Jeremiah 3:6-8

Contemporary English Version

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.