# Jeremiah 3

## Verse Summary

NIV2011 verse same as 1984 | 16 | 64%
NIV2011 verse same as tNIV | 5 | 20%
NIV2011 rejected tNIV, reverted to NIV1984 | 2 | 8%
NIV2011 verse verse is new | 2 | 8%

## Word Summary

NIV2011 words same as 1984 | 417 | 97.2%
NIV2011 changed words | 12 | 2.8%
NIV2011 removed words | 13 |
NIV2011 added words | 11 |

## Changes

| Result | NIV1984 | tNIV(2005) | NIV2011
3:1 | NIV1984 | “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, should he return to her again? Would not the land be completely defiled? But you have lived as a prostitute with many lovers— would you now return to me?” declares the LORD. | “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, should he return to her again? Would not the land be completely defiled? But you have lived as a prostitute with many lovers— would you now return to me?” declares the LORD. | “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, should he return to her again? Would not the land be completely defiled? But you have lived as a prostitute with many lovers— would you now return to me?” declares the LORD.
3:12 | tNIV | Go, proclaim this message toward the north: “‘Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will frown on you no longer, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will not be angry forever. | Go, proclaim this message toward the north: “‘Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will frown on you no longer, for I am merciful faithful,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will not be angry forever. | Go, proclaim this message toward the north: “‘Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will frown on you no longer, for I am merciful faithful,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will not be angry forever.
3:13 | NIV1984 | Only acknowledge your guilt— you have rebelled against the LORD your God, you have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every spreading tree, and have not obeyed me,’” declares the LORD. | Only acknowledge your guilt— you have rebelled against the LORD your God, you have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every spreading tree, and have not obeyed me,’” declares the LORD. | Only acknowledge your guilt— you have rebelled against the LORD your God, you have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every spreading tree, and have not obeyed me,’” declares the LORD.
3:16 | tNIV | In those days, when your numbers have increased greatly in the land,” declares the LORD, “men will no longer say, ‘The ark of the covenant of the LORD.’ It will never enter their minds or be remembered; it will not be missed, nor will another one be made. | In those days, when your numbers have increased greatly in the land,” declares the LORD, “men people will no longer say, ‘The ark of the covenant of the LORD.’ It will never enter their minds or be remembered; it will not be missed, nor will another one be made. | In those days, when your numbers have increased greatly in the land,” declares the LORD, “men people will no longer say, ‘The ark of the covenant of the LORD.’ It will never enter their minds or be remembered; it will not be missed, nor will another one be made.
3:18 | NIV2011 | In those days the house of Judah will join the house of Israel, and together they will come from a northern land to the land I gave your forefathers as an inheritance. | In those days the house of Judah will join the house of Israel, and together they will come from a northern land to the land I gave your forefathers ancestors as an inheritance. | In those days the house people of Judah will join the house people of Israel, and together they will come from a northern land to the land I gave your forefathers ancestors as an inheritance.
3:19 | tNIV | “I myself said, “‘How gladly would I treat you like sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.’ I thought you would call me ‘Father’ and not turn away from following me. | “I myself said, “‘How gladly would I treat you like sons my children and give you a desirable pleasant land, the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.’ I thought you would call me ‘Father’ and not turn away from following me. | “I myself said, “‘How gladly would I treat you like sons my children and give you a desirable pleasant land, the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.’ I thought you would call me ‘Father’ and not turn away from following me.
3:20 | NIV2011 | But like a woman unfaithful to her husband, so you have been unfaithful to me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. | But like a woman unfaithful to her husband, so you, house of Israel, have been unfaithful to me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. | But like a woman unfaithful to her husband, so you, Israel, have been unfaithful to me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.
3:24 | tNIV | From our youth shameful gods have consumed the fruits of our fathers’ labor— their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters. | From our youth shameful gods have consumed the fruits of our fathers ancestors’ labor— their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters. | From our youth shameful gods have consumed the fruits of our fathers ancestors’ labor— their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.
3:25 | tNIV | Let us lie down in our shame, and let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth till this day we have not obeyed the LORD our God.” | Let us lie down in our shame, and let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers ancestors; from our youth till this day we have not obeyed the LORD our God.” | Let us lie down in our shame, and let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers ancestors; from our youth till this day we have not obeyed the LORD our God.”