Jer 3:4 | JFB | STEP | 4. from this time —not referring, as MICHAELIS thinks, to the reformation begun the year before, that is, the twelfth of Josiah; it means—now at once, now at last. me —contrasted with the "stock" whom they had heretofore called on as "father" ( ). thou art —rather, "thou wast." guide of . . . youth —that is, husband ( ). Husband and father are the two most endearing of ties.

Jeremiah 3:4

4. from this time—not referring, as MICHAELIS thinks, to the reformation begun the year before, that is, the twelfth of Josiah; it means—now at once, now at last.

me—contrasted with the "stock" whom they had heretofore called on as "father" (Jer 2:27; Lu 15:18).

thou art—rather, "thou wast."

guide of . . . youth—that is, husband (Jer 2:2; Pr 2:17; Ho 2:7, 15). Husband and father are the two most endearing of ties.