Jeremiah 3:11

Then said Jehovah to me, Rebellious Israel is less guilty than faithless Judah.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10yet for all this did not her faithless sister Judah return to me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith Jehovah.

12Go and proclaim these words toward the north:—Return, O rebellious Israel, saith Jehovah! I will not turn a frowning face upon you; For I am merciful, saith Jehovah, I retain not anger forever.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 3:8And I saw, when, for all the adulteries which rebellious Israel had committed, I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce, that her faithless sister Judah was not afraid, but went and played the harlot also herself.

Ezekiel 16:47Yet thou hast not walked in their ways, nor done according to their abominations: that was disdained by you, as a very little thing; thou hast been more corrupt than they in all thy ways.

Ezekiel 23:11And her sister, Aholibah, saw this, but she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.

Hosea 11:7For my people persevere in turning away from me; Though they are called to the Most High, None 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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