Jeremiah 3:7

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And I said, after her doing all these things, she will return to Me. And she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

Latin

Et dixi, cum fecisset hæc omnia: Ad me revertere: et non est reversa. Et vidit prævaricatrix soror ejus Juda

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

Jeremiah 3:7–8

King 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).

Jeremiah 3:6–10

The Lord had been calling the kingdom of Judah "Israel" (Jeremiah 2:1–3:5), highlighting their identity as His people. Now, the Lord differentiates between Israel, the northern kingdom that was destroyed (2 Kings 17), and the kingdom of Judah. The people of the southern kingdom did not learn from the northern kingdom's downfall, so they were destined to face the same fate.
Josiah, who reigned from 640 to 609 BC, encouraged a return to traditional faith and practices in 621 BC (2 Chronicles 34:29–33).

Theme notes and profiles

God’s New Covenant The Broken Covenant

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Ezekiel 16:46
Your 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 23:2–4
“Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother,
Hosea 14:1
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
2 Chronicles 30:6–12
At 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.
2 Kings 17:13–14
Yet 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.”
Jeremiah 3:8–11
She 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.
Hosea 6:1–4
Come, 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.

People

Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province

Glossary

Adultery Book of Jeremiah Bride of Christ God, Names of Hosea, Book of Jeremiah (Person)

Topics

Backsliders: Backsliding of Israel Backsliders: Promises To Church: Backslidden Condescension of God: Expostulates with Backsliding Israel Conversion: Exhortations To Idolatry: Warnings Against, and Punishments of Impenitence: General Scriptures Concerning The Jews: National Character of Unfaithful to Covenant Engagements

Jeremiah 3:7

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