They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they are gone after other gods to serve them: the house of Yisra'el and the house of Yehudah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
Jeremiah 3:11 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The LORD said to me, Backsliding Yisra'el has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Yehudah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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, who refused to hear my words; and they are gone after other gods to serve them: the house of Yisra'el and the house of Yehudah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
Return, you backsliding children, I will heal your backsliding. Behold, we are come to you; for you are the LORD our God.
I said after she had done all these things, She will return to me; but she didn't return: and her treacherous sister Yehudah saw it.
I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Yisra'el had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce, yet treacherous Yehudah, her sister, didn't fear; but she also went and played the prostitute.
Yet have you not walked in their ways, nor done after their abominations; but, as [if that were] a very little [thing], you were more corrupt than they in all your ways.
Her sister Oholivah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her prostitution which were more than the prostitution of her sister.
My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Elyon, he certainly won't exalt them.
For Yisra'el has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will the LORD feed them like a lamb in a meadow.