Jeremiah 3:11

And LORD said to me, Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

In Context

10And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not returned to me with her whole heart, but in pretense, says LORD.

12Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, says LORD, I will not look in anger upon you, for I am merciful, says LORD. I will not keep [anger] forever.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 3:8And I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement, yet treacherous Judah her sister feared not, but she also went and played the harlot.

Ezekiel 16:47Yet thou have not walked in their ways, nor done according to their abominations, but, like [it was] a very little [thing], thou were more corrupt than they in all thy ways.

Ezekiel 23:11And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her whoredoms which were more than the whoredoms of her sister.

Hosea 11:7And my people are bent on backsliding from me. Though they call them to [him who is] on high, none at all will exalt [him].

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 3:7-12

Idolatries of Israel; The Treachery of Judah. ( b. c. 620.) 6 The Lord said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. 7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. 8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and… Read the whole commentary →

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