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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 3:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 3:3 |
Strong Concordance |
Therefore the showers [07241] have been withholden [04513], and there hath been no latter rain [04456]; and thou hadst a whore's [02181] [0802] forehead [04696], thou refusedst [03985] to be ashamed [03637]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
no latter rain--essential to the crops in Palestine; withheld in judgment (Lev 26:19; compare Joe 2:23).
whore's forehead-- (Jer 8:12; Eze 3:8). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| But the idolatrous race was not to be brought to reflection or turned from its evil ways, even when judgment fell upon it. God chastised it by withholding the rain, by drought; cf. Jer 14:1., Amo 4:7. רביבים, rain-showers (Deu 32:2), does not stand for the early rain (יורה), but denotes any fall of rain; and the late rain (shortly before harvest) is mentioned along with it, as in Hos 6:3; Zac 10:1. But affliction made no impression. The people persisted in its sinful courses with unabashed effrontery; cf. Jer 5:3; Eze 3:7. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| A whore's forehead - For all this, thou didst still remain obstinate, as ashamed of nothing. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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. |
8 Behold, I have made [05414] thy face [06440] strong [02389] against [05980] their faces [06440], and thy forehead [04696] strong [02389] against [05980] their foreheads [04696].
12 Were they ashamed [03001] when they had committed [06213] abomination [08441]? nay, they were not at all [0954] ashamed [0954], neither could [03045] they blush [03637]: therefore shall they fall [05307] among them that fall [05307]: in the time [06256] of their visitation [06486] they shall be cast down [03782], saith [0559] the LORD [03068].
23 Be glad [01523] then, ye children [01121] of Zion [06726], and rejoice [08055] in the LORD [03068] your God [0430]: for he hath given [05414] you the former rain [04175] moderately [06666], and he will cause to come down [03381] for you the rain [01653], the former rain [04175], and the latter rain [04456] in the first [07223] month.
19 And I will break [07665] the pride [01347] of your power [05797]; and I will make [05414] your heaven [08064] as iron [01270], and your earth [0776] as brass [05154]:
7 But the house [01004] of Israel [03478] will [014] not hearken [08085] unto thee; for they will [014] not hearken [08085] unto me: for all the house [01004] of Israel [03478] are impudent [02389] [04696] and hardhearted [07186] [03820].
3 O LORD [03068], are not thine eyes [05869] upon the truth [0530]? thou hast stricken [05221] them, but they have not grieved [02342]; thou hast consumed [03615] them, but they have refused [03985] to receive [03947] correction [04148]: they have made their faces [06440] harder [02388] than a rock [05553]; they have refused [03985] to return [07725].
1 Ask [07592] ye of the LORD [03068] rain [04306] in the time [06256] of the latter rain [04456]; so the LORD [03068] shall make [06213] bright clouds [02385], and give [05414] them showers [01653] of rain [04306], to every one [0376] grass [06212] in the field [07704].
3 Then shall we know [03045], if we follow [07291] on to know [03045] the LORD [03068]: his going forth [04161] is prepared [03559] as the morning [07837]; and he shall come [0935] unto us as the rain [01653], as the latter [04456] and former rain [03384] unto the earth [0776].
2 My doctrine [03948] shall drop [06201] as the rain [04306], my speech [0565] shall distil [05140] as the dew [02919], as the small rain [08164] upon the tender herb [01877], and as the showers [07241] upon the grass [06212]:
7 And also I have withholden [04513] the rain [01653] from you, when there were yet three [07969] months [02320] to the harvest [07105]: and I caused it to rain [04305] upon one [0259] city [05892], and caused it not to rain [04305] upon another [0259] city [05892]: one [0259] piece [02513] was rained [04305] upon, and the piece [02513] whereupon it rained [04305] not withered [03001].
1 The word [01697] of the LORD [03068] that came to Jeremiah [03414] concerning [01697] the dearth [01226].