The Lord said to me,“ Israel and Judah have not been faithful to me. But Israel was not as bad as Judah was.

耶和华对我说：“背道的以色列比奸诈的犹大还显为义。

耶和华对我说：“背道的以色列比奸诈的犹大还显为义。

耶和华对我说：“背道的以色列比奸诈的犹大还显为义。

耶和华对我说：“不忠贞的以色列比奸诈的犹大罪过还轻。

耶和华对我说：“背道的以色列，比诡诈的犹大还显得正义。

耶和華對我說：「背道的以色列比奸詐的猶大還顯為義。

耶和華對我說：「背道的以色列比奸詐的猶大還顯為義。

耶和華對我說：「背道的以色列比奸詐的猶大還顯為義。

耶和華對我說：「不忠貞的以色列比奸詐的猶大罪過還輕。

耶和華對我說：“背道的以色列，比詭詐的猶大還顯得正義。

永恆主對我說：『轉離正道的以色列比詭詐的猶大還顯得罪輕。

耶和華諭我曰、悖逆之以色列、較詭譎之猶大、尚顯其義、

耶和華又告耶利米曰、以色列族背予、猶大人欺予、若相比較、則以色列之過尤細。

主又諭我曰、背叛之以色列、較悖逆之猶大猶顯為善、

The Lord said to me,“ Faithless Israel is more righteous than unfaithful Judah.

And the Lord said to me,“ Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

Then the Lord said to me,“ Even faithless Israel is less guilty than treacherous Judah!

The LORD announced to me,“ Unfaithful Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

And the Lord said to me,“ Faithless Israel has proved herself to be more righteous than treacherous Judah.

Then the Lord said to me,“ Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

And Jehovah said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath showed herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

The Lord announced to me,“ Unfaithful Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

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

Then the LORD said to me,“ Under the circumstances, wayward Israel could even be considered less guilty than unfaithful Judah.

Yahweh said to me,“ Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

“ Her sister Oholibah saw it. But her evil desire for sexual sin was worse than her sister’s.

Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You sinned even more than they did. I hate those sins. Compared to what you did, you made your sisters seem godly.So you will be dishonored. You have given your sisters an excuse for what they did. Your sins were far worse than theirs. In fact, your sisters appear to be more godly than you. So then, be ashamed. You will be dishonored. You have made them appear to be godly.

My people have made up their minds to turn away from me. Even if they call me the Most High God, I will certainly not honor them.”

You lived exactly the way they did. You copied their evil practices. I hate those practices. Everything you did was so sinful that you soon became even worse than they were.

The people of Israel are stubborn. They are as stubborn as a young cow. So how can I take care of them like lambs in a meadow?

I gave Israel their letter of divorce. I sent them away because they were unfaithful to me so many times. But I saw that their sister nation Judah did not have any respect for me. They were not faithful to me either. They also went out and committed adultery with other gods.

“ You have not been faithful,” says the Lord.“ Return to me. I will heal you. Then you will not turn away from me anymore.”“ Yes,” the people say.“ We will come to you. You are the Lord our God.