Jeremiah 3:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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 · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And I say, after her doing all these, Unto Me thou dost turn back, and she hath not turned back, and see <FI>it<Fi> doth her treacherous sister Judah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 3:7 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 17:13Yet 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 to you through My servants the prophets.”
- 2 Kings 17:14But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.
- 2 Chronicles 17:4but he sought the God of his father and walked by His commandments rather than the practices of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 30:6So 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 He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.
- Jeremiah 3:8She 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.
- Ezekiel 16:46Your 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.
- Ezekiel 23:2“Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother,
- Ezekiel 23:4The older was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their identities, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
- Hosea 6:1Come, 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 14:1Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
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