Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed the LORD our God’s voice.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Jeremiah 3:25 in context
Jeremiah 3:22–25
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Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding.
“Behold, we have come to you; for you are the LORD our God.
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Truly help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains, is in vain. Truly the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.
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But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
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Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed the LORD our God’s voice.”
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