Jeremiah 3:11

The backsliding Israel hath justified herself— Backsliding Israel hath appeared just in comparison of perfidious Judah. The crimes of the latter greatly surpassed those of the former. See Ezekiel 16:51.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hath justified herself - Judah had had the benefit of the warning given by Israel’s example. Both abandon Yahweh’s service for idolatry, but Isra...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the LORD said to me, The backsliding Israel hath (n) justified herself more than treacherous Judah. (n) Israel has not declared herself as wicke...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Israel's Sin less than Judah's. This passage interrupts the continuity of Jeremiah 3:19 with Jeremiah 3:5 (note also the interruptive introduct...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

justified herself. Compare Ezekiel 16:51 ; Ezekiel 16:52 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

We now see more clearly for what purpose Jeremiah compared the ten tribes with the kingdom of Judah; it was done in order to shew that the Jews...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1032 COMPARATIVE CRIMINALITY Jeremiah 3:11 . And the Lord said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treac...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah. Backsliding Israel hath justified herself more...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah. Justified herself - has been made to ap...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet Sets Forth the Sin of the Nation and Points Out the Inevitable Result (Reign of Josiah, and Probably Before the Reforms of that King: cp...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah's Third Prophecy. The Fate of the Ten Tribes a Warning to Judah In this prophecy, as in the last, idolatry is denounced under the figure...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Justified herself more ] for Judah had even more warning than Israel.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hath justified herself. — Literally, hath justified her soul, has put in a better plea in her defence. The renegade was better than the traitr...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER III ISRAEL AND JUDAH: A CONTRAST Jeremiah 3:6-25 ; Jeremiah 4:1-2 THE first address of our prophet was throughout of a sombre cast, a...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Following the impeachment, the prophet appealed to the people to return. This appeal commenced with a declaration that Jehovah's love was greater tha...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nothing can more highly illustrate the riches of grace, than what is here said, on the subject of divine mercy. Israel was about to go into Babylon,...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the Lord said unto me ,.... To the Prophet Jeremiah, as in Jeremiah 3:6 and at or about the same time: the backsliding Israel hath justified...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah. Ver. 11. The backsliding Israel hath justifi...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the Lord said unto me , &c. The case of these sister kingdoms is here compared, and judgment given upon the comparison. Israel hath justifi...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Idolatries of Israel; The Treachery of Judah. B. C. 620....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Was less vile, hath more to say for herself; Judah's sin being greatly aggravated compared with Israel, Ezekiel 16:51 , Ezekiel 23:11 . See Luk...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Calls On Judah To Consider what Had Happened To Israel, Her Northern Neighbour, When She Had Failed To Turn Back To Him, Something That Judah I...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

In this chapter, the sin of God's people is put in the strongest possible light. The figure used may be even said to be a coarse one, but man's sin i...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Let us read part of the 3 rd chapter of Jeremiah where God brings a solemn accusation against the two nations of Israel and Judah because they forsoo...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 3:3 . Therefore the showers, of the former and the latter rain, have been withheld. Other prophets make the same remark. God is not obl...
The Biblical Illustrator

Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. Comparative criminality I. State this decision of the Lord. 1. Israel, from the time...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Call to Return
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the Lord said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah, she was righteous by comparison with the overwh...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 16:47 ; Ezekiel 16:51 ; Ezekiel 16:52 ; Ezekiel 23:11 ; Hosea 11:7 ; Hosea 4:16 ; Jeremiah 3:22 ; Jeremiah 3:8

¹¹ And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 3:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 3:11