Jeremiah 3:5

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“Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ This you have spoken, but you keep doing all the evil you can.””

What this verse means

Read Jeremiah 3:5 in the flow of Jeremiah3 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Jeremiah3 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ This you have spoken, but you keep doing all the evil you can.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Will he retain his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and hast had thy way.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Doth He keep to the age? watch for ever?' Lo, these things thou hast spoken, And thou dost the evil things, and prevailest.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 3:5 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Chronicles 29:10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.
  2. Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
  3. Psalms 85:5Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
  4. Psalms 85:6Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?
  5. Psalms 103:8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
  6. Isaiah 57:16For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.
  7. Isaiah 64:9Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!
  8. Jeremiah 3:12Go, 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.
  9. Jeremiah 8:5Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
  10. Jeremiah 8:6I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.
  11. Ezekiel 22:6See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.
  12. Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
  13. Micah 7:3Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
  14. Zephaniah 3:1Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!

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