Jeremiah 3:9

And by the act of her fornication, she defiled the land. For she committed adultery with that which is stone and wood.

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In The King James Version

And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

In Context

8that because the apostate Israel had committed adultery, I had dismissed her and had given her a bill of divorce. Yet her deceitful sister Judah was not afraid. But she, too, went and committed fornication herself.

10And after all these things, her deceitful sister Judah has not returned to me with her whole heart, but with lies, says the Lord.”

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Cross References

Isaiah 57:6Your portion is in the currents of the torrent; this is your lot! And you yourselves have poured out libations to them; you have offered sacrifice. Should I not be angry over these things?

Jeremiah 2:27For they say to a piece of wood, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You have conceived me.’ They have turned their back to me, and not their face. But in the time of their affliction, they will say: ‘Rise up and deliver us.’

Jeremiah 10:8Together, they will all be proven to be unwise and foolish. The doctrine of their vanity is made of wood.

Ezekiel 23:10They uncovered her shame; they took away her sons and daughters; and they slew her with the sword. And they became infamous women. And they carried out judgments in her.

Joel 1:19To you, O Lord, I will cry out, because fire has devoured the beauty of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the countryside.

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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