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Jeremiah 3:5-8
Contemporary English Version
Jeremiah 3:5-8
Contemporary English Version
5 you beg me to stop being angry,
but you won't stop sinning.
The Lord Asks Israel To Come Back to Him
6 (A) When Josiah[a] was king, the Lord said:
Jeremiah, the kingdom of Israel[b] was like an unfaithful wife who became a prostitute on the hilltops and in the shade of large trees.[c] 7-8 I knew that the kingdom of Israel had been unfaithful and committed many sins, yet I still hoped she might come back to me. But she didn't, so I divorced her and sent her away.
Her sister, the kingdom of Judah, saw what happened, but she wasn't worried in the least, and I watched her become unfaithful like her sister.
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Jeremiah 3:5-7
New International Version
Jeremiah 3:5-7
New International Version
5 will you always be angry?(A)
Will your wrath continue forever?’
This is how you talk,
but you do all the evil you can.”
Unfaithful Israel
6 During the reign of King Josiah,(B) the Lord said to me, “Have you seen what faithless(C) Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every spreading tree(D) and has committed adultery(E) there. 7 I thought that after she had done all this she would return to me but she did not, and her unfaithful sister(F) Judah saw it.(G)
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