Jeremiah 3:11 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 3:11

And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.

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ASV

And Jehovah said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath showed herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

KJV

And the Lord said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And the Lord said unto me,.... To the Prophet Jeremiah, as in Jer 3:6 and at or about the same time: the backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah; that is, was comparatively more righteous; of the two she appeared the most righteous; though neither of them could vindicate their conduct, or justify themselves before God; see Luk 18:

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Hath justified herself - Judah had had the benefit of the warning given by Israel’s example. Both abandon Yahweh’s service for idolatry, but Israel is simply “apostate,” Judah is also false. The verse is important, (1) as accounting for the destruction of Jerusalem so soon after the pious reign of Josiah. Manasseh’s crimes had defiled the land, but it was by rejecting the reforms of Josiah that the people finally profaned it, and sealed their doom: (2) As showing that it is not by the acts of its government that a nation stands or falls.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֵלַ֔י	'e.Lai	to me	H413 →
צִדְּקָ֥ה	tzi.de.Kah	she has made appear righteous	H6663 →
נַפְשָׁ֖הּ	naf.Shah	self her	H5315 →
מְשֻׁבָ֣ה	me.shu.Vah	[the] apostate one	H4878 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
מִבֹּגֵדָ֖ה	mi.bo.ge.Dah	more than [the] treacherous [one]	H898 →
יְהוּדָֽה׃	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hosea 11:7
My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.
leads to
- Jeremiah 8:5
  Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
- Amos 5:4–6
  For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!
- Amos 5:14–15
  Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
Through
Ezekiel 16:47
And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.
leads to
- 2 Kings 21:9
  But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
- 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 16:48
  As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done.
- Ezekiel 5:6–7
  But she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations, and against My statutes worse than the countries around her. For her people have rejected My ordinances and have not walked in…
Through
Ezekiel 23:11
Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.
leads to
- Jeremiah 3:8–11
  She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.

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About Jeremiah