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Jeremiah 3:12-13
Jeremiah, pleading for Israel to repent, to "acknowledge your iniquity" (verse 13), asks that his words be proclaimed "toward the north." Jeremiah, remember, lived at the time of Judah's fall to the Babylonians, some 130 years after the Kingdom of Israel had been forcibly moved out of its homeland. So, he was not writing to Israelites domiciled within a hundred miles north of Jerusalem—residing in and around Samaria. No, he is addressing a people living somewhere else further north.
Charles Whitaker
Searching for Israel (Part Eight): The Scattering of Ten-Tribed IsraelRelated Topics: Babylonian Captivity | Iniquity | Iniquity, Acknowledging | Jeremiah | Jeremiah's Prophecies | Repentance | Scattering of IsraelOther Forerunner Commentary entries containing Jeremiah 3:12:
Genesis 49:22
2 Kings 17:6
2 Kings 17:6
Amos 5:1-3
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