Verse 8
Jeremiah 3:8
Free Bible Version
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She saw that because of everything unfaithful Israel had done on committing adultery, I sent her away, giving her a certificate of divorce. But her unfaithful sister Judah wasn't afraid and prostituted herself too.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וָ/אֵ֗רֶא כִּ֤י עַל כָּל אֹדוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נִֽאֲפָה֙ מְשֻׁבָ֣ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שִׁלַּחְתִּ֕י/הָ וָ/אֶתֵּ֛ן אֶת סֵ֥פֶר כְּרִיתֻתֶ֖י/הָ אֵלֶ֑י/הָ וְ/לֹ֨א יָֽרְאָ֜ה בֹּֽגֵדָ֤ה יְהוּדָה֙ אֲחוֹתָ֔/הּ וַ/תֵּ֖לֶךְ וַ/תִּ֥זֶן גַּם הִֽיא
English Translation
And I saw that because of all the abominations that Israel had committed, I sent her away and gave her a certificate of divorce, yet Judah, her sister, did not fear, but she also went and played the harlot.
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Chapter 3 Context
1
If a man divorces his wife and she goes and marries someone else, could he ever go back to her? Woul...
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2
Look up at the bare hilltops. Is there anywhere that you haven't had sex? You sat at the roadside li...
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3
That's why no showers have been sent, and no spring rains have fallen. But you just stare back shame...
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4
Didn't you just tell me, “My father, you've been such a close friend to me since I was little.
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5
You won't be angry with me for a long time, will you? You won't go on being like that forever?” This...
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6
During the reign of King Josiah, the Lord told me, Have you seen what unfaithful Israel has done? Sh...
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7
I hoped that after she'd done all this she'd come back to me. But she didn't come back, and her unfa...
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8
She saw that because of everything unfaithful Israel had done on committing adultery, I sent her awa...
9
Israel didn't care about the immorality, as she made herself and the land unclean, committing adulte...
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10
Despite all this, her unfaithful sister Judah didn't come back to me in sincerity. She only pretende...
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11
The Lord told me, Unfaithful Israel showed that she wasn't as guilty as unfaithful Judah.
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12
Now go and announce this message to the north: Come back, unfaithful Israel, declares the Lord. I wo...
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13
Just admit you did wrong, that you rebelled against the Lord your God (Elohim). You spread yourself...
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14
Come back, unfaithful children, declares the Lord, because I am married to you. I will take you, one...
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15
At that time as you increase in number in the country, declares the Lord, no one will be talking abo...
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16
When that time comes Jerusalem will be called the Throne of the Lord, and all the nations will come...
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17
At that time the people of Judah will join with the people of Israel, and they will return from the...
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18
I said to myself, I really want you to be my children, and to give you the best country, the most be...
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19
But just like a wife might betray her husband, you have betrayed me, people of Israel, declares the...
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20
Voices are crying on bare hilltops—the Israelites weeping and pleading for mercy, because they have...
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21
Come back, unfaithful children, and I will heal your unfaithfulness. “We're here! Yes, we're coming...
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22
There's no doubt that pagan worship from the hills is pure lies; the idolatry that comes from the mo...
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23
All our lives pagan idolatry has destroyed what our fathers worked so hard for: their flocks and her...
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24
We should lie down in shame, and have our disgrace bury us. We have sinned against the Lord our God...
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