1Und er sprach: Wenn sich ein Mann von seiner Frau scheidet und sie geht von ihm und gehört einem andern, darf er sie auch wieder annehmen? Ist’s nicht so, dass das Land unrein würde? Du aber hast mit vielen gehurt und solltest wieder zu mir kommen?, spricht der HERR. (5Mo 24,1)2Hebe deine Augen auf zu den Höhen und sieh, wo du allenthalben dich hingegeben hast! An den Wegen hast du auf sie gewartet wie ein Araber in der Wüste und das Land unrein gemacht mit deiner Hurerei und Bosheit. (Hos 4,13)3Darum blieb der Frühregen aus und kein Spätregen kam. Aber du hattest eine Hurenstirn, wolltest dich nicht mehr schämen4und schriest dann doch zu mir: Lieber Vater, du Vertrauter meiner Jugend! (Jes 63,16; Jer 19,1; Jer 31,9)5»Will er denn ewiglich zürnen und nicht vom Grimm lassen«, siehe, so hast du geredet und Böses getan und ließest dir nicht wehren. (Ps 85,6)6Und der HERR sprach zu mir zur Zeit des Königs Josia: Hast du gesehen, was Israel, die Abtrünnige, tat? Sie ging hin auf alle hohen Berge und unter alle grünen Bäume und trieb dort Hurerei. (Jer 2,20)7Und ich dachte, nachdem sie das alles getan, würde sie zu mir zurückkehren. Aber sie kehrte nicht zurück. Und obwohl ihre Schwester Juda, die Treulose, gesehen hat, (2Kön 17,18; Hes 23,2)8wie ich Israel, die Abtrünnige, wegen ihres Ehebruchs gestraft und sie entlassen und ihr einen Scheidebrief gegeben habe, scheute sich dennoch ihre Schwester, das treulose Juda, nicht, sondern ging hin und trieb auch Hurerei.9Und ihre leichtfertige Hurerei hat das Land unrein gemacht; denn sie trieb Ehebruch mit Stein und Holz.10Und auch in diesem allen bekehrte sich das treulose Juda, ihre Schwester, nicht zu mir von ganzem Herzen, sondern nur mit Heuchelei, spricht der HERR.11Und der HERR sprach zu mir: Das abtrünnige Israel steht gerechter da als das treulose Juda.12Geh hin und rufe diese Worte nach Norden und sprich: Kehre zurück, du abtrünniges Israel, spricht der HERR, so will ich nicht zornig auf euch blicken. Denn ich bin gnädig, spricht der HERR, und will nicht ewiglich zürnen. (2Mo 34,6; Ps 103,9)13Allein erkenne deine Schuld, dass du wider den HERRN, deinen Gott, gesündigt hast und bist hin und her gelaufen zu den fremden Göttern unter allen grünen Bäumen, und ihr habt meiner Stimme nicht gehorcht, spricht der HERR.14Kehrt um, ihr abtrünnigen Kinder, spricht der HERR, denn ich bin euer Herr! Und ich will euch holen, einen aus einer Stadt und zwei aus einem Geschlecht, und will euch bringen nach Zion. (Jer 29,14; Jer 31,32)15Und ich will euch Hirten geben nach meinem Herzen, die euch weiden sollen in Einsicht und Weisheit. (Jer 23,3; Hes 34,23)16Und es soll geschehen, wenn ihr zahlreich geworden seid und euch ausgebreitet habt im Lande, so soll man, spricht der HERR, in jenen Tagen nicht mehr sagen: Die Bundeslade des HERRN. Man wird ihrer nicht mehr gedenken noch nach ihr fragen noch sie vermissen; und sie wird nicht wieder gemacht werden. (4Mo 10,33)17Sondern zu jener Zeit wird man Jerusalem nennen »Des HERRN Thron«, und es werden sich dahin sammeln alle Völker um des Namens des HERRN willen zu Jerusalem, und sie werden nicht mehr wandeln in dem, was ihr böses Herz will. (Jes 2,2; Jer 17,12; Mi 4,1)18In jenen Tagen wird das Haus Juda zum Haus Israel gehen. Sie werden miteinander heimkommen von Norden her in das Land, das ich euren Vätern zum Erbe gegeben habe. (Jes 11,11; Hos 2,2)19Und ich dachte: Wie gern will ich dich unter die Söhne aufnehmen und dir das liebe Land geben, das allerschönste Erbteil unter den Völkern! Und ich dachte, du würdest mich dann »Lieber Vater« nennen und nicht von mir weichen. (5Mo 7,6; 5Mo 8,7; 5Mo 32,6; Jer 4,1)20Aber das Haus Israel hat mir nicht die Treue gehalten, gleichwie eine Frau wegen ihres Liebhabers nicht die Treue hält, spricht der HERR.21Man hört ein klägliches Heulen und Weinen der Israeliten auf den Höhen, weil sie übel getan und den HERRN, ihren Gott, vergessen haben. (Jer 31,15)22Kehrt zurück, ihr abtrünnigen Kinder, so will ich euch heilen von eurem Ungehorsam. »Siehe, wir kommen zu dir; denn du bist der HERR, unser Gott.23Wahrlich, es ist ja nichts als Betrug mit den Hügeln und mit dem Lärm auf den Bergen. Wahrlich, es hat Israel keine andere Hilfe als am HERRN, unserm Gott.24Der schändliche Baal hat gefressen, was unsere Väter erworben hatten, von unsrer Jugend an, ihre Schafe und Rinder, Söhne und Töchter.25So müssen wir uns betten in unsere Schande, und unsre Schmach soll uns bedecken. Denn wir haben gesündigt wider den HERRN, unsern Gott, wir und unsere Väter, von unsrer Jugend an bis auf den heutigen Tag, und haben nicht gehorcht der Stimme des HERRN, unseres Gottes.« (Jer 14,7; Jer 14,20)
Jeremia 3
King James Version
1They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man', shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.2Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.3Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore' forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.4Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?5Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.6The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.7And I said after she had done all these things , Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it .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.9And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.10And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.11And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.12Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.13Only 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.14Turn, 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:15And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.16And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it ; neither shall that be done any more.17At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.18In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.19But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.20Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.21A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.22Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.23Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.24For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.25We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
Jeremia 3
English Standard Version
von Crossway1“If[1] a man divorces his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man’s wife, will he return to her? Would not that land be greatly polluted? You have played the whore with many lovers; and would you return to me? declares the LORD. (5Mo 24,1; Ps 106,38; Jer 2,20; Jer 3,9)2Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been ravished? By the waysides you have sat awaiting lovers like an Arab in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your vile whoredom. (4Mo 23,3; Jer 1,1; Jer 3,21; Jer 4,11; Jer 7,29; Hes 16,25)3Therefore 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. (5Mo 28,24; Jer 6,15; Jer 9,12; Jer 14,22)4Have you not just now called to me, ‘My father, you are the friend of my youth— (Lk 15,18)5will he be angry forever, will he be indignant to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken, but you have done all the evil that you could.” (Ps 103,9)
Faithless Israel Called to Repentance
6The LORD said to me in the days of King Josiah: “Have you seen what she did, that faithless one, Israel, how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there played the whore? (Jer 1,1; Jer 1,2; Jer 2,20)7And I thought, ‘After she has done all this she will return to me,’ but she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it. (Hes 16,46; Hes 23,4)8She saw that for all the adulteries of that faithless one, Israel, I had sent her away with a decree of divorce. Yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but she too went and played the whore. (2Kön 17,18; Jer 1,1; Hes 23,11; Hos 1,6; Hos 1,9; Mt 19,7; Mk 10,4)9Because she took her whoredom lightly, she polluted the land, committing adultery with stone and tree. (Jer 2,27)10Yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to me with her whole heart, but in pretense, declares the LORD.” (Hos 7,14)11And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. (Hes 16,51; Hes 16,52)12Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, “‘Return, faithless Israel, declares the LORD. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the LORD; I will not be angry forever. (5Mo 30,1; Ps 86,5; Ps 86,15; Ps 103,9; Spr 28,13; Jer 18,1)13Only acknowledge your guilt, that you rebelled against the LORD your God and scattered your favors among foreigners under every green tree, and that you have not obeyed my voice, declares the LORD. (3Mo 26,40; Jer 3,6)14Return, O faithless children, declares the LORD; for I am your master; I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion. (Jes 54,5; Jes 62,5; Jer 3,22; Hos 2,19; Hos 2,20; Hos 14,1; Mal 2,11)15“‘And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding. (Jer 23,4; Hes 34,23; Joh 10,11; Apg 20,28)16And when you have multiplied and been fruitful in the land, in those days, declares the LORD, they shall no more say, “The ark of the covenant of the LORD.” It shall not come to mind or be remembered or missed; it shall not be made again.17At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the LORD, and all nations shall gather to it, to the presence of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they shall no more stubbornly follow their own evil heart. (Jes 2,2; Jes 2,3; Jes 60,9)18In those days the house of Judah shall join the house of Israel, and together they shall come from the land of the north to the land that I gave your fathers for a heritage. (Jes 11,13; Jer 3,12; Jer 16,15; Jer 23,8; Jer 31,8; Jer 50,4; Hes 37,21; Hes 37,22; Hos 1,11; Am 9,15)19“‘I said, How I would set you among my sons, and give you a pleasant land, a heritage most beautiful of all nations. And I thought you would call me, My Father, and would not turn from following me. (Jes 63,16)20Surely, as a treacherous wife leaves her husband, so have you been treacherous to me, O house of Israel, declares the LORD.’” (Jer 3,7; Jer 5,11)21A voice on the bare heights is heard, the weeping and pleading of Israel’s sons because they have perverted their way; they have forgotten the LORD their God. (Jer 2,1; Jer 31,9)22“Return, O faithless sons; I will heal your faithlessness.” “Behold, we come to you, for you are the LORD our God. (Jes 57,18; Jer 3,14; Jer 30,17; Hos 6,1)23Truly the hills are a delusion, the orgies[2] on the mountains. Truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. (Ps 3,8; Ps 121,1; Ps 121,2; Jer 3,21)24“But from our youth the shameful thing has devoured all for which our fathers labored, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.25Let us lie down in our shame, and let our dishonor cover us. For we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.” (Esr 9,6; Esr 9,7; Hi 8,22; Hes 2,3)