Has justified herself - Judah had had the benefit of the warning given by Israel’s example. Both abandon Yahweh’s service for idolatry, but …

Has justified herself. —Literally, has justified her soul, has put in a better plea in her defence. The renegade…

And for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to me with her whole heart, but feignedly, says the LORD. And the LORD said to me,…

We now see more clearly for what purpose Jeremiah compared the ten tribes with the kingdom of Judah; it was done to show that the Jews, who wished …

And the Lord said to me To the Prophet Jeremiah, as in (Jeremiah 3:6) and at or about the same time: …

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 dre…

Here, the prophet calls them back using the example of the ten tribes, and on this subject, he makes three points.