the backsliding

Jeremiah 3:8, 22
Because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet I saw that her unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well. . . .

Hosea 4:16
For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?

Hosea 11:7
My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.

justified

Ezekiel 16:47, 51, 52
You not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were. . . .

Ezekiel 23:11
Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.