Jeremiah 3:11

And the Lord said to me: The rebellious Israel hath justified her soul, in comparison of the treacherous Juda.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10And after all this, her treacherous sister Juda hath not returned to me with her whole heart, but with falsehood, saith the Lord.

12Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and thou shalt say: Return, O rebellious Israel, saith the Lord, and I will not turn away my face from you: for I am holy, saith the Lord, and I will not be angry for ever.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 3:8That because the rebellious Israel had played the harlot, I had put her away, and had given her a bill of divorce: yet her treacherous sister Juda was not afraid, but went and played the harlot also herself.

Ezekiel 16:47But neither hast thou walked in their ways, nor hast thou done a little less than they according to their wickednesses: thou hast done almost more wicked things than they in all thy ways

Ezekiel 23:11And when her sister Ooliba saw this, she was mad with lust more than she: and she carried her fornication beyond the fornication of her sister.

Hosea 11:7And my people shall long for my return: but a yoke shall be put upon them together, which shall not be taken off.

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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