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, Or keep His anger to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken And have done evil things, And you have had your own way.” 6Then the Lord said to me in the days of King Josiah, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every leafy tree, and she prostituted herself there. Yet 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. 8And I saw that for all the adulteries of faithless Israel, I had sent her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear; but she went and prostituted herself also. 9And because of the thoughtlessness of her prostitution, she 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

• thoughtאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• she has doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• she will returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• treacherousבָּגוֹדbâgôd · treacherousH901
• sisterאָחוֹת'âchôth · sisterH269
• Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200

Cross-references for Jeremiah 3:7

• 2 Kings 17:13Yet the Lord warned Israel and Judah through all His prophets and every seer, saying, “Turn back from your evil ways and keep My commandments and My statutes in accordance with all the Law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through My servants the prophets.”
• 2 Chronicles 30:6The couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with the letters from the hand of the king and his princes, even according to the command of the king, saying, “Sons of Israel, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that He may return to those of you who escaped and are left from the hand of the kings of Assyria.
• Hosea 6:1“Come, let’s return to the Lord. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.
• Hosea 14:1Return, Israel, to the Lord your God, For you have stumbled because of your wrongdoing.
• Jeremiah 3:8And I saw that for all the adulteries of faithless Israel, I had sent her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear; but she went and prostituted herself also.
• Ezekiel 16:46Now your older sister is Samaria, who lives north of you with her daughters; and your younger sister, who lives south of you, is Sodom with her daughters.
• Ezekiel 23:2“Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one 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