Verse Lens · Context pointer
Jeremiah 3:21 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 21. 21A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic or communal lament states or reports “A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel” at Jeremiah 3:21 as a specific part of “A Communal Confession Answers the Call.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 3:19–25
Read Jeremiah 3:21 with 3:19–25. By itself, “A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, imperial horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Divine longing for filial loyalty meets voices acknowledging deceptive worship, shame, and inherited wrong.
Why It Needs Context
Keep the line with Jeremiah 3:19–25. The prophetic or communal lament states or reports “A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel” at Jeremiah 3:21 as a specific part of “A Communal Confession Answers the Call.” The literary form and this limit govern it: Corporate confession must not force false admissions, transfer guilt biologically, or silence those harmed by institutions.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Jeremiah 3:19–25 — A Communal Confession Answers the CallSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 3:19–25, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 3:19–25
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