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Jeremiah 3:4

New Living Translation

Yet you say to me, ‘Father, you have been my guide since my youth.

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How can a young person stay pure? By obeying your word.

For that is what God is like. He is our God forever and ever, and he will guide us until we die.

O God, you have taught me from my earliest childhood, and I constantly tell others about the wonderful things you do.

O Lord, you alone are my hope. I’ve trusted you, O Lord, from childhood.

These proverbs will give insight to the simple, knowledge and discernment to the young.

She has abandoned her husband and ignores the covenant she made before God.

“Go and shout this message to Jerusalem. This is what the Lord says: “I remember how eager you were to please me as a young bride long ago, how you loved me and followed me even through the barren wilderness.

To an image carved from a piece of wood they say, ‘You are my father.’ To an idol chiseled from a block of stone they say, ‘You are my mother.’ They turn their backs on me, but in times of trouble they cry out to me, ‘Come and save us!’

“I thought to myself, ‘I would love to treat you as my own children!’ I wanted nothing more than to give you this beautiful land— the finest possession in the world. I looked forward to your calling me ‘Father,’ and I wanted you never to turn from me.

How long will you wander, my wayward daughter? For the Lord will cause something new to happen— Israel will embrace her God.”

Tears of joy will stream down their faces, and I will lead them home with great care. They will walk beside quiet streams and on smooth paths where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s father, and Ephraim is my oldest child.

I will return her vineyards to her and transform the Valley of Trouble into a gateway of hope. She will give herself to me there, as she did long ago when she was young, when I freed her from her captivity in Egypt.

The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says to the priests: “A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. If I am your father and master, where are the honor and respect I deserve? You have shown contempt for my name! “But you ask, ‘How have we ever shown contempt for your name?’

You cry out, “Why doesn’t the Lord accept my worship?” I’ll tell you why! Because the Lord witnessed the vows you and your wife made when you were young. But you have been unfaithful to her, though she remained your faithful partner, the wife of your marriage vows.




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