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Jeremiah 3:6-8
Contemporary English Version
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.
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