Jehoshaphat looked for the God his ancestors {\cf2\super [206]} followed. He followed God’s commands. He did not live the same way the people of Israel lived.
Jeremiah 3:7 - Easy To Read Version I said to myself, ‘Israel will come back to me after she has finished doing these evil things.’ But she did not come back to me. And Israel’s unfaithful sister, Judah, saw what she did. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I said, After she has done all these things, she will return to Me; but she did not return, and her faithless and treacherous sister Judah saw it. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible I thought that after she had done all this she would return to me, but she didn’t. Her disloyal sister Judah saw this. Catholic Public Domain Version And when she had done all these things, I said: 'Return to me.' But she did not return. And her deceitful sister Judah saw this: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when she had done all these things, I said: Return to me. And she did not return. And her treacherous sister Juda saw, |
Jehoshaphat looked for the God his ancestors {\cf2\super [206]} followed. He followed God’s commands. He did not live the same way the people of Israel lived.
Lord, if I argue with you,\par you are always right!\par But I want to ask you about some things that don’t seem right.\par Why are wicked people successful?\par Why do people you can’t trust have such easy lives?\par
“Jeremiah, have you heard what the people are saying? Those people are saying, ‘The Lord turned away from the two families of Israel and Judah. The Lord chose those people, but now he does not even accept them as a nation.’”
The family of Israel and the family of Judah\par have been unfaithful to me in every way.”\par This message is from the Lord.\par
Your older sister was Samaria. She lived to the north of you with her daughters (towns). And your younger sister was Sodom. {\cf2\super [130]} She lived to the south of you with her daughters (towns).
You did all the terrible things they did. But you also did things that were even worse!
“My people expect me to come back. They will call to God above. But God will not help them.”
Israel, you fell and sinned against God. So come back to the Lord your God.
So the people from two or three cities staggered to another city to get water—but there was not enough water for every person. Still you didn’t come to me for help.” The Lord said those things.
The people of Judah cheated other people. People in Jerusalem and Israel did terrible things! God loves the temple. {\cf2\super [13]} But the people in Judah didn’t respect the Lord’s holy temple. The people of Judah began to worship that foreign goddess!