Jeremiah 3:7

Jeremiah 3:7 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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 King James Version (NKJV)And I said, after she had done all these things, ‘Return to Me.’ But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

Context of Jeremiah 3:7

5Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ This you have spoken, but you keep doing all the evil you can.” 6Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there. 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. 8She 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. 9Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.

Jeremiah 3:7 word by word

וָאֹמַ֗ר אַחֲרֵ֨י עֲשׂוֹתָ֧הּ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֛לֶּה אֵלַ֥י תָּשׁ֖וּב וְלֹא־שָׁ֑בָה וַתֵּ֛רֶא בָּגוֹדָ֥ה אֲחוֹתָ֖הּ יְהוּדָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• I thoughtאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• that afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• she had doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• these thingsאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• she would returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• to Meאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• But she did notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• and her unfaithfulבָּגוֹדbâgôd · treacherousH901
• sisterאָחוֹת'âchôth · sisterH269
• Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• saw itרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200

Cross-references for Jeremiah 3:7

• 2 Kings 17:13Yet 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 delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”
• 2 Chronicles 30:6At the command of the king, 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 of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.
• Hosea 6:1Come, 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.
• Hosea 14:1Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
• Jeremiah 3:8She 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.
• 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.
• Ezekiel 23:2“Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother,

Commentaries on Jeremiah 3:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7And I said - By the prophets Elijah, Elisha, Hosea, Amos, etc.; for all these prophesied to that rebellious people, and exhorted them to return to the Lord.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Or, “And I said (i. e., within myself), After she has done all these things, she will return to me.” But she did not return. Treacherous - literally, “Falsehood,” i. e., false, faithless. The character of the two sisters is plainly marked. Samaria is apostate; she abandons Yahweh‘s worship altogether. Judah maintains the form only; her secret desires are set upon the orgies of pagan worship.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 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.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8King Josiah's reforms did not impact many common people. Idol worship, popular in northern Israel, also persisted among Judah's farmers and shepherds. They did not learn from the northern tribes' fate and even exceeded their practice of adultery (see Ezekiel 16:47–48).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. I said--(2Ki 17:13). sister--(Eze 16:46; 23:2, 4).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 3:7

• Backsliders
• Church
• Condescension of God
• Idolatry
• Impenitence

In the dictionaries

• Judah
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Adultery
• Confusion
• Marriage
• Marry
• Reserve
• Forehead
• Gods

Commentaries on Jeremiah 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings