Jeremiah 3:14
Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
Original Language Analysis
שׁ֣וּבוּ
Turn
H7725
שׁ֣וּבוּ
Turn
Strong's:
H7725
Word #:
1 of 18
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
בָנִ֤ים
children
H1121
בָנִ֤ים
children
Strong's:
H1121
Word #:
2 of 18
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
יְהוָ֔ה
the LORD
H3068
יְהוָ֔ה
the LORD
Strong's:
H3068
Word #:
5 of 18
(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
כִּ֥י
H3588
כִּ֥י
Strong's:
H3588
Word #:
6 of 18
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
וְלָקַחְתִּ֨י
unto you and I will take
H3947
וְלָקַחְתִּ֨י
unto you and I will take
Strong's:
H3947
Word #:
10 of 18
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
אֶתְכֶ֜ם
H853
אֶתְכֶ֜ם
Strong's:
H853
Word #:
11 of 18
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
אֶחָ֣ד
you one
H259
אֶחָ֣ד
you one
Strong's:
H259
Word #:
12 of 18
properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first
מֵעִ֗יר
of a city
H5892
מֵעִ֗יר
of a city
Strong's:
H5892
Word #:
13 of 18
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
מִמִּשְׁפָּחָ֔ה
of a family
H4940
מִמִּשְׁפָּחָ֔ה
of a family
Strong's:
H4940
Word #:
15 of 18
a family, i.e., circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people
וְהֵבֵאתִ֥י
and I will bring
H935
וְהֵבֵאתִ֥י
and I will bring
Strong's:
H935
Word #:
16 of 18
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:19Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.Jeremiah 31:32Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:Isaiah 54:5For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.Isaiah 6:13But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.Isaiah 10:22For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.Jeremiah 23:3And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.Jeremiah 3:8And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.Jeremiah 2:2Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.Isaiah 17:6Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.Isaiah 1:9Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Historical Context
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Questions for Reflection
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