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Jeremiah 3:14
New English Translation
Jeremiah 3:14
New English Translation
14 “Come back to me, my wayward sons,” says the Lord, “for I am your true master.[a] If you do,[b] I will take one of you from each town and two of you from each family group, and I will bring you back to Zion.
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- Jeremiah 3:14 tn Or “I am your true husband.”sn There is a wordplay between the term “true master” and the name of the pagan god Baal. The pronoun “I” is emphatic, creating a contrast between the Lord as Israel’s true master/husband versus Baal as Israel’s illegitimate lover/master. See 2:23-25.
- Jeremiah 3:14 tn The words “If you do” are not in the text but are implicit in the connection of the Hebrew verb with the preceding.
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