Jeremiah 3:6-13

6Then the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She 1went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and she was a harlot there. 72I 3thought, ‘After she has done all these things she will return to Me’; but she did not return, and her 4treacherous sister Judah saw it. 8And I saw that for all the adulteries of faithless Israel, I had sent her away and 5given her a writ of divorce, yet her 6treacherous sister Judah did not fear; but she went and was a harlot also. 9Because of the lightness of her harlotry, she 7polluted the land and committed adultery with 8stones and trees. 10Yet in spite of all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but rather in 9deception,” declares the Lord.

11And the Lord said to me, “10Faithless Israel has proved herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. 12Go and proclaim these words toward the north and say, ‘11Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the Lord; ‘12I will not 13look upon you in anger. For I am 14gracious,’ declares the Lord; ‘I will not be angry forever.13Only 1516acknowledge your iniquity, That you have transgressed against the Lord your God And have 17scattered your 18favors to the strangers 19under every green tree, And you have not obeyed My voice,’ declares the Lord.