Jeremiah 3:3–10

³Therefore the showers were withholden, and there was no lateward rain: thou hadst a harlot’s forehead, thou wouldst not blush.

⁴Therefore at the least from this time call to me: Thou art my father, the guide of my virginity:

⁵Wilt thou be angry for ever, or wilt thou continue unto the end? Behold, thou hast spoken, and hast done evil things, and hast been able.

⁶And the Lord said to me in the days of king Josias: Hast thou seen what rebellious Israel hath done? she hath gone of herself upon every high mountain, and under every green tree, and hath played the harlot there.

⁷And when she had done all these things, I said: Return to me, and she did not return. And her treacherous sister Juda saw,

⁸That because the rebellious Israel had played the harlot, I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce: yet her treacherous sister Juda was not afraid, but went and played the harlot also herself.

⁹And by the facility of her fornication she defiled the land, and played the harlot with stones and with stocks.

¹⁰And after all this, her treacherous sister Juda hath not returned to me with her whole heart, but with falsehood, saith the Lord.