Jeremiah 3:7

And I say, after her doing all these, Return to Me, and she has not returned, and her treacherous sister Judah sees it.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6And YHWH says to me, in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She is going on every high mountain, and to the place of every green tree, and commits fornication there.

8And I see that for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery, I have sent her away, and I give the bill of her divorce to her; and her treacherous sister Judah has not feared, and goes and commits fornication—she also.

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Cross References

2 Kings 17:13And YHWH testifies against Israel, and against Judah, by the hand of every prophet, and every seer, saying, “Turn back from your evil ways, and keep My commands, My statutes, according to all the Law that I commanded your fathers, and that I sent to you by the hand of My servants the prophets”;

2 Chronicles 17:4for he has sought for the God of his father, and he has walked in His commands, and not according to the work of Israel.

Jeremiah 3:8And I see that for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery, I have sent her away, and I give the bill of her divorce to her; and her treacherous sister Judah has not feared, and goes and commits fornication—she also.

Ezekiel 23:2Two women were daughters of one mother,

Hosea 6:1“Come, and we turn back to YHWH, || For He has torn, and He heals us, || He strikes, and He binds 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 →

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