Jeremiah 3:8
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Berean Study Bible
She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.

Young's Literal Translation
And I see when (for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery) I have sent her away, and I give the bill of her divorce unto her, that treacherous Judah her sister hath not feared, and goeth and committeth fornication—she also.

King James Bible
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

Hebrew
Because
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

faithless
מְשֻׁבָ֣ה (mə·šu·ḇāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4878: Turning back, apostasy

Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

had committed adultery,
נִֽאֲפָה֙ (ni·’ă·p̄āh)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5003: To commit adultery, to apostatize

I gave
וָאֶתֵּ֛ן (wā·’et·tên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

her
אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

a certificate
סֵ֥פֶר (sê·p̄er)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5612: A missive, document, writing, book

of divorce
כְּרִיתֻתֶ֖יהָ (kə·rî·ṯu·ṯe·hā)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3748: A cutting, divorce

[and] sent her away.
שִׁלַּחְתִּ֕יהָ (šil·laḥ·tî·hā)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

Yet I saw
וָאֵ֗רֶא (wā·’ê·re)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7200: To see

that
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

her unfaithful
בֹּֽגֵדָ֤ה (bō·ḡê·ḏāh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 898: To cover, to act covertly, to pillage

sister
אֲחוֹתָ֔הּ (’ă·ḥō·w·ṯāh)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister

Judah
יְהוּדָה֙ (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

had no
וְלֹ֨א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

fear
יָֽרְאָ֜ה (yā·rə·’āh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

and
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

prostituted herself [as well].
וַתִּ֥זֶן (wat·ti·zen)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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