From the ends of the earth we have heard songs: “Glory to the righteous!” But I say, “I waste away, I waste away! Oy to me! Traitors betray! With treachery traitors betray!”
Jeremiah 3:20 - Tree of Life Version Yet as a woman betrays her lover, so have you betrayed Me, O house of Israel.” It is a declaration of Adonai. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Surely, as a wife treacherously and faithlessly departs from her husband, so have you dealt treacherously and faithlessly with Me, O house of Israel, says the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah. Common English Bible But as a woman betrays her lover, so you, people of Israel, have betrayed me, declares the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version But, in the same way that a woman spurns her lover, so also has the house of Israel spurned me, says the Lord." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But as a woman that despiseth her lover, so hath the house of Israel despised me, saith the Lord. |
From the ends of the earth we have heard songs: “Glory to the righteous!” But I say, “I waste away, I waste away! Oy to me! Traitors betray! With treachery traitors betray!”
You have not heard; you never knew; even from long ago your ear has not been open. For I knew that you are treacherous, and from birth were called a rebel.
Righteous are You, Adonai, when I plead my case with You. Yet I speak with You about justice. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous thrive?
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
Then Adonai said to me: “Go again! Love a woman who is loved by a companion and committing adultery—just as Adonai has loved the Bnei-Yisrael, while they were turning to other gods and loving raisin cakes.”
They have betrayed Adonai, for they have begotten foreign children. Now the New Moon will devour them, with their portions.
But like Adam, they transgressed a covenant. There they dealt treacherously with Me.
Judah has dealt treacherously, an abomination done in Israel, even in Jerusalem! For Judah has defiled Adonai’s Sanctuary, which He loves, and married the daughter of a foreign god.