And I said after she had done all these things, Turn you to me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
And I said after she had done all these things, Turn you to me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
And I said after she had done all these things, She will return unto me; but she returned not: and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
And I said, After she has done all these things she will come back to me; but she did not. And her false sister Judah saw it.
And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou to me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
I said after she had done all these things, 'She will return to me;' but she didn't return; and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
And I said after she had done all these things, She will return unto me; but she returned not: and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
And I said - By the prophets Elijah, Elisha, Hosea, Amos, etc.; for all these prophesied to that rebellious people, and exhorted them to return to the Lord.
Or, "And I said (i. e., within myself), After she has done all these things, she will return to me." But she did not return.
Treacherous - literally, "Falsehood," i. e., false, faithless. The character of the two sisters is plainly marked. Samaria is apostate; she abandons Yahweh's worship altogether. Judah maintains the form only; her secret desires are set upon the orgies of pagan worship.