I[a] observed that it was because unfaithful Israel had committed adultery that I had sent her away and had given her a certificate of divorce.(A) Nevertheless, her treacherous sister Judah was not afraid but also went and prostituted herself.(B) Indifferent to[b] her prostitution, she defiled the land and committed adultery with stones(C) and trees.(D) 10 Yet in spite of all this, her treacherous sister Judah didn’t return to me with all her heart(E)—only in pretense.”

This is the Lord’s declaration.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:8 One Hb ms, Syr read She
  2. 3:9 Lit From the lightness of

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