Jeremiah 3:3

Jeremiah 3:3

Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

a. ASV: Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hadst a harlot’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

b. YLT: And withheld are showers, and gathered rain hath not been. The forehead of a whorish woman thou hast, Thou hast refused to be ashamed.

c. Amplified Bible Classic: Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no spring rain. Yet you have the brow of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.

d. Septuagint: And thou didst retain many shepherds for a stumbling-block to thyself: thou hadst a whore’s face, thou didst become shameless toward all.

e. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: The raindrops have been withheld and the late rain did not happen; yet you had the boldness of a horlot woman, your refused to be ashamed.

1. “Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain…”

a. [Therefore the] showers [Strong: 7241 râbîyb, raw-beeb'; from H7231; a rain (as an accumulation of drops):—shower.]

b. [have been] withholden [Strong: 4513 mânaʻ, maw-nah'; a primitive root; to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury:—deny, keep (back), refrain, restrain, withhold.]

c. [and] there has been [Strong: 1961 hayah haw-yaw a primitive root (Compare 1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary):--beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.]

d. no [Strong: 3808 lo' lo or lowi {lo}; or loh (Deut. 3:11) {lo}; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows):--X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (X as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, + of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.]

e. latter rain [Strong: 4456 malqôwsh, mal-koshe'; from H3953; (compare H3954) the spring rain; figuratively, eloquence:—latter rain.]

2. “…and thou hadst a whore’s forehead…”

a. [and] thou [לָ֔ךְ] [No Strong number][to, toward ; of ; for ; until, till ; into ; לך, לכם, לכן - you, to you ; לו - him, to him ; לה - her, to her ; לנו - us, to us ; להם, להן - them, to them] [www.morfix.co.il/en/לָ֔ךְ]

b. hadst [Strong: 1961 hayah haw-yaw a primitive root (Compare 1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary):--beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.]

c. [a] whore’s [Strong: 2181 zânâh, zaw-naw'; a primitive root [highly fed and therefore wanton]; to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah):—(cause to) commit fornication, × continually, × great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.]

d. forehead [Strong: 4696 mêtsach, may'-tsakh; from an unused root meaning to be clear, i.e. conspicuous; the forehead (as open and prominent):—brow, forehead, impudent.]

3. “...thou refusedst to be ashamed.”

a. [thou] refusedst [Strong: 3985 mâʼên, maw-ane'; a primitive root; to refuse:—refuse, × utterly.]

b. [to be] ashamed [Strong: 3637 kâlam, kaw-lawm'; a primitive root; properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult:—be (make) ashamed, blush, be confounded, be put to confusion, hurt, reproach, (do, put to) shame.]

1). Jeremiah 6:15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

2). Isaiah 3:8, 9 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

3:9 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.