Jeremiah 3:9
7 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.
8 She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.
Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.
10 Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.
11 And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.
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
- Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.
- KJV
- And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
- WEB
- Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with wood.
- ASV
- And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass through the lightness of her fornication that she polluted the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
- BLB
- And it came to pass from the thoughtlessness of her prostitution, that she even defiled the land, and she committed adultery with stones and with trees!
- ÅB
- og med sitt frekke hor vanhelliget hun landet, og hun drev hor med stein og med tre.
- OTB
- På grunn av hennes tilfeldige umoral, besmittet hun landet og begikk ekteskapsbrudd med stein og tre.
- B1930
- og med sitt frekke hor vanhelliget hun landet, og hun drev hor med sten og med tre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 2:27
say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble they beg, ‘Rise up and save us!’
Read in contextIsaiah 57:6
Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?
Read in contextJeremiah 3:2
“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
Read in contextHabakkuk 2:19
Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”
Read in contextJeremiah 10:8
But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
Read in contextJeremiah 2:7
I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land, and made My inheritance detestable.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:17
You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself.
Read in contextHosea 4:12
My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.
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