Jeremiah 3:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Turn thou unto me, viz. by repentance, Acts 3:19. Although she had been so vile and abominable, yet the Lord waited in expectation of her return. Her treacherous sister Judah: Benjamin is also here comprised, but Judah being the chief is only named, these two abiding together after the other ten revolted to Jeroboam; called Israel's sister, because they were all descended from the patriarch Jacob, Ezekiel 16:46; compare Ezekiel 23:2,4; and treacherous, or the treacherous one, because of her frequent revolts, 2 Chronicles 21:6, &c.; 2 Chronicles 24:17,18, and many other times, and after as frequent renewed covenants and promises, both in conjunction with the rest of the tribes, Deuteronomy 5:2,3,23, &c.; Deuteronomy 29:10-12, &c., and afterwards, 2 Chronicles 13:9,10, &c.; 2 Chronicles 15:12, &c.; 2Ch 23 16 29:10. Saw it, i.e. they were not strangers to it, but knew it, as the word is, Psalms 40:3. They could not but know how I had dealt with Israel.

Jeremiah 3:7

7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.