20But — a woman hath deceived her friend, So ye have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah.


In Context

17 At that time they cry to Jerusalem, 'O throne of Jehovah,' And gathered unto her hath been all the nations, For the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem, Nor do they go any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

18 In those days do the house of Judah Go unto the house of Israel, And they come together from the land of the south, unto the land That I caused your fathers to inherit.

19 And I have said, How do I put thee among the sons, And give to thee a desirable land, A beauteous inheritance of the hosts of nations, And I say, My father — ye do call to Me, And from after Me ye do not turn back.

20 But — a woman hath deceived her friend, So ye have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah.

21 A voice on high places is heard — weeping, Supplications of the sons of Israel, For they have made perverse their way, They have forgotten Jehovah their God.

22 Turn back, O backsliding sons, I cause your backslidings to cease. — Behold us, we have come to Thee, For Thou art Jehovah our God.

Jeremiah 3:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:20Surely [as] a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:20But like a woman unfaithful to her husband, so you have been unfaithful to me, O house of Israel," declares the Lord .

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:20But as a woman that despiseth her lover, so hath the house of Israel despised me, saith the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:20Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:20Surely as a woman treacherously departeth from her companion, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:20Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:20Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:20|Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,| says Yahweh.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:20Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so have you dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, said the LORD.