperous tree עֵ֣ץ (‘êṣ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm">Strong's 6086: </a> Tree, trees, wood and have not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no obeyed שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ם (šə·ma‘·tem) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently My voice,’” וּבְקוֹלִ֥י (ū·ḇə·qō·w·lî) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> A voice, sound declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> An oracle the LORD. יְהֹוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Jeremiah 3:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Jeremiah 3:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Jeremiah 3:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Jeremiah 3:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Jeremiah 3:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Jeremiah 3:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Jeremiah 3:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Jeremiah 3:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Jeremiah 3:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Jeremiah 3:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-13.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 3:13 Only acknowledge your iniquity that you have (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/3-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 3:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 3:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/3-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 3:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 3:14" /></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>