Catholic Public Domain Version
"And by the act of her fornication, she defiled the land. For she committed adultery with that which is stone and wood. "
— Jeremiah 3:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.”
“And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks. ”
“It happened through the lightness of her prostitution, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.”
“Because she took her prostitution so lightly, she defiled the land through her adulterous worship of gods made of wood and stone.”
“And by the facility of her fornication she defiled the land, and played the harlot with stones and with stocks.”
“So that through all her loose behaviour the land became unclean, and she was untrue, giving herself to stones and trees.”
“And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.”
And, in the days of king Josiah, the Lord said to me: “Have you not seen what the apostate Israel has done? She has brought herself up to every lofty mountain, and she has lain down under every leafy tree, and she has committed fornication there.
And when she had done all these things, I said: ‘Return to me.’ But she did not return. And her deceitful sister Judah saw this:
that because the apostate Israel had committed adultery, I had dismissed her and had given her a bill of divorce. Yet her deceitful sister Judah was not afraid. But she, too, went and committed fornication herself.
And by the act of her fornication, she defiled the land. For she committed adultery with that which is stone and wood.
And after all these things, her deceitful sister Judah has not returned to me with her whole heart, but with lies, says the Lord.”
And the Lord said to me: “The apostate Israel has justified her own soul by comparing herself to the deceitful Judah.
Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and you shall say: Return, O apostate Israel, says the Lord. For I will not avert my face from you. For I am holy, says the Lord, and I will not be angry forever.