Discovery BoxJeremiah 3:3 
Context3:3 That is why the rains have been withheld,
and the spring rains have not come.
Yet in spite of this you are obstinate as a prostitute. 1
You refuse to be ashamed of what you have done.
Jeremiah 3:24-25
Context3:24 From earliest times our worship of that shameful god, Baal,
has taken away 2 all that our ancestors 3 worked for.
It has taken away our flocks and our herds,
and even our sons and daughters.
3:25 Let us acknowledge 4 our shame.
Let us bear the disgrace that we deserve. 5
For we have sinned against the Lord our God,
both we and our ancestors.
From earliest times to this very day
we have not obeyed the Lord our God.’
1 tn Heb “you have the forehead of a prostitute.”
2 tn Heb “From our youth the shameful thing has eaten up…” The shameful thing is specifically identified as Baal in Jer 11:13. Compare also the shift in certain names such as Ishbaal (“man of Baal”) to Ishbosheth (“man of shame”).
3 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 25).
4 tn Heb “Let us lie down in….”
5 tn Heb “Let us be covered with disgrace.”
