Now therefore, it is pleasing to me that we should enter into a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel. And he will turn away the fury of his indignation from us.
Jeremiah 3:5 - Catholic Public Domain Version Why should you be angry unceasingly? And will you continue in this to the end? Behold, you have spoken and done evil, for you were able to do so." Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Will He retain His anger forever? Will He keep it to the end? Behold, you have so spoken, but you have done all the evil things you could and have had your way and have carried them through. American Standard Version (1901) Will he retain his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and hast had thy way. Common English Bible will you stay angry forever? Will you continue to be furious?” This is what you say while you do as much evil as you possibly can. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wilt thou be angry for ever, or wilt thou continue until the end? Behold, thou hast spoken, and hast done evil things, and hast been able. English Standard Version 2016 will 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.” |
Now therefore, it is pleasing to me that we should enter into a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel. And he will turn away the fury of his indignation from us.
For you are sweet and mild, Lord, and plentiful in mercy to all who call upon you.
Pay attention, Lord, to my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplication.
For I will not contend unceasingly, and I will not be angry to the end. For I will exhale my breath, and the Spirit will go forth from my face.
Do not be so angry, O Lord, and no longer call to mind our iniquity. Behold, consider that we are all your people.
Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and you shall say: Return, O apostate Israel, says the Lord. For I will not avert my face from you. For I am holy, says the Lord, and I will not be angry forever.
Then why have this people in Jerusalem turned away with a contentious loathing? They have taken hold of what is false, and they are not willing to return.
I paid close attention and I listened carefully. No one is speaking what is good. There is no one who does penance for his sin, saying: 'What have I done?' They have all turned to their own course, like a horse rushing with fury into battle.
Behold, the leaders of Israel have each used his arm to shed blood within you.
Woe to you who devise useless things and who work evil in your beds. In the morning light, they undertake it, because their hand is against God.
The evil of their hands, they call good. The leader is demanding, and the judge is yielding, and the great is speaking the desire of his soul, and they have confused it.