Jeremiah 3:4-7 Else wouldst thou say unto me, 'O my father, thou art he that hast brought me up, and led me from my youth:

MSTC⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ Else wouldst thou say unto me, 'O my father, thou art he that hast brought me up, and led me from my youth: ⁵ Wilt thou then put me away and cast me off for ever? Or wilt thou withdraw thyself clean from me?' Nevertheless, thou speakest such words, but thou art ever doing worse and worse." ⁶ The LORD said also unto me, in the time of Josiah the king, "Hast thou seen what that shrinking Israel hath done? How she hath run up upon all high hills, and among all thick trees, and there played the harlot? ⁷ Hast thou seen also, when she had done all this, how I said unto her that she should turn again unto me, and yet she is not returned? Judah, that unfaithful sister of hers also saw this: