Jeremiah 3 · Verse 22

Jeremiah 3:22

Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.
Jeremiah 3:22, King James Version

Jeremiah 3:22 in other translations

BSB“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.
WEBReturn, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are the LORD our God.
ASVReturn, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.
YLTTurn back, O backsliding sons, I cause your backslidings to cease. --Behold us, we have come to Thee, For Thou art Jehovah our God.
DARBY— Return, backsliding children; I will heal your backslidings....Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.
BBECome back, you children who have been turned away, and I will take away your desire for wandering. See, we have come to you, for you are the Lord our God.
WebsterReturn, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come to thee; for thou art the LORD our God.

What does Jeremiah 3:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. Jehovah's renewed invitation (Jr 3:12, 14) and their immediate response. heal--forgive (2Ch 30:18, 20; Ho 14:4). unto thee--rather, "in obedience to thee"; literally, "for thee" [Rosenmuller].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 Return, ye backsliding children - This they gladly receive, and with one voice make their confession to him: "Behold, we come unto thee, for thou art Jehovah our God;" and thence to the end of the chapter, show the reasons why they return unto God. 1. Because he is the true God. 2. Because the idols did not profit them: they could give no help in time of trouble. 3. Because it is the prerogative of God alone to give salvation. 4. Because they had no kind of prosperity since they had abandoned the worship of their Maker. And this was not only their case, but it was the case of their forefathers, who all suffered in consequence of their idolatry and disobedience. 5. These reasons are concluded with a hearty confession of sin, at the thought of which they are confounded; for the remembrance of their sin was grievous to them, and the burden was intolerable. This confession ended, God appears in the next chapter with gracious promises, and proper directions how they are to return, and how to conduct themselves in future.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 3:21-25

Sin is turning aside to crooked ways. And forgetting the Lord our God is at the bottom of all sin. By sin we bring ourselves into trouble. The promise to those that return is, God will heal their backslidings, by his pardoning mercy, his quieting peace, and his renewing grace. They come devoting themselves to God. They come disclaiming all expectations of relief and succour from any but the Lord. Therefore they come…

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Jeremiah 3:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שׁ֚וּבוּShu.vureturnH7725
בָּנִ֣יםba.NimO sonsH1121
שׁוֹבָבִ֔יםshoa.VimbackslidingH7726
אֶרְפָּ֖ה'er.PahI will healH7495
מְשׁוּבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑םme.shu.vo.tei.Khemapostasies yourH4878
הִנְנוּ֙hi.Nuhere [are] weH2005
אָתָ֣נוּ'a.Ta.nuwe have comeH857
לָ֔ךְLakhto <the> you
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
אַתָּ֖ה'a.TahyouH859
יְהֹוָ֥הYah.weh[are] YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ\׃'e.lo.Hei.nuGod ourH430

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 3:22

  • Hosea 14:4

    I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

  • Hosea 14:1

    O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

  • Zechariah 13:9

    And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

  • Jeremiah 30:17

    For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

  • Hosea 6:1-2

    Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

  • Hosea 13:4

    Yet I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.

  • Hosea 3:5

    Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.

  • Song of Solomon 1:4

    Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

  • Jeremiah 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 God.

  • Hosea 14:8

    Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

  • Jeremiah 33:6

    Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

  • Isaiah 27:8

    In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Return.
Ho 6:1; 14:1,4
we.
31:18; Isa 27:8; So 1:4; Ho 3:5; 6:1,2; 13:4; 14:8; Zec 13:9

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Context

  • Jeremiah 3:21

    A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the Lord their God.

  • Jeremiah 3:22

    Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.

  • Jeremiah 3:23

    Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

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Jeremiah 3:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Convertíos, hijos rebeldes, sanaré vuestras rebeliones. He aquí nosotros venimos á ti; porque tú eres Jehová nuestro Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Revenez, fils infidèles; je guérirai vos infidélités… Nous voici, nous venons à toi, car tu es l’ Éternel, notre Dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Kehret um, ihr abtrünnigen Kinder; ich will eure Abtrünnigkeiten heilen. -"Hier sind wir, wir kommen zu dir; denn du bist Jehova, unser Gott.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Convertimini, filii revertentes, et sanabo aversiones vestras. Ecce nos venimus ad te: tu enim es Dominus Deus noster.