But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,” says Yahweh.
- KJV Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
- NKJV Surely, as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, So have you dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel,” says the Lord.
- NASB “However, as a woman treacherously leaves her lover, So you have dealt treacherously with Me, House of Israel,” declares the Lord.
- NLT But you have been unfaithful to me, you people of Israel! You have been like a faithless wife who leaves her husband. I, the Lord, have spoken.”
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Quick answer
Abner comes to David at Hebron with twenty men, and David honors them with a feast. The shared meal signals goodwill and the near-completion of the alliance.
Overview
Abner arrives with a delegation, and David receives them hospitably with a banquet, an act expressing peace and covenant fellowship. The feast marks the warming relations between the houses of Saul and David. This gracious reception underscores David's genuine desire for reconciliation rather than revenge.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Isa 48:8You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.
- Jer 5:11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me,” declares the LORD.
- Mal 2:11Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.
- Hos 6:7But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.
- Jer 3:1–2“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.
- Ezek 16:15–52But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.
- Hos 5:7They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
- Jer 3:8–10She 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.
- Hos 3:1Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and offer raisin cakes to idols.”
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