Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel is more righteous than unfaithful Judah. New Living Translation Then the LORD said to me, “Even faithless Israel is less guilty than treacherous Judah! English Standard Version And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. Berean Standard Bible And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah. King James Bible And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah. New King James Version Then the LORD said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. New American Standard Bible And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has proved herself to be more righteous than treacherous Judah. NASB 1995 And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has proved herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. NASB 1977 And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has proved herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. Legacy Standard Bible And Yahweh said to me, “Faithless Israel has proved herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. Amplified Bible And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has proved herself less guilty than treacherous Judah [a land of renegades]. Christian Standard Bible The LORD announced to me, “Unfaithful Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD announced to me, “Unfaithful Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. American Standard Version And Jehovah said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath showed herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And LORD JEHOVAH said to me: “The inhabitant of Israel has justified herself from her lying sister Yehuda Brenton Septuagint Translation And the Lord said to me, Israel has justified himself more than faithless Juda. Contemporary English Version Even the people of Israel were honest enough not to pretend. Douay-Rheims Bible And the Lord said to me: The rebellious Israel hath justified her soul, in comparison of the treacherous Juda. English Revised Version And the LORD said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath shewn herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then the LORD said to me, "Unfaithful Israel was less guilty than treacherous Judah. Good News Translation Then the LORD told me that, even though Israel had turned away from him, she had proved to be better than unfaithful Judah. International Standard Version Then the LORD told me, "Unfaithful Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. JPS Tanakh 1917 even the LORD said unto me--backsliding Israel hath proved herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. Literal Standard Version And YHWH says to me: “Backsliding Israel has justified herself, | More than treacherous Judah. Majority Standard Bible And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah. New American Bible Then the LORD said to me: Rebel Israel is more just than traitor Judah. NET Bible Then the LORD said to me, "Under the circumstances, wayward Israel could even be considered less guilty than unfaithful Judah. New Revised Standard Version Then the LORD said to me: Faithless Israel has shown herself less guilty than false Judah. New Heart English Bible The LORD said to me, "Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. Webster's Bible Translation And the LORD said to me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah. World English Bible Yahweh said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. Young's Literal Translation And Jehovah saith unto me: 'Justified herself hath backsliding Israel, More than treacherous Judah. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Invitation to Repentance11And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah. 12Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.… Cross References Jeremiah 3:7 I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it. Jeremiah 11:10 They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers. Ezekiel 16:51 Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have multiplied your abominations beyond theirs, and all the abominations you have committed have made your sisters appear righteous. Ezekiel 16:52 So now you must bear your disgrace, since you have brought justification for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you, because your sins were more vile than theirs. So you too must bear your shame and disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous. Ezekiel 23:11 Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister. Treasury of Scripture And the LORD said to me, The backsliding Israel has justified herself more than treacherous Judah. the backsliding Jeremiah 3:8,22 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also… Hosea 4:16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place. Hosea 11:7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him. justified Ezekiel 16:47,51,52 Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways… Ezekiel 23:11 And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms. Jump to Previous Backsliding Faithless False. Guilty Herself Israel Judah Justified Less Proved Righteous Shewn Showed Shown Treacherous Turning Unfaithful UprightJump to Next Backsliding Faithless False. Guilty Herself Israel Judah Justified Less Proved Righteous Shewn Showed Shown Treacherous Turning Unfaithful UprightJeremiah 3 1. God's great mercy to Judah the polluted land6. Judah is worse than Israel 12. The promises of the gospel to the penitent 20. Israel reproved, and called by God, makes a solemn confession of their sins (11) Hath justified herself.--Literally, hath justified her soul, has put in a better plea in her defence. The renegade was better than the traitress. Even open rebellion was better than hypocrisy, as the publicans and sinners in the Gospel story were better than the Pharisees (Matthew 21:31).Verse 11. - It is very noteworthy that Jeremiah should have still so warm a feeling for the exiles of the northern kingdom (more than a hundred years after the great catastrophe). Hath justified herself. "To justify" can mean "to show one's self righteous," as well as "to make one's self righteous," just as "to sanctify" can mean, "to show one's self holy" (Isaiah 8:13), as well as "to make one's self holy." In spite of Israel's apostasy, she has shown herself less worthy of punishment than Judah, who has had before her the warning lesson of Israel's example, and who has been guilty of the most hateful of all sins, hypocrisy (comp. ver. 7). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And the LORDיְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel said וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say to me, אֵלַ֔י (’ê·lay) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to “Faithless מְשֻׁבָ֣ה (mə·šu·ḇāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4878: Turning back, apostasy Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc has shown herself נַפְשָׁ֖הּ (nap̄·šāh) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion more righteous צִדְּקָ֥ה (ṣid·də·qāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 6663: To be just or righteous than unfaithful מִבֹּגֵדָ֖ה (mib·bō·ḡê·ḏāh) Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 898: To cover, to act covertly, to pillage Judah. יְהוּדָֽה׃ (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites Links Jeremiah 3:11 NIVJeremiah 3:11 NLT Jeremiah 3:11 ESV Jeremiah 3:11 NASB Jeremiah 3:11 KJV Jeremiah 3:11 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 3:11 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 3:11 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 3:11 French Bible Jeremiah 3:11 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 3:11 Yahweh said to me Backsliding Israel has (Jer.) |
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