^{6 Ref} And the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen what Israel, turning away from me, has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every branching tree, acting like a loose woman there.

^{7 Ref} And I said, After she has done all these things she will come back to me; but she did not. And her false sister Judah saw it.

^{8 Ref} And though she saw that, because Israel, turning away from me, had been untrue to me, I had put her away and given her a statement in writing ending the relation between us, still Judah, her false sister, had no fear, but went and did the same.