5Will he retain his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldst.


In Context

2 Lift up thy eyes to the high places, and see where thou hast not been lain with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy acts of lewdness, and with thy wickedness.

3 Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there hath been no latter rain? and thou hadst a harlot's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

4 Wilt thou not from this time cry to me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

5 Will he retain his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldst.

6 The LORD said also to me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she hath gone up upon every high mountain, and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou to me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

Jeremiah 3:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5Will he reserve [his anger] for ever? will he keep [it] to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:5will you always be angry? Will your wrath continue forever?' This is how you talk, but you do all the evil you can."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:5Wilt 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:5Will 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5Will he keep his anger for ever? Will he preserve it perpetually? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and thou art so determined.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:5Will 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5|'Will he retain [his anger] forever? Will he keep it to the end?' Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5Doth He keep to the age? watch for ever?' Lo, these things thou hast spoken, And thou dost the evil things, and prevailest.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, you have spoken and done evil things as you could.