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Jeremiah 3:7

What does Jeremiah 3:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 3:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And I said, After she has done all these things she will come back to me; but she did not. And her false sister Judah saw it.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And I say, after her doing all these, Unto Me thou dost turn back, and she hath not turned back, and see <FI>it<Fi> doth her treacherous sister Judah.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And when she had done all these things, I said: Return to me, and she did not return. And her treacherous sister Juda saw,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And I said, After she hath done all these [things], she will return unto me; but she returned not. And her sister Judah, the treacherous, saw [it].

Context

v.6Moreover Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

v.7This passage

v.8And I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement, yet treacherous Judah her sister feared not; but she also went and played the harlot.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Hosea 14:1

    O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:6

    So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may return to the remnant that are escaped of you out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

  • 2 Kings 17:13

    Yet Jehovah testified unto Israel, and unto Judah, by every prophet, and every seer, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

  • Hosea 6:1

    Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

  • Ezekiel 23:2

    Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:

  • Ezekiel 16:46

    And thine elder sister is Samaria, that dwelleth at thy left hand, she and her daughters; and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

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