Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

Bible References

The backsliding

Jeremiah 3:8
And I saw that {for this very reason, that} on account of apostate Israel committing adultery I divorced her and gave the letter of divorce to her. Yet her treacherous sister Judah was not afraid and she went and prostituted [herself] also.
Hosea 4:16
Indeed, like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn; Now Yahweh will feed them, like a lamb in broad pasture.
Hosea 11:7
My people are bent on backsliding from me. To the Most High they call, he does not raise them at all.

Justified

Ezekiel 16:47
And you have not [only] gone in their ways, but you [also] did according to their detestable things. {In such a short time} you behaved [more] corruptly than they in all of your ways.
Ezekiel 23:11
"And though Oholibah her sister saw, yet in her lust {she behaved more corruptly than her}, and her whoring [was] more than the prostitution of her sister.