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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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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 And the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen what Israel, turning away from me, has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every branching tree, acting like a loose woman there. 7 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. 8 And though she saw that, because Israel, turning away from me, had been untrue to me, I had put her away and given her a statement in writing ending the relation between us, still Judah, her false sister, had no fear, but went and did the same.
Names
Cross References
Ezekiel 16:46
Your older sister is Samaria, living at your left hand, she and her daughters: and your younger sister, living at your right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
2 Kings 17:13-14
And he gave witness to Israel and Judah, by every prophet and seer, saying, Come back from your evil ways, and do my orders and keep my rules, and be guided by the law which I gave to your fathers and sent to you by my servants the prophets.
2 Chronicles 30:6-12
So runners went with letters from the king and his chiefs through all Israel and Judah, by the order of the king, saying, O children of Israel, come back again to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that he may come again to that small band of you which has been kept safe out of the hands of the kings of Assyria.
Jeremiah 3:8-11
And though she saw that, because Israel, turning away from me, had been untrue to me, I had put her away and given her a statement in writing ending the relation between us, still Judah, her false sister, had no fear, but went and did the same.
Ezekiel 23:2-4
Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother:
Hosea 6:1-4
Come, let us go back to the Lord; for he has given us wounds and he will make us well; he has given blows and he will give help.
Hosea 14:1
O Israel, come back to the Lord your God; for your evil-doing has been the cause of your fall.