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New King James Version

Jeremiah 3:7

And I said, after she had done all these things, "Return to Me.' But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   Church;   Condescension of God;   Idolatry;   Impenitence;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Conversion;   Jews, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Solomon's Song;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Prostitution;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Ethics;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Marriage;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Adultery;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jeremiah;   Marriage;   Oholah and Oholibah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Backslider;   Josiah ;   Zephaniah, Prophecy of;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Ammi;   Jeremiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Forehead;   Gods;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I thought, ‘After she has done all these things, she will return to me.’ But she didn’t return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
Hebrew Names Version
I said after she had done all these things, She will return to me; but she didn't return: and her treacherous sister Yehudah saw it.
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.
English Standard Version
And I thought, ‘After she has done all this she will return to me,' but she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
New American Standard Bible
"Yet I thought, 'After she has done all these things she will return to Me'; but she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
New Century Version
I said to myself, ‘Israel will come back to me after she does this evil,' but she didn't come back. And Israel's wicked sister Judah saw what she did.
Amplified Bible
"I thought, 'After she has done all these things she will return to Me'; but she did not return, and her treacherous (faithless) 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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And I sayde, when shee had done all this, Turne thou vnto me: but she returned not, as her rebellious sister Iudah sawe.
Legacy Standard Bible
I said, ‘After she has done all these things, she will return to Me'; but she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Contemporary English Version
I knew that the kingdom of Israel had been unfaithful and committed many sins, yet I still hoped she might come back to me. But she didn't, so I divorced her and sent her away. Her sister, the kingdom of Judah, saw what happened, but she wasn't worried in the least, and I watched her become unfaithful like her sister.
Complete Jewish Bible
I said that after she had done all these things, she would return to me; but she hasn't returned. Meanwhile, her unfaithful sister Y'hudah has been watching.
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].
Easy-to-Read Version
I said to myself, ‘Israel will come back to me after she has finished doing these evil things.' But she did not come back to me. And Israel's unfaithful sister, Judah, saw what she did.
George Lamsa Translation
And I said after she had done all these things, Return to me, but she did not return. And her perverseness was seen by her sister Judah.
Good News Translation
I thought that after she had done all this, she would surely return to me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it all.
Lexham English Bible
And I thought, ‘After her doing all these things to me she will return,' but she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
Literal Translation
And after she had done all these, I said, She will return to Me; but she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
hast thou sene also, (when she had done all this) how I sayde vnto her: that she shulde turne agayne vnto me, and yet she is not returned? Iuda that vnfaithfull sister of hirs also sawe this:
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.
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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I said: After she hath done all these things, she will return unto me; but she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
King James Version (1611)
And I said after she had done all these things; Turne thou vnto me: but shee returned not, and her treacherous sister Iudah saw it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Hast thou seene also when she had done all this, howe I sayde vnto her, that she shoulde turne agayne vnto me, and yet she is not returned? Iuda that vnfaithfull sister of hers also sawe this:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I said after she had committed all these acts of fornication, Turn again to me. Yet she returned not. And faithless Juda saw her faithlessness.
English Revised 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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y seide, whanne sche hadde do alle these thingis, Turne thou ayen to me; and sche turnede not ayen. And hir sistir, Juda, brekere of the lawe,
Update Bible Version
And 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.
Webster's Bible Translation
And I said after she had done all these [things], Turn thou to me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw [it].
New English Translation
Yet even after she had done all that, I thought that she might come back to me. But she did not. Her sister, unfaithful Judah, saw what she did.
New Living Translation
I thought, ‘After she has done all this, she will return to me.' But she did not return, and her faithless sister Judah saw this.
New Life Bible
And I thought, ‘After she has done all these things, she will return to Me.' But she did not return, and her sister Judah, who has not been faithful, saw it.
New Revised Standard
And I thought, "After she has done all this she will return to me"; but she did not return, and her false sister Judah saw it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And I said, after she had been doing all these things, Unto me, shall thou return? and she returned not, - and her treacherous sister Judah saw it!
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when she had done all these things, I said: Return to me, and she did not return. And her treacherous sister Juda saw,
Revised Standard Version
And I thought, 'After she has done all this she will return to me'; but she did not return, and her false sister Judah 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.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I thought, 'After she has done all these things she will return to Me'; but she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

Contextual Overview

6 The LORD said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: "Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot. 7 And I said, after she had done all these things, "Return to Me.' But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. 8 Then I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also. 9 So it came to pass, through her casual harlotry, that she defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees. 10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me with her whole heart, but in pretense," says the LORD. 11 Then the LORD said to me, "Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Turn thou: 2 Kings 17:13, 2 Kings 17:14, 2 Chronicles 30:6-12, Hosea 6:1-4, Hosea 14:1

her treacherous: Jeremiah 3:8-11, Ezekiel 16:46, Ezekiel 23:2-4

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 14:22 - Judah 2 Kings 23:26 - Notwithstanding 2 Chronicles 17:4 - not after Isaiah 48:8 - I knew Jeremiah 3:12 - Return Hosea 6:7 - they dealt

Cross-References

Genesis 2:25
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Genesis 3:5
For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
Genesis 3:10
So he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself."
Genesis 3:11
And He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?"
Deuteronomy 28:34
So you shall be driven mad because of the sight which your eyes see.
2 Kings 6:20
So it was, when they had come to Samaria, that Elisha said, "LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see." And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and there they were, inside Samaria!
Isaiah 28:20
For the bed is too short to stretch out on, And the covering so narrow that one cannot wrap himself in it.
Isaiah 59:6
Their webs will not become garments, Nor will they cover themselves with their works; Their works are works of iniquity, And the act of violence is in their hands.
Luke 16:23
And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I said, after she had done these things,.... All these idolatries, in the several places mentioned, after she had repeated them over and over; the Lord sent to them by the Prophets Hosea, Amos, Micah, and others, who prophesied before the captivity of the ten tribes, and entreated them, saying,

turn unto me: to my worship, as the Targum; from their idols, to him the living God; they were not without admonitions, exhortations, and declarations of grace, and so were without excuse:

but she returned not; to fear and serve the Lord, but remained in idolatry, obstinate and inflexible:

and her treacherous sister Judah saw it; her treachery and breach of covenant, as the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions add, for explanation sake; Judah, or the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and who were allied to the ten tribes by birth and by religion, and equally treacherous to God, the husband of them both, saw all the idolatry of Israel, and the aggravations of it, and what followed upon it, namely, their captivity in Babylon, yet did not learn and take warning hereby.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Or, “And I said (i. e., within myself), After she has done all these things, she will return to me.” But she did not return.

Treacherous - literally, “Falsehood,” i. e., false, faithless. The character of the two sisters is plainly marked. Samaria is apostate; she abandons Yahweh’s worship altogether. Judah maintains the form only; her secret desires are set upon the orgies of pagan worship.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 3:7. And I said — By the prophets Elijah, Elisha, Hosea, Amos, c. for all these prophesied to that rebellious people, and exhorted them to return to the Lord.


 
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