They have turned back to the iniquities of their ancestors, who refused to listen to my words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their ancestors.
Jeremiah 3:11 - Y'all Version Bible YHWH said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. 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 have turned back to the iniquities of their ancestors, who refused to listen to my words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their ancestors.
“Return, y’all backsliding children, and I will heal y’all’s backsliding.” “Look, we have come to you, for you are YHWH 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 Judah saw it.
I saw when, for this very cause, that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, had no fear, but she also went and played the prostitute.
Yet you have not walked in their ways, nor done their abominations; but soon you were more corrupt than they in all your ways.
“Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her lusting than she, and in her prostitution which was more depraved than the prostitution of her sister.
My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he certainly won’t exalt them.
For Israel is stubborn, stubborn like a heifer. Then how will YHWH feed them like a lamb in a meadow?