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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:
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.
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.
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 The LORD said also unto me, in the time of Josiah the king, "Hast thou seen what that shrinking Israel hath done? How she hath run up upon all high hills, and among all thick trees, and there played the harlot? 7 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: 8 Namely, that after I had well seen the adultery of the shrinking harlot Israel, I put her away, and gave her a bill of divorcement. For all this, her unfaithful sister Judah was not ashamed, but went back and played the whore also.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 16:46
Thine eldest sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell upon thy left hand. But thy youngest sister that dwelleth on thy righthand, is Sodom and her daughters.
2 Kings 17:13-14
And the LORD testified to Israel and to Judah, by all the prophets and by all the seers, saying, "Turn from your wicked ways and keep my commandments and mine ordinances according to all the laws which I commanded your fathers, and as I sent to you by my servants the prophets."
2 Chronicles 30:6-12
And the messengers went with letters of the hand of the king and of his lords throughout all Israel and Judah, at the commandment of the king; which said, "Children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, and so will he turn to the remnant of you that are escaped out of the hands of the king of Assyria.
Jeremiah 3:8-11
Namely, that after I had well seen the adultery of the shrinking harlot Israel, I put her away, and gave her a bill of divorcement. For all this, her unfaithful sister Judah was not ashamed, but went back and played the whore also.
Ezekiel 23:2-4
"Thou son of man, there were two women, that had one mother.
Hosea 6:1-4
In their adversity they shall seek me, and say, "Come, let us turn again to the LORD: for he hath smitten us, and he shall heal us;
Hosea 14:1
Turn Israel unto the LORD thy God: For thou art fallen for thy wickednesses' sake.