Jeremiah 3:8
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“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.”
יָרֵא
To fear, to revere, to be in awe of. Yare. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. Not terror but holy awe of who He truly is.
שָׁלַח
I sent away/ her
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שָׁלַח
To send. Shalach. God sent His Son. He still sends people today. You are sent. Every believer is a sent one carrying His authority.
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel. To struggle with God and prevail. The name given to Jacob. God's chosen people. Those who wrestle honestly with God.
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יְהוּדָה
Judah
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יְהוּדָה
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
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גַּם
also
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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סֵפֶר
the document of
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סֵפֶר
properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
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כְּרִיתוּת
divorces/ her
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כְּרִיתוּת
a cutting (of the matrimonial bond), i.e. divorce
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נָאַף
she committed adultery
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נָאַף
to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize
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מְשׁוּבָה
the apostate one
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מְשׁוּבָה
apostasy
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