Judah Follows Israel’s Example
Jeremiah 3:7
In 11 translations
- BSB
- I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- 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.
- LSV
- And I say, after her doing all these, Return to Me, and she has not returned, and her treacherous sister Judah sees it.
- YLT
- 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.
- DBY
- 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].
- DRC
- And when she had done all these things, I said: Return to me, and she did not return. And her treacherous sister Juda saw,
- GNV
- And I sayde, when shee had done all this, Turne thou vnto me: but she returned not, as her rebellious sister Iudah sawe.
- JPS
- And I said: After she hath done all these things, she will return unto me; but she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
- LXXE
- And I said after she had committed all these acts of fornication, Turn again to me. Yet she returned not. And faithless Juda saw her faithlessness.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads וַתֵּ֛רֶאה; read aloud (Qere) reads וַתֵּ֛רֶא (“and she saw”).
- Written (Ketiv): וַתֵּרֶאה. Read aloud (Qere): וַתֵּ֛רֶא (“and she saw”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וָאֹמַ֗ר אַחֲרֵ֨י עֲשׂוֹתָ֧הּ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֛לֶּה אֵלַ֥י תָּשׁ֖וּב וְלֹא־שָׁ֑בָה ותראה בָּגוֹדָ֥ה אֲחוֹתָ֖הּ יְהוּדָֽה׃Read aloud as (qere): וַתֵּ֛רֶא
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ εἶπα, μετὰ τὸ πορνεῦσαι αὐτὴν ταῦτα πάντα, πρὸς μὲ ἀνάστρεψον· καὶ οὐκ ἀνέστρεψε· καὶ εἶδε τὴν ἀσυνθεσίαν αὐτῆς ἡ ἀσύνθετος Ἰούδα.
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- Ezekiel 16:46Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to your north; and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to your south.
- Hosea 6:1–4Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds. After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may…
- 2 Chronicles 30:6–12So the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those…
- 2 Kings 17:13–14Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and…
- Hosea 14:1Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
- Ezekiel 23:2–4“Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother, and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed. The older was…
- Jeremiah 3:8–11She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well. Indifferent to her own…
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