Jeremiah 3:7
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New International Version (©2011)
I thought that after she had done all this she would return to me but she did not, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.

New Living Translation (©2007)
I thought, 'After she has done all this, she will return to me.' But she did not return, and her faithless sister Judah saw this.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And I thought, ‘After she has done all this she will return to me,’ but she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"I thought, 'After she has done all these things she will return to Me'; but she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
I thought: After she has done all these things, she will return to Me. But she didn't return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

International Standard Version (©2012)
I thought, 'After she has done all these things, she will return to me.' But she didn't return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw this.

NET Bible (©2006)
Yet even after she had done all that, I thought that she might come back to me. But she did not. Her sister, unfaithful Judah, saw what she did.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
I thought that after she had done all this that she would come back to me. But she didn't come back, and her treacherous sister Judah saw her.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And I said after she had done all these things, Turn you unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

American King James Version
And I said after she had done all these things, Turn you to me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

American Standard Version
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.

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

Darby Bible Translation
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.

English Revised Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou to me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

World English Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
And I say, after her doing all these, Unto Me thou dost turn back, and she hath not turned back, and see it doth her treacherous sister Judah.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

3:6-11 If we mark the crimes of those who break off from a religious profession, and the consequences, we see abundant reason to shun evil ways. It is dreadful to be proved more criminal than those who have actually perished in their sins; yet it will be small comfort in everlasting punishment, for them to know that others were viler than they.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 7. - And I said after she had done, etc.; rather, and I said, After she hath done all these things, she will return unto me. And her treacherous sister. Observe the distinction between the two sisters. Israel had openly broken the political and religious connection with Jehovah (Hosea 8:4); Judah nominally retained both, but her heart was towards the false gods (comp. the allegory in Ezekiel 23, which is evidently founded upon our passage).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I said, after she had done these things,.... All these idolatries, in the several places mentioned, after she had repeated them over and over; the Lord sent to them by the Prophets Hosea, Amos, Micah, and others, who prophesied before the captivity of the ten tribes, and entreated them, saying,

turn unto me: to my worship, as the Targum; from their idols, to him the living God; they were not without admonitions, exhortations, and declarations of grace, and so were without excuse:

but she returned not; to fear and serve the Lord, but remained in idolatry, obstinate and inflexible:

and her treacherous sister Judah saw it; her treachery and breach of covenant, as the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions add, for explanation sake; Judah, or the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and who were allied to the ten tribes by birth and by religion, and equally treacherous to God, the husband of them both, saw all the idolatry of Israel, and the aggravations of it, and what followed upon it, namely, their captivity in Babylon, yet did not learn and take warning hereby.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

7. I said—(2Ki 17:13).

sister—(Eze 16:46; 23:2, 4).

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Israel's and Judah's Unfaithfulness
6The LORD said also to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? she is gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the harlot. 7And I said after she had done all these things, Turn you to me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. 8And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. …

2 Kings 17:13 The LORD warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers: "Turn from your evil ways. Observe my commands and decrees, in accordance with the entire Law that I commanded your ancestors to obey and that I delivered to you through my servants the prophets."
Jeremiah 3:11 The LORD said to me, "Faithless Israel is more righteous than unfaithful Judah.
Jeremiah 5:11 The people of Israel and the people of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to me," declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 12:1 You are always righteous, LORD, when I bring a case before you. Yet I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
Jeremiah 33:24 "Have you not noticed that these people are saying, 'The LORD has rejected the two kingdoms he chose'? So they despise my people and no longer regard them as a nation.
Ezekiel 16:47 You not only followed their ways and copied their detestable practices, but in all your ways you soon became more depraved than they.
Hosea 11:7 My people are determined to turn from me. Even though they call me God Most High, I will by no means exalt them.
Amos 4:8 People staggered from town to town for water but did not get enough to drink, yet you have not returned to me," declares the LORD.
Malachi 2:11 Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the LORD loves by marrying women who worship a foreign god.