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Then the LORD said to me in the days of King Josiah, "Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She ^(C1)went up on every high hill and under every leafy tree, and she prostituted herself there.

"Yet ^(C1)I ^(F1)thought, 'After she has done all these things she will return to Me'; but she did not return, and her ^(C2)treacherous sister Judah saw it.

"And I saw that for all the ^(F1)adulteries of faithless Israel, I had sent her away and ^(C1)given her a certificate of divorce, yet her ^(C2)treacherous sister Judah did not fear; but she went and prostituted herself also.

"And because of the thoughtlessness of her prostitution, she ^(C1)defiled the land and committed ^(F1)adultery with ^(C2)stones and trees.

"Yet in spite of all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but rather in ^(C1)deception," declares the LORD.

And the LORD said to me, "^(C1)Faithless Israel has proved herself to be more righteous than treacherous Judah.