What Does Jeremiah 3:8 Mean?

“And I saw”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“when for all the causes”

turnings (i.e., occasions); (adverb) on account of

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“committed adultery”

to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize

“whereby backsliding”

apostasy

“Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

“I had put her away”

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

“and given”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“her a bill”

properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book

“of divorce”

a cutting (of the matrimonial bond), i.e., divorce

near, with or among; often in general, to

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“feared”

to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten

“yet her treacherous”

to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage

“Judah”

jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory

“sister”

a sister (used very widely [like h0251], literally and figuratively)

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

“and played the harlot”

to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (

properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo