Jeremiah 3:7
5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
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.
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 given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- I said after she had done all these things, ‘She will return to me;’ but she didn’t return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
- ASV
- And I said after she had done all these things, She will return unto me; but she returned not: and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
- DARBY
- And I said, After she hath done all these [things], she will return unto me; but she returned not. And her sister Judah, the treacherous, saw [it].
- BLB
- And I said, after her doing all these [things], she will return to Me. And she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
- ÅB
- Og jeg sa: Når hun har gjort alt dette, vil hun vende tilbake til meg. Men hun vendte ikke tilbake, og det så hennes søster Juda, den troløse.
- OTB
- Jeg tenkte, ‘Etter at hun har gjort alt dette, vil hun vende tilbake til meg,’ men hun vendte ikke tilbake, og hennes troløse søster Juda så det.
- B1930
- Og jeg sa: Når hun har gjort alt dette, vil hun vende tilbake til mig. Men hun vendte ikke tilbake, og det så hennes søster Juda, den troløse.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 16:46
And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
Read in context2 Chronicles 30:6–12
So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
Read in contextHosea 14:1
O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Read in context2 Kings 17:13–14
Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
Read in contextHosea 6:1–4
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Read in contextEzekiel 23:2–4
Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
Read in contextJeremiah 3:8–11
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
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