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.
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.
Note They say: Heb. Saying
“They say, ‘If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes another man’s, should he return to her again?’ Wouldn’t that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me,” says the Lord.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- They say
- Heb. Saying. If a man.
- Deuteronomy 24:1–4
- shall not that
- Jeremiah 3:9; Jeremiah 2:7; Leviticus 18:24–28; Isaiah 24:5; Micah 2:10
- but thou hast
- Jeremiah 2:20, 23; Deuteronomy 22:21; Judges 19:2; Ezekiel 16:26, 28, 29; Ezekiel 23:4–49; Hosea 1:2; Hosea 2:5–7
- yet return
- Jeremiah 3:12–14, 22; Jeremiah 4:1, 14; Jeremiah 8:4–6; Deuteronomy 4:29–31; Isaiah 55:6–9; Ezekiel 33:11; Hosea 14:1–4; Zechariah 1:3; Luke 15:16–24