Will he keep his anger forever? will he reserve it to the end? thus hast thou spoken, but thou doest evil, even more and more.

The Lord said also unto me, in the days of Josiah the King, Hast thou seen what this rebel [a]Israel hath done? for she hath gone up upon every high mountain, and under every green tree, and there played the harlot.

And I said, when she had done all this, Turn thou unto me: but she returned not, as her rebellious sister Judah saw.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 3:6 Meaning, the ten tribes.

will you always be angry?(A)
    Will your wrath continue forever?’
This is how you talk,
    but you do all the evil you can.”

Unfaithful Israel

During the reign of King Josiah,(B) the Lord said to me, “Have you seen what faithless(C) Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every spreading tree(D) and has committed adultery(E) there. I thought that after she had done all this she would return to me but she did not, and her unfaithful sister(F) Judah saw it.(G)

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