Jer 3:6-11 | NASB1995 | STEP | Then the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king , “ Have you seen what faithless Israel did ? She went up on every high hill and under every green tree , and she was a harlot there .

Jeremiah 3:6-11

Faithless Israel

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

God Invites Repentance

11 And the Lord said to me, ^j“Faithless Israel has proved herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.