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Jeremiah 3:4

Jeremiah 3:4
Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me,.... These words are either a confirmation and proof of that impudence with which these people are charged; for had they not been impudent, or had not a…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Or, Hast thou Not from this time called “me, My Father, thou art the” husband “of my youth?” i. e., from the time of Josiah’s reforms in his eighteenth year, in opposition to “of old time” Jer 2:20.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 3:1-5

These verses some make to belong to the sermon in the foregoing chapter, and they open a door of hope to those who receive the conviction of the reproofs we had there; God wounds that he may heal. Now…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Wilt thou not from this time cry Hast thou not but now cried. Judah, at the very time that she is deserting Jehovah, is using to Him the language of wheedling affection.

guide mg. companion. The same…