Jeremiah 3
Sister Act
7 And I thought, "After she has done all this she will
return to me"; but she did not return, and her false sister
Judah saw it. 8 She saw that for all the adulteries of that faithless
one, Israel, I had sent her away with a decree of divorce; yet
her false sister Judah did not fear, but she too went and played
the whore. 9 Because she took her whoredom so lightly, she polluted
the land, committing adultery with stone and tree. 10 Yet for
all this her false sister Judah did not return to me with her
whole heart, but only in pretense, says the LORD. 11 Then the
LORD said to me: Faithless Israel has shown herself less guilty
than false Judah. 12 Go, and proclaim these words toward the north,
and say: Return, faithless Israel, says the LORD. I will not look
on you in anger, for I am merciful, says the LORD; I will not
be angry forever. 13 Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have
rebelled against the LORD your God, and scattered your favors
among strangers under every green tree, and have not obeyed my
voice, says the LORD. 14 Return, O faithless children, says the
LORD, for I am your master; I will take you, one from a city and
two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
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This is a very colorful way of saying that Israel was unfaithful,
thus Assyria conquered them, but Judah is even more unfaithful
(to God) making their fall inevitable as well. Judah is actually
worse because they saw what happened to Israel and didn't learn
from it. Jeremiah is sent to Israel to tell them to return to
God, since Judah is seemingly not interested in fixing their own
situation. God offers to restore Israel if they will repent. Also
underlying the message is that it isn't God who abandoned Israel
or Judah, but just the opposite. Nothing like a little name calling
to get people's attention.
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