the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Jeremiah 3:3
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This is why the showers haven’t come—why there has been no spring rain.You have the brazen look of a prostituteand refuse to be ashamed.
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; yet you have a prostitute's forehead, you refused to be ashamed.
Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and the spring rain has not come; yet you have the forehead of a whore; you refuse to be ashamed.
"Therefore the showers have been withheld, And there has been no spring rain. Yet you had a prostitute's forehead; You refused to be ashamed.
So the rain has not come, and there have not been any spring rains. But your face still looks like the face of a prostitute. You refuse even to be ashamed of what you did.
"Therefore the showers have been withheld, And there has been no spring rain. Yet you have the forehead (appearance) of a prostitute; You refuse to be ashamed.
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; yet you have a prostitute's forehead, you refused to be ashamed.
Therefore the showres haue beene restrained, and the latter raine came not, and thou haddest a whores forehead: thou wouldest not bee ashamed.
Therefore the showers have been withheld,And the late rain has not come.Yet you had a harlot's forehead;You refused to feel dishonor.
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refused to be ashamed.
So I, the Lord , refused to let the spring rains fall. But just like a prostitute, you still have no shame for what you have done.
For this reason the showers have been withheld, there has been no rain in the spring; still you maintain a whore's brazen look and refuse to be ashamed.
And the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; but thou hast a harlot's forehead, thou refusest to be ashamed.
And because of your wickedness the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; and you have become shameless like a whore, you have refused to be reproved.
That is why the rains were held back, and the spring showers did not come. You even look like a prostitute; you have no shame.
Therefore rain showers have been withheld, and the spring rain has not come. Yet you have the forehead of a woman prostitute, you refuse to be ashamed.
And the showers are withheld, and there has been no latter rain. And the forehead of a woman, a harlot, was to you; you refused to be ashamed.
This is the cause, that the rayne and euenynge dew hath ceased. Thou hast gotten the an whores foreheade, and canst not be ashamed.
Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hadst a harlot's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
So the showers have been kept back, and there has been no spring rain; still your brow is the brow of a loose woman, you will not let yourself be shamed.
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hadst a harlot's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
Therefore the showres haue bin withholden, and there hath bene no latter raine, and thou haddest a whores forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
This is the cause that the rayne and euenyng deawe hath ceassed: Thou hast gotten thee an whores forehead, and wylt not be ashamed.
And thou didst retain many shepherds for a stumbling-block to thyself: thou hadst a whore’s face, thou didst become shameless toward all.
Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
Wherfor the dropis of reynes weren forbodun, and no late reyn was. The forhed of a womman hoore is maad to thee; thou noldist be aschamed.
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; yet you have a prostitute's forehead, you refused to be ashamed.
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there hath been no latter rain? and thou hadst a harlot's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
That is why the rains have been withheld, and the spring rains have not come. Yet in spite of this you are obstinate as a prostitute. You refuse to be ashamed of what you have done.
Therefore the showers have been withheld, And there has been no latter rain. You have had a harlot's forehead; You refuse to be ashamed.
That's why even the spring rains have failed. For you are a brazen prostitute and completely shameless.
So the rains have been held back. There has been no spring rain. You look like a woman who sells the use of her body, and would not be ashamed.
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and the spring rain has not come; yet you have the forehead of a whore, you refuse to be ashamed.
Therefore have been withholden the showers, And, the latter rain, hath not come, - Yet the forehead of an unchaste woman, hast thou, Thou hast refused to be ashamed.
Therefore the showers were withholden, and there was no lateward rain: thou hadst a harlot’s forehead, thou wouldst not blush.
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and the spring rain has not come; yet you have a harlot's brow, you refuse to be ashamed.
And withheld are showers, and gathered rain hath not been. The forehead of a whorish woman thou hast, Thou hast refused to be ashamed.
"Therefore the showers have been withheld, And there has been no spring rain. Yet you had a harlot's forehead; You refused to be ashamed.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the showers: Jeremiah 9:12, Jeremiah 14:4, Jeremiah 14:22, Leviticus 26:19, Deuteronomy 28:23, Isaiah 5:6, Joel 1:16-20, Amos 4:7, Haggai 1:11
latter rain: Jeremiah 5:24
a whore's: Jeremiah 5:3, Jeremiah 6:15, Jeremiah 8:12, Jeremiah 44:16, Jeremiah 44:17, Ezekiel 3:7, Ezekiel 16:30-34, Zephaniah 3:5
thou refusedst: Jeremiah 5:3, Nehemiah 9:17, Zechariah 7:11, Zechariah 7:12, Hebrews 12:25
Reciprocal: Genesis 19:5 - General Genesis 19:9 - Stand Genesis 19:34 - General Genesis 39:7 - Lie Numbers 25:6 - in the sight of Moses 1 Samuel 2:23 - by all 2 Samuel 16:22 - went in Ezra 9:6 - I am ashamed Proverbs 21:29 - hardeneth Isaiah 3:9 - The show Isaiah 48:4 - thy brow Isaiah 55:7 - the wicked Isaiah 57:10 - therefore Jeremiah 5:25 - General Jeremiah 36:2 - against Israel Ezekiel 2:4 - they Hosea 7:10 - the pride Joel 2:23 - he will Romans 6:21 - whereof 2 Thessalonians 3:14 - that he
Cross-References
The man said, "The woman you put here with me gave me fruit from that tree. So I ate it."
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What have you done?" She said, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."
Then God said to the woman, "I will cause you to have much trouble when you are pregnant. And when you give birth to children, you will have much pain. You will want your husband very much, but he will rule over you."
Then God said to the man, "I commanded you not to eat from that tree. But you listened to your wife and ate from it. So I will curse the ground because of you. You will have to work hard all your life for the food the ground produces.
Then God said to Abimelech in a dream, "Yes, I know that you are innocent and that you did not know what you were doing. I saved you. I did not allow you to sin against me. I was the one who did not allow you to sleep with her.
He said, "Don't hurt my chosen people. Don't hurt my prophets."
But if you were to destroy everything he has, I promise you that he would curse you to your face."
I swear, if you attack his flesh and bones, he will curse you to your face!"
"Pity me, my friends, pity me, because God is against me.
Now I will discuss the things you wrote me about. You asked if it is better for a man not to have any sexual relations at all.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain,.... There were two seasons of the year when rain in common fell upon the land of Israel, called the former and the latter rain, and both are designed here. The former by רביבים, "showers", so called from the multitude of drops in them: these showers, or the former rain, used to fall in the month Marchesvan, which answers to part of our October; it was in autumn, at the fall of the year, at seedtime, when great quantity of rain usually fell, to prepare the earth for sowing, and watering the seed sown; whence that month was sometimes called Bul, as Kimchi observes, from "mabbul", a flood. The latter rain fell in Nisan, which answers to our March; it was in the spring, a little before harvest, which swelled the grain, made the skin the thinner, and the flower the finer. This is called מלקוש: now, because of the idolatry of these people, those rains were withheld from them, as they were in the times of Ahab, 1 Kings 17:1, which brought a famine upon them; and was a manifest token of the divine displeasure, and what was threatened them in case they sinned against the Lord,
Deuteronomy 28:23:
and thou hadst a whore's forehead; was impudent and unconcerned, repented not of sin, or blushed for it, though such judgments were upon them; hence the Rabbins x say rains are not withheld but for impudence, according, to this Scripture:
thou refusedst to be ashamed; to be made ashamed by the admonitions of the prophets, or by the judgments of God; see Jeremiah 5:3.
x T. Bab. Taanith, fol. 7. 2.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 3:3. There hath been no latter rain — The former rain, which prepared the earth for tillage, fell in the beginning of November, or a little sooner; and the latter rain fell in the middle of April, after which there was scarcely any rain during the summer.
