Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
I saw that, though (whereas) it was for this very reason (namely), because backsliding (apostate) Israel had committed adultery I had put her away (II Kings 17:6, II Kings 17:18), and given her a bill of divorce, yet Judah, etc. (Ezekiel 23:11, etc.).
bill of divorce—literally, "a writing of cuttings off." The plural implies the completeness of the severance. The use of this metaphor here, as in the former discourse (Jeremiah 3:1), implies a close connection between the discourses. The epithets are characteristic; Israel "apostate" (as the Hebrew for "backsliding" is better rendered); Judah, not as yet utterly apostate, but treacherous or faithless.
also—herself also, like Israel.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 3:8:
Jeremiah 3:9
Jeremiah 3:18
Luke 15:13
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