Jeremiah 3:4

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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.	Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou [art] the guide of my youth?	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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Wilt thou not from this time cry^H7121 unto me, My father^H1, thou art the guide^H441 of my youth^H5271?

Original Hebrew

הֲלֹוא מֵעַתָּה [קָרָאתִי כ] (קָרָאת ק) לִי אָבִי אַלּוּף נְעֻרַי אָתָּה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הֲ/ל֣וֹא	ha./Lo'	H3808	HTi/Tn	¿/ not
מֵ/עַ֔תָּה	me./'A.tah	H6258	HR/D	from/ now
קראתי	qârâʼ	H7121	HVqp2fs
לִ֖/י	l/i		HR/Sp1cs	to (the)/ me
אָבִ֑/י	'a.V/i	H1	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	O father/ my
אַלּ֥וּף	'a.Luf	H441	HNcmsc	(were) (the) close friend of
נְעֻרַ֖/י	ne.'u.Ra/i	H5271	HNcbpc/Sp1cs	youth(s)/ my
אָֽתָּה	'A.tah	H859	HPp2ms	you

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
H441 — אַלּוּף (ʼallûwph, al-loof'): or (shortened) אַלֻּף; from אָלַף; familiar; a friend, also gentle; hence, a bullock (as being tame; applied, although masculine, to a cow); and so, a chieftain (as notable, like neat cattle); captain, duke, (chief) friend, governor, guide, ox.
H5271 — נָעוּר (nâʻûwr, naw-oor'): or נָעֻר; and (feminine) נְעֻרָה; properly, passive participle from נַעַר as denominative; (only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people); childhood, youth.
H7121 — קָרָא (qârâʼ, kaw-raw'): a primitive root (rather identical with קָרָא through the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications); bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ; or אַת; feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי; plural masculine אַתֶּם; feminine אַתֶּן; or אַתֵּנָהlemma אתֵּנָה missing vowel, corrected to אַתֵּנָה; or אַתֵּנָּה; a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.
H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
H6258 — עַתָּה (ʻattâh, at-taw'): from עֵת; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive; henceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

My father — Jeremiah 2:27
the guide — Psalms 48:14, Psalms 71:5, Psalms 71:17, Psalms 119:9, Proverbs 1:4, Proverbs 2:17, Jeremiah 2:2, Hosea 2:15, Malachi 2:14
Wilt thou — Jeremiah 3:19, Jeremiah 31:9, Jeremiah 31:18-20, Hosea 14:1-3

Related Topics

Nave’s: BACKSLIDERS, CHURCH, CONDESCENSION OF GOD, GOD, IDOLATRY, REPENTANCE

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