Jeremiah 3:4-7

4You still call me your Father. You say, “You have always been my friend. You have loved me all my life.

5Surely you will not always be angry with me! You cannot continue to be angry for ever.” Those are the things that you say. But you continue to do as many evil things as you can.’

6The Lord spoke to me while Josiah was king of Judah. He said, ‘Look at what the Israelites have done. They have not been faithful to me. They have worshipped other gods under every big tree and on every high hill. Israel has been like a wife who is not faithful to her husband.

7I thought that one day she would come back to me. But she did not return. Israel's sister, Judah, saw what Israel did.