Jeremiah Chapter 3 verse 4 Holy Bible
Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My Father, thou art the guide of my youth?
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Will you not, from this time, make your prayer to me, crying, My father, you are the friend of my early years?
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Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
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Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
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Will you not from this time cry to me, My Father, you are the guide of my youth?
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Hast thou not henceforth called to Me, `My father, Thou `art' the leader of my youth?
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Jeremiah 3 : 4 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. Wilt thou not, etc.? rather, Truly from this time thou callest unto me (literally, Dost thou not, etc.? a common way of giving an energetic assurance). The prophet admits the apparent revival of faith in Jehovah which attended the compulsory reformation under Josiah, but denies that it was more than apparent (comp, ver. 10). The guide of my youth; rather, the companion (the familiar associate); so in Proverbs 2:17. Comp. Jeremiah 2:2, and especially Isaiah 54:6, "and a wife of youth" (i.e. married in youth), "that she should be rejected [how incredible a thing!]"
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me . . .?--Better, Hast thou not from this time cried unto me . . .? The prophet paints with a stern irony the parade of the surface repentance of Josiah's reign. There had been a pathetic appeal to God as the forgiving husband of the faithless wife, but not the less had the wife returned to her wickedness.Guide.--The same word as in Proverbs 2:17; the "chief friend," as applied to the husband.
