Jeremiah 3:4-11 KJV
4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
Jeremiah is asking God to talk to him despite all the idol worship described in the first three verses of this chapter.
5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
Jeremiah is asking us now as well as the people of his day whether we’re going to keep being evil and take the chance that God will reserve His anger forever.
6 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
Remember that Jeremiah is a prophet of the tribe of Judah…there are still the tribes of Israel out there, and God is asking the tribe of Judah if they’ve seen all the backsliding their sister tribes of Israel had committed, and if they’d seen her play the harlot against God (worshipping idols in the groves instead of worshipping God).
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.
God asked Israel to come back to Him, but she didn't. From this verse we know the tribe of Judah saw this treachery on the part of Israel.
8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
Here we learn that God had given Israel a bill of divorce, and even though her sister tribe Judah had seen that, Judah went and worshipped idols also.
9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
She (Judah and her sister Israel) made a false religion of anything and everything. It pisses God off. There’s no better way to say it.
10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
Faking love for God will never work. You either love Him and follow Him wholeheartedly or you’re in trouble. There’s no faking it.
11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
(stay tuned for verses 12 through 25). :)
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