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Jeremiah 3:1

“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.

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ASV

They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, will he return unto her again? will not that land be greatly polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith Jehovah.

KJV

They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord.

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27 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לֵאמֹ֡רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
הֵ֣ןhenthere!H2005 →
יְשַׁלַּ֣חye.sha.Lachhe will send awayH7971 →
אִ֣ישׁ'isha husbandH376 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אִשְׁתּוֹ֩'ish.Towife hisH802 →
וְהָלְכָ֨הve.ha.le.Khahand she will goH1980 →
מֵאִתּ֜וֹme.'i.Tofrom with <the> himH854 →
וְהָיְתָ֣הve.ha.ye.Tahand she will belongH1961 →
לְאִישׁ־le.'ish-to a manH376 →
אַחֵ֗ר'a.CheranotherH312 →
הֲיָשׁ֤וּבha.ya.Shuv¿ will he returnH7725 →
אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙'e.Lei.hato herH413 →
ע֔וֹדodagainH5750 →
הֲל֛וֹאha.Lo'¿ notH3808 →
חָנ֥וֹףcha.Nofcertainly <to be polluted>H2610 →
תֶּחֱנַ֖ףte.che.Nafwill it be pollutedH2610 →
הָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
הַהִ֑יאha.Hi'<the> thatH1931 →
וְאַ֗תְּve.'Atand youH859 →
זָנִית֙za.Nityou have acted as a prostituteH2181 →
רֵעִ֣יםre.'ImcompanionsH7453 →
רַבִּ֔יםra.BimmanyH7227 →
וְשׁ֥וֹבve.Shovand will you return?H7725 →
אֵלַ֖י'e.Laito meH413 →
נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהֹוָֽה׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →

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Matthew 5:31It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’Deuteronomy 24:1–4If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.Deuteronomy 24:4then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.Jeremiah 8:4So you are to tell them this is what the LORD says: “Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not return?Ezekiel 16:26You prostituted yourself with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and increased your promiscuity to provoke Me to anger.Mark 10:4They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.”Matthew 19:9Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery.”Hosea 2:5–7For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’Ezekiel 16:28–29Then you prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, because you were not yet satisfied. Even after that, you were still not satisfied.Deuteronomy 4:29–31But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.Jeremiah 2:20“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.Ezekiel 23:4–49The older was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their identities, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.Hosea 14:1–4Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.Jeremiah 4:1“If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares the LORD. “If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver,1 Corinthians 7:11But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.Hosea 2:2Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.Jeremiah 3:14“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.Ezekiel 33:11Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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