but sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
Jeremiah 3:7 - King James Version - American Edition 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. 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, |
but sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the Lord hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord.
And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the Most High, none at all would exalt him.
O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.