Jeremiah 3:7
And I said after she had done all these things, She will return to me, but she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
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2 Kings 17:13Yet LORD testified to Israel, and to Judah, by every prophet, and every seer, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent
2 Chronicles 17:4but sought for the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
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 23:2Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother.
Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return to LORD, for he has torn, and he will heal us. He has smitten, and he will bind us up.
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 →