Jeremiah 3:7 - Exposition

And I said after she had done , etc.; rather, and I said , After she hath done all these things , she will return unto me . And her treacherous sister . Observe the distinction between the two sisters. Israel had openly broken the political and religious connection with Jehovah ( Hosea 8:4 ); Judah nominally retained both, but her heart was towards the false gods (comp. the allegory in Ezekiel 23:1-49 ; which is evidently founded upon our passage).