Jeremiah 3:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.”
Read Jeremiah 3:20 in the flow of Jeremiah3 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Jeremiah3 to see the surrounding context.
“But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“But--a woman hath deceived her friend, So ye have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 3:20 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 48:8You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.
- Jeremiah 3:1“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers— and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 3:8She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.
- Jeremiah 5:11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me,” declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 16:15But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.
- Ezekiel 16:25At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.
- Ezekiel 16:32You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband!
- Hosea 3:1Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and offer raisin cakes to idols.”
- Hosea 5:7They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
- Hosea 6:7But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.
- Malachi 2:11Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).