Jeremiah 3:20
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 3
“Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.”Jeremiah 3:20
What Does Jeremiah 3:20 Mean?
Jeremiah 3:20 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 3, verse 20 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 16 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Marriage.
Cross-References (16)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 3:20 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 Corinthians 7:10“And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:”Isaiah 48:8“Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.”Jeremiah 5:11“For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.”John 4:18“For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.”Isaiah 24:16“From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.”Hosea 3:1“Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.”Hosea 5:7“They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.”Song of Solomon 5:16“His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.”Isaiah 59:13“In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.”Jeremiah 3:1“They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.”Jeremiah 3:8“And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.”Jeremiah 36:22“Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.”Ezekiel 16:15“But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.”Ezekiel 16:32“But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!”Hosea 6:7“But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.”Malachi 2:11“Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.”
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