Jeremiah 3:10 - Exposition

For all this ; i . e . though Judah had seen the punishment of apostate Israel ( Jeremiah 3:7 , Jeremiah 3:8 ). So Rashi, Naegelsbach, Payne Smith. Most commentators suppose the phrase to refer to Judah's obstinate wickedness ( Jeremiah 3:9 ), but this gives a weak sense. "Judah defiled the land, etc; and yet notwithstanding her repentance was insincere"—this is by no means a natural sequence of ideas. The right exposition increases the probability of the correction proposed at the beginning of Jeremiah 3:8 .