Jeremiah 3:7 “I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return t…”

Jeremiah 3:7

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I sayde, when shee had done all this, Turne thou vnto me: but she returned not, as her rebellious sister Iudah sawe.

Darby Translation

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].

Young's Literal Translation

And I say, after her doing all these, Unto Me thou dost turn back, and she hath not turned back, and see [it] doth her treacherous sister Judah.

Bible in Basic English

And I said, After she has done all these things she will come back to me; but she did not. And her false sister Judah saw it.

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Cross references

“Turn thou”

2 Chronicles 30:6–12 Hosea 6:1–4 Hosea 14:1 2 Kings 17:13 2 Kings 17:14

2 Chronicles 30:6–12 · BSB

At the command of the king, the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that…

Hosea 6:1–4 · BSB

Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

Hosea 14:1 · BSB

Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.

2 Kings 17:13 · BSB

Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered…

2 Kings 17:14 · BSB

But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.

“her treacherous”

Ezekiel 16:46 Jeremiah 3:8–11 Ezekiel 23:2–4

Ezekiel 16:46 · BSB

Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to your north; and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to your south.

Jeremiah 3:8–11 · BSB

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.

Ezekiel 23:2–4 · BSB

“Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.

8She 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.

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