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Jeremiah 3 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 3, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

25
verses
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Hebrew words / lemmas
29
classic sermon excerpts
5
preachers & commentators

Jeremiah 3 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
נְאֻם nᵉʼum H5002 8 oracle
מְשׁוּבָה mᵉshûwbâh H4878 5 apostasy
שׁוּב shûwb H7725 9 turn, return
חָנֵף chânêph H2610 4 soil
בָּגַד bâgad H898 4 cover, act covertly
זָנָה zânâh H2181 4 commit adultery, commit idolatry
יְהוּדָה Yᵉhûwdâh H3063 5 Jehudah

How preachers through history handled this text

29 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 21 Spurgeon 5 Matthew Henry 1 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“25. We 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. 25. Jacuimus in pudore nostro, et operuit nos ignomina nostra; quoniam cum Jehova Deo nostro scelerate egimus, nos et patres nostri, a pueritia nostra, et ad hunc diem usque; et non audivimus vocem Jehovae Dei nostri. …”

— Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 1, on Jeremiah 3:25–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Zion — Jer 3:14
  • Jerusalem — Jer 3:17

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