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Jeremiah 3:9

Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with wood.

World English Bible Classic

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

8I saw when, for this very cause, that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, had no fear, but she also went and played the prostitute.

10Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense,” says the LORD.

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Cross References

Isaiah 57:6Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion. They, they are your lot. You have even poured a drink offering to them. You have offered an offering. Shall I be appeased for these things?

Jeremiah 2:27who tell wood, ‘You are my father,’ and a stone, ‘You have given birth to me,’ for they have turned their back to me, and not their face, but in the time of their trouble they will say, ‘Arise, and save us!’

Jeremiah 10:8But they are together brutish and foolish, instructed by idols! It is just wood.

Ezekiel 23:10These uncovered her nakedness. They took her sons and her daughters, and they killed her with the sword. She became a byword among women; for they executed judgments on her.

Joel 1:19LORD, I cry to you, for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.

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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