Jeremiah 3:9-11

New Century Version

⁹ And she didn’t care that she was acting like a prostitute. So she made her country unclean and was guilty of adultery, because she worshiped idols made of stone and wood. ¹⁰ Israel’s wicked sister didn’t even come back to me with her whole heart, but only pretended,” says the Lord.

¹¹ The Lord said to me, “Unfaithful Israel had a better excuse than wicked Judah.