Jeremiah 3:6-10

Common English Bible

⁶ During the rule of King Josiah, the Lord said to me: Have you noticed what unfaithful Israel has done? She’s gone about looking for lovers on top of every high hill and under every lush tree. ⁷ I thought that after she had done all this she would return to me, but she didn’t. Her disloyal sister Judah saw this. ⁸ She^[a] also saw that I sent unfaithful Israel away with divorce papers because of all her acts of unfaithfulness; yet disloyal sister Judah was not afraid but kept on playing the prostitute. ⁹ She didn’t think twice about corrupting the land and committing adultery with stone and tree. ¹⁰ Yet even after all this, disloyal sister Judah didn’t return to me with all her heart but only insincerely, declares the Lord.