Jeremiah 3:21

A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
voice	ק֚וֹל Kol	H6963	a voice or sound · noun, common masculine singular absolute
heard	נִשְׁמָ֔ע nish.Ma'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
places	שְׁפָיִ֣ים she.fa.Yim	H8205	bareness · noun, common masculine plural absolute
weeping	בְּכִ֥י be.Khi	H1065	a weeping · noun, common masculine singular construct
supplications	תַחֲנוּנֵ֖י ta.cha.nu.Nei	H8469	earnest prayer · noun, common masculine plural construct
children	בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
perverted	הֶעֱוּוּ֙ he.'e.Vu	H5753	to crook · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person common plural
way	דַּרְכָּ֔ם dar.Kam	H1870	a road (as trodden) · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
forgotten	שָׁכְח֖וּ sha.khe.Chu	H7911	to mislay · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
LORD	יְהֹוָ֥ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם 'e.lo.hei.Hem	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 2:32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
Jeremiah 3:2 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 t…
Jeremiah 31:9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way,…
2 Corinthians 7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Isaiah 15:2 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be bal…
Isaiah 17:10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant plea…
Numbers 22:32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, beca…
Job 33:27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 3:20–end

Here is, I. The charge God exhibits against Israel for their treacherous departures from him, Jer 3:20. As an adulterous wife elopes from her husband, so have they gone a whoring from God. They were joined to God by a marriage-covenant, but they broke that covenant, they dealt treacherously with God, who had always dealt kindly and faithfully with them. Treacherous dealing with men like ourselves is bad enough, but to deal treacherously with God is to deal treasonably. II. Their conviction and confession of the truth of this charge, Jer 3:21. When God reproved them for their apostasy, there were some among them, even such as God would take and bring to Zion, whose voice was heard upon the hi…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 3:21

In harmony with the preceding promises of God, the penitential confessions of Israel are heard. high places--The scene of their idolatries is the scene of their confessions. Compare Jer 3:23, in which they cast aside their trust in these idolatrous high places. The publicity of their penitence is also implied (compare Jer 7:29; Jer 48:38).

John Gill on Jeremiah 3:21

A voice was heard upon the high places,.... And so might be heard afar off; it shows that the repentance and confession of the Jews, when convinced and converted, will be very public, and made upon those places where they have committed their sins; see Jeremiah 2:20, for this and the following verses declare the humiliation, repentance, and conversion of the Jews, and the manner in which they shall be brought to it, and be openly put among the children: weeping and supplications of the children of Israel; not so much lamenting their calamities, as mourning over their sins, supplicating the pardon of them, and freely and ingenuously confessing them: for they have perverted their way, and th…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 3:21

Jeremiah 3:21 21. A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God. 21. Vox super excelsa audita est, fletus precationum filiorum Israel; quia perverterunt viam suam, obliti sunt Jehovae Dei sui. What I have stated becomes now more evident, -- that the case of the Israelites is here set before the Jews, that the perverse, whom God had spared, might know that the same punishment impended over them, except they returned in due time to him: for the Prophet declares, that the Israelites were weeping and in tears, because they had departed from their God, and violated their…

The Church Fathers

(Verses 21, 22.) A voice was heard in the streets (or on the lips), the weeping and wailing of the children of Israel, for they have done wickedness, they have forgotten the Lord their God. Return, O returning children, and I will heal your turnings (or contritions): for which Symmachus translated as conversions. God willingly receives the penitent, and runs to meet the son who is wasted with want and filth, and immediately clothes him with the former garments, and restores glory to the one who returns: but only if he returns with weeping and wailing. For he has done wrong because of his own fault; and he has forgotten the Lord his God and his Father, to whom he speaks with prophetic words: Return, O returning sons. I call you sons for this reason, because understanding your sins, you return with weeping and wailing to your parent. And when you have returned to the Lord, he will heal all your contritions, whether aversions by which you had gone away from the Lord, or certainly conversions. Although we may return to the Lord of our own volition, yet unless He draws us and strengthens our desire with His protection, we cannot be saved. Let us understand this both in relation to the Jewish people returning to the Lord and to the heretics who have forsaken the Lord.
— Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah

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Dictionary and topics

Israel — The name conferred on Jacob after the great prayer-struggle at Peniel (Gen. 32:28), because “as a prince he had power with God and prevailed.” (See JACOB.) This is the common name given to Jacob’s…
Forgetting God · Backsli — Backsli
Sin · Should be: Mourned over — Should be: Mourned over

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 3:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 3:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 3:21

John Gill on Jeremiah 3:21

John Calvin on Jeremiah 3:21

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 3:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 3:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 3:21

John Gill on Jeremiah 3:21

John Calvin on Jeremiah 3:21

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 3:19–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 3:21–end

Rashi on Jeremiah 3:21