Jeremiah 3:8-11

8I noted that when backsliding Israel committed adultery I sent her away and gave her a certificate of divorce. Yet, unfaithful Judah, her sister, did not fear. Instead she also went and committed adultery.

9It happened that through her frivolous prostitution, she polluted the land and committed adultery with stones and with wood.

10Yet after all this her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with her whole heart, but only insincerely,” It is a declaration of Adonai.

11Then Adonai said to me, “Backsliding Israel has proved herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.