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.
Parallel translations
- WEB I said after she had done all these things, ‘She will return to me;’ but she didn’t return; and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
- BSB 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.
- 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.
- NASB 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.
- NLT I thought, ‘After she has done all this, she will return to me.’ But she did not return, and her faithless sister Judah saw this.
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Quick answer
God hoped Israel would return, but she did not, and Judah saw it. Both sisters witness and repeat the same sin.
Overview
Yahweh recalls expecting faithless Israel to return, yet she would not, while her treacherous sister Judah looked on. The two kingdoms are pictured as sisters, with Judah observing Israel's example. God's patient hope for repentance is met with continued rebellion, setting up His verdict on both.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Ezek 16:46And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
- Ezek 23:2–4Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
- 2 Chr 30:6–12So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
- Hos 6:1–4Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
- 2 Kgs 17:13–14Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
- Jer 3:8–11And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
- Hos 14:1O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
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