Jeremiah 3:11 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Then the LORD said to me, "Unfaithful Israel was less guilty than treacherous Judah.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

And the Lord said to me, Israel in her turning away is seen to be more upright than false Judah.

DBY:

And Jehovah said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath shewn herself more just than treacherous Judah.

ERV:

And the LORD said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath shewn herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

JPS:

even the LORD said unto me--backsliding Israel hath proved herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

WBS:

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

WEB:

Yahweh said to me, Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

YLT:

And Jehovah saith unto me: 'Justified herself hath backsliding Israel, More than treacherous Judah.

Jeremiah 3:11 Cross References

XREF:

Ezekiel 16:51 "Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half of your sins, for you have multiplied your abominations more than they. Thus you have made your sisters appear righteous by all your abominations which you have committed.

Ezekiel 16:52 "Also bear your disgrace in that you have made judgment favorable for your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. Yes, be also ashamed and bear your disgrace, in that you made your sisters appear righteous.

Ezekiel 23:11 "Now her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her lust than she, and her harlotries were more than the harlotries of her sister. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

3:11 And the LORD said to me, The backsliding Israel hath {n} justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
(n) Israel has not declared herself as wicked as Judah, who yet has had more admonitions and examples to call her to repentance.

MHC:

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.

CONC:

Backsliding Faithless Guilty Herself Judah Justified Less Proved Righteous Shewn Showed Shown Treacherous Turning Unfaithful Upright

Backsliding Faithless False. Guilty Herself Israel Judah Justified Less Proved Righteous Shewn Showed Shown Treacherous Turning Unfaithful Upright

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