Or, “And I said (that is, within myself), After she has done all these things, she will return to me.” But she did not return.

Treacherous…

And I said ... —The call to Israel to return had been slighted, and Judah, the traitress or faithless, “one with…

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 hi…

Here the Prophet begins a new discourse: he relates what God had entrusted to him, and mentions the time, specifically in the reign of Josiah. It i…

And I said, after she had done these things All these idolatries, in the several places mentioned, after she had repeated…

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.