They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they are gone after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
Jeremiah 3:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And the LORD said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath shewn herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Lord said to me, Backsliding and faithless Israel has shown herself less guilty than false and treacherous Judah. American Standard Version (1901) And Jehovah said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath showed herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. Common English Bible Then the LORD said to me: Unfaithful Israel is less guilty than disloyal Judah. Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord said to me: "The apostate Israel has justified her own soul by comparing herself to the deceitful Judah. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord said to me: The rebellious Israel hath justified her soul, in comparison of the treacherous Juda. |
They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they are gone after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings, Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
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.
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.
Yet hast thou not walked in their ways, nor done after their abominations; but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast more corrupt than they in all thy ways.
And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her whoredoms which were more than the whoredoms of her sister.
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they call them to him that is on high, none at all will exalt him.
For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will the LORD feed them as a lamb in a large place.