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" (Jr 2:27; Lu 15:18).

thou art--rather, "thou wast."

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