Jeremiah 3:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Jeremiah 3:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acknowledge - literally, “know thy iniquity;” know that thy doings are iniquitous. Scattered thy ways - Wandered in search of those idolatries which foreign nations practice.
Jeremiah 3:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Only acknowledge thy iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast (p) scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith th...
Jeremiah 3:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Israel's Sin less than Judah's. This passage interrupts the continuity of Jeremiah 3:19 with Jeremiah 3:5 (note also the interruptive introductory formula, Jeremiah 3:6 ), and seems to be a se...
Jeremiah 3:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Only acknowledge, &c. This from the first was, and still is, the one condition of national blessing for Israel. Reference to Pentateuch ( Leviticus 26:40 ; Leviticus 26:42 ). transgressed ....
Jeremiah 3:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

God lays down here a condition, lest hypocrites, relying on his goodness, should become more and more hardened, and yet think that he is bound as it were to them; for they usually reason thus,...
Jeremiah 3:13 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1033 GOD’S INVITATION TO HIS PEOPLE Jeremiah 3:12-15 . Go, and proclaim these words toward the north; and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord, and I will not cause mi...
Jeremiah 3:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Jeremiah 3:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Jeremiah 3:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet Sets Forth the Sin of the Nation and Points Out the Inevitable Result (Reign of Josiah, and Probably Before the Reforms of that King: cp. Jeremiah 3:6 ) This section furnishes us with...
Jeremiah 3:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Jeremiah 3:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER III ISRAEL AND JUDAH: A CONTRAST Jeremiah 3:6-25 ; Jeremiah 4:1-2 THE first address of our prophet was throughout of a sombre cast, and the darkness of its close was not relieved by a...
Jeremiah 3:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Pleading with Faithless Children Jeremiah 3:11-25 ; Jeremiah 4:1-2 The people of the northern kingdom, to whom this appeal is especially addressed, were more excusable than Judah, because thei...
Jeremiah 3:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Following the impeachment, the prophet appealed to the people to return. This appeal commenced with a declaration that Jehovah's love was greater than man's in that He was willing to receive back the...
Jeremiah 3:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nothing can more highly illustrate the riches of grace, than what is here said, on the subject of divine mercy. Israel was about to go into Babylon, and there the Prophet is particularly directed to...
Jeremiah 3:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Only acknowledge thine iniquity ,.... Or, "know" e it; unless a man knows his sin, and is convicted of it, he will never repent of it, or turn from it; and when he is made sensible of it, and sorry...
Jeremiah 3:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Jeremiah 3:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Go, and proclaim these words toward the north “The sin of the ten tribes being attended with more favourable circumstances than that of Judah, the prophet is commanded to call them to repentance wi...
Jeremiah 3:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Encouragements to Repentance. B. C. 620. 12 Go and proclaim these words toward the nor...
Jeremiah 3:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Only acknowledge thine iniquity; which will be the evidence of thy repentance, without which thou canst not lay claim to any pardon, Proverbs 28:13 Isaiah 55:7 . This is spoken by way of limit...
Jeremiah 3:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Brief Glimpse Of The Future Establishment Of The Everlasting Kingdom ( Jeremiah 3:12-19 ). Having established that Judah was even more guilty than Israel YHWH now breaks into the message of gloo...
Jeremiah 3:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology. Exact date of chapter uncertain. It naturally divides itself at Jeremiah 3:5 , although Dahler, Umbriet, and Neuman contend for the unity of the chapt...
Jeremiah 3:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

In this chapter, the sin of God's people is put in the strongest possible light. The figure used may be even said to be a coarse one, but man's sin is itself a coarse thing. The thoughts suggested in...
Jeremiah 3:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 3:3 . Therefore the showers, of the former and the latter rain, have been withheld. Other prophets make the same remark. God is not obliged to give luxuriant harvests to furnish feasts...
Jeremiah 3:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Return, thou backsliding Israel. The backslider’s return I. The invitation to return. 1. From one who (1) has been wronged ( Jeremiah 3:13 ); (2) might therefore justly be angry; (3)...
Jeremiah 3:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION That this chapter (to which the first four verses of Jeremiah 4:1-24 . ought to have been attached) belongs to the time of Josiah seems to be proved by Jeremiah 3:6 , and the years...
Jeremiah 3:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Call to Return
Jeremiah 3:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 1:8-10 ; Deuteronomy 12:2 ; Deuteronomy 30:1-3 ; Ezekiel 16:15 ; Ezekiel 16:24 ; Ezekiel 16:25 ; Jeremiah 2:20 ; Jeremiah 2:25 ; Jeremiah 3:2 ; Jeremiah 3:25 ; Jeremiah 3:6 ; Jerem...
Jeremiah 3:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Strangers — To other gods, or to idols, running here and there up and down.

Jeremiah 3:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 3:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 3:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:13 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Jeremiah 3:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 3:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 3:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 3:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 3:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 3:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 3:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 3:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 3:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 3:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 3:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 3:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 3:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 3:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 3:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 3:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 3:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 3:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 3:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes