What Does Jeremiah 3:12 Mean?

“Go”

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

“and proclaim”

to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“these words”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

these or those

“toward the north”

properly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)

“and say”

to say (used with great latitude)

“Return”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

“thou backsliding”

apostasy

“Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

“saith”

an oracle

“the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“to fall”

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

“and I will not cause mine anger”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“upon you for I am merciful”

properly, kind, i.e., (religiously) pious (a saint)

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“saith”

an oracle

“the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“and I will not keep”

to guard; figuratively, to cherish (anger)

“anger for ever”

properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial