7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
7 I thought that after she had done all this she would return to me but she did not, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.
7 And I thought, 'After she has done all this she will return to me,' but she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
7 I assumed that after she had gotten it out of her system, she'd come back, but she didn't. Her flighty sister, Judah, saw what she did.
7 And I said, after she had done all these things, 'Return to Me.' But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
7 I thought, 'After she has done all this, she will return to me.' But she did not return, and her faithless sister Judah saw this.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 3:7
Commentary on Jeremiah 3:6-11
(Read Jeremiah 3:6-11)
If we mark the crimes of those who break off from a religious profession, and the consequences, we see abundant reason to shun evil ways. It is dreadful to be proved more criminal than those who have actually perished in their sins; yet it will be small comfort in everlasting punishment, for them to know that others were viler than they.