¹¹ Then the Lord said to me, ^(A)“Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

The Younger Sister, Jerusalem

¹¹ “Now ^(A)although her sister Oholibah saw this, ^(B)she became more corrupt in her lust than she, and in her harlotry more corrupt than her sister’s harlotry.

⁵¹ “Samaria did not commit ^(A)half of your sins; but you have multiplied your abominations more than they, and ^(B)have justified your sisters by all the abominations which you have done. ⁵² You who judged your sisters, bear your own shame also, because the sins which you committed were more abominable than theirs; they are more righteous than you. Yes, be disgraced also, and bear your own shame, because you justified your sisters.

⁴⁷ You did not walk in their ways nor act according to their abominations; but, as if that were too little, ^(A)you became more corrupt than they in all your ways.

⁸ Then I saw that ^(A)for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had ^(B)put her away and given her a certificate of divorce; ^(C)yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also.