Jeremiah 3:4

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
cry	קָרָ֥את ka.ra.ti	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular
father	אָבִ֑י 'a.Vi	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
guide	אַלּ֥וּף 'a.Luf	H441	familiar · adjective, masculine singular construct
youth	נְעֻרַ֖י ne.'u.Rai	H5271	(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 2:2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, w…
Jeremiah 3:19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, 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,…
Psalms 71:17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
Proverbs 2:17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
Jeremiah 2:27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their fa…
Jeremiah 31:18-20 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn…
Hosea 2:15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her y…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 3:1-5

These verses some make to belong to the sermon in the foregoing chapter, and they open a door of hope to those who receive the conviction of the reproofs we had there; God wounds that he may heal. Now observe here, I. How basely this people had forsaken God and gone a whoring from him. The charge runs very high here. 1. They had multiplied their idols and their idolatries. To have admitted one strange God among them would have been bad enough, but they were insatiable in their lustings after false worships: Thou hast played the harlot with many lovers, Jer 3:1. She had become a common prostitute to idols; not a foolish deity was set up in all the neighbourhood but the Jews would have it quic…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 3:4

from this time--not referring, as MICHAELIS thinks, to the reformation begun the year before, that is, the twelfth of Josiah; it means--now at once, now at last. me--contrasted with the "stock" whom they had heretofore called on as "father" (Jer 2:27; Luk 15:18). thou art--rather, "thou wast." guide of . . . youth--that is, husband (Jer 2:2; Pro 2:17; Hos 2:7, Hos 2:15). Husband and father are the two most endearing of ties.

John Gill on Jeremiah 3:4

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me,.... These words are either a confirmation and proof of that impudence with which these people are charged; for had they not been impudent, or had not a forehead like a whorish woman; or were they truly ashamed, they would have cried to the Lord henceforward; called upon him; claimed their relation to him; and owned his favours in time past: or, if they had not been impudent, they would not have dared from this time to have called God their Father and their guide, when they had so wickedly sinned against him; so that this is a charge of hypocrisy and deceit, calling God their Father and guide, when they were at the same time worshipping idols: or rath…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 3:4

The Church Fathers

(Verse 4, 5.) Therefore, at least from now on, call me, my Father, you are the leader of my virginity: will you be angry forever, or will you persist until the end? Let the heretics be ashamed who do not want to convert to better things, nor return to their Father and Creator, and let them hear: At least from now on, call me, my Father, you are the leader of my virginity. He himself embraces your soul with his affection, and teaches how one should pray and repent. However, the more merciful he who shows the way to salvation after fornication, the more wretched the prostitute who does not want to receive health after wounds. Behold, you have spoken, and you have done evil, and you have been able. For words of repentance, with words of pride you blasphemed: and you fulfilled your evil intention, and you showed your strength against a man, so that you could do what you discussed in speech.
— Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah

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Dictionary and topics

Marriage — Was instituted in Paradise when man was in innocence (Gen. 2:18-24). Here we have its original charter, which was confirmed by our Lord, as the basis on which all regulations are to be framed (Matt.…
Condescension Of God · Expostulates with backsliding Israel — Expostulates with backsliding Israel
Repentance · 4:29-31;10:16;30:1-3,8-10;32:29; — 4:29-31;10:16;30:1-3,8-10;32:29;

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 3:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 3:1-5

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 3:4

John Gill on Jeremiah 3:4

John Calvin on Jeremiah 3:4

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 3:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 3:1-5

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 3:4

John Gill on Jeremiah 3:4

John Calvin on Jeremiah 3:4

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 3:4-5

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 3:4-5

Rashi on Jeremiah 3:4