Jeremiah 3:13
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.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. Though divorce law forbids a man from taking back a wife who has gone to another, God invites Israel to return. Faithless Israel's deeds are compared with treacherous Judah who saw the northern kingdom divorced and yet herself played the …
Other Translations
Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith Jehovah.
Only, know thine iniquity, For against Jehovah thy God thou hast transgressed, And thou dost scatter thy ways to strangers, Under every green tree, And to My voice thou hast not hearkened, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Only be conscious of your sin, the evil you have done against the Lord your God; you have gone with strange men under every branching tree, giving no attention to my voice, says the Lord.
Cross References
If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, …
Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham …
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high …
And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which …
That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather …
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited …
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; …
Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for …