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Jeremiah 3:4

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

KJV

Ergo saltem amodo voca me : Pater meus, dux virginitatis meæ tu es :

Vulgate

οὐχ ὡς οἶκόν με ἐκάλεσας καὶ πατέρα καὶ ἀρχηγὸν τῆς παρθενίας σου;

LXX

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My Father, thou art the guide of my youth?

ASV

הֲ/ל֣וֹא מֵ/עַ֔תָּה קראתי קָרָ֥את לִ֖/י אָבִ֑/י אַלּ֥וּף נְעֻרַ֖/י אָֽתָּה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַלּ֥וּף
'lvp
noun · 69×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
י
y
noun · 46×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
עַתָּ֗ה
'th
adverb · 433×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§370In no way is God in man's image. He is neither man nor woman. God is pure spirit in which there is no place for the difference between the sexes. But the respective "perfections" of man and woman reflect something of the infinite perfection of God: those of a mother and those of a father and husband.241 "Each for the other" - "A unity in two"

Cross-references

  • Gal 4:6 — And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
  • Hos 2:15 — And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of
  • Jer 2:2 — Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that
  • Jer 2:27 — Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, a
  • Jer 3:19 — But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from m
  • Jer 3:19 — But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from m
  • Jer 31:9 — They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel,
  • Jer 31:9 — They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel,
  • Jer 31:18 — I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my Go
  • Prov 2:17 — Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
  • Prov 2:17 — Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
  • Ps 71:6 — By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
  • Ps 71:17 — O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.