Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
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.
Holman Bible
I thought: After she has done all these things, she will return to Me.
International Standard Version
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 this.
Amplified
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.
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.
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And saying after she did all these, Thou shalt turn back to me. And she turned not back; and her faithless sister Judah will see it
King James 2000
And I said after she had done all these things, Turn you unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
Lexham Expanded 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].
Modern King James verseion
And I said after she had done all these things, Turn to Me! But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Hast thou seen also, when she had done all this, how I said unto her that she should turn again unto me, and yet she is not returned? Judah, that unfaithful sister of hers also saw this:
NET Bible
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 Heart English Bible
I said after she had done all these things, 'She will return to me;' but she did not return; and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
The 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!
Webster
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.
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.
Youngs 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.
Themes
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Jews, the » National character of » Unfaithful to covenant engagements
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 19 Translations in Jeremiah 3:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Gives Israel A Letter Of Divorce
6 Moreover Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. 7 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. 8 And I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement, yet treacherous Judah her sister feared not; but she also went and played the harlot.
Names
Cross References
Ezekiel 16:46
And thine elder sister is Samaria, that dwelleth at thy left hand, she and her daughters; and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
2 Kings 17:13-14
Yet Jehovah testified unto Israel, and unto Judah, by every prophet, and every seer, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
2 Chronicles 30:6-12
So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may return to the remnant that are escaped of you out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
Jeremiah 3:8-11
And I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement, yet treacherous Judah her sister feared not; but she also went and played the harlot.
Ezekiel 23:2-4
Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
Hosea 6:1-4
Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Hosea 14:1
O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.