Jeremiah 3:5
Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
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
Will he retain his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and hast had thy way.
Doth He keep to the age? watch for ever?' Lo, these things thou hast spoken, And thou dost the evil things, and prevailest.
Will he be angry for ever? will he keep his wrath to the end? These things you have said, and have done evil and have had your way.
Cross References
Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, …
Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all …
Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will …
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, …