Verse 1

They say,{H559} If a man{H376} put away{H7971} his wife,{H802} and she go{H1980} from him, and become another{H312} man's,{H376} will he return unto her again?{H7725} will not that land{H776} be greatly{H2610} polluted?{H2610} But thou hast played the harlot{H2181} with many{H7227} lovers;{H7453} yet return again{H7725} to me, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 24:1-4 : 1 When a man{H376} taketh{H3947} a wife,{H802} and marrieth{H1166} her, then it shall be, if she find{H4672} no favor{H2580} in his eyes,{H5869} because he hath found{H4672} some{H1697} unseemly{H6172} thing in her, that he shall write{H3789} her a bill{H5612} of divorcement,{H3748} and give{H5414} it in her hand,{H3027} and send{H7971} her out of his house.{H1004} 2 And when she is departed out{H3318} of his house,{H1004} she may go{H1980} and be another{H312} man's{H376} [wife]. 3 And if the latter{H314} husband{H376} hate{H8130} her, and write{H3789} her a bill{H5612} of divorcement,{H3748} and give{H5414} it in her hand,{H3027} and send{H7971} her out of his house;{H1004} or if the latter{H314} husband{H376} die,{H4191} who took{H3947} her to be his wife;{H802} 4 her former{H7223} husband,{H1167} who sent her away,{H7971} may{H3201} not take{H3947} her again{H7725} to be his wife,{H802} after{H310} that she is defiled;{H2930} for that is abomination{H8441} before{H6440} Jehovah:{H3068} and thou shalt not cause the land{H776} to sin,{H2398} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee for an inheritance.{H5159}
  • Jer 2:20 : 20 For of old time{H5769} I have broken{H7665} thy yoke,{H5923} and burst{H5423} thy bonds;{H4147} and thou saidst,{H559} I will not serve;{H5674} for upon every high{H1364} hill{H1389} and under every green{H7488} tree{H6086} thou didst bow thyself,{H6808} playing the harlot.{H2181}
  • Ezek 16:26 : 26 Thou hast also committed fornication{H2181} with the Egyptians,{H1121} thy neighbors,{H7934} great{H1432} of flesh;{H1320} and hast multiplied{H7235} thy whoredom,{H8457} to provoke me to anger.{H3707}
  • Jer 4:1 : 1 If thou wilt return,{H7725} O Israel,{H3478} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} if thou wilt return{H7725} unto me, and if thou wilt put away{H5493} thine abominations{H8251} out of my sight;{H6440} then shalt thou not be removed;{H5110}
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem,{H3389} wash{H3526} thy heart{H3820} from wickedness,{H7451} that thou mayest be saved.{H3467} How long shall thine evil{H205} thoughts{H4284} lodge{H3885} within{H7130} thee?
  • Jer 8:4-6 : 4 Moreover thou shalt say{H559} unto them, Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} Shall men fall,{H5307} and not rise{H6965} up again? Shall one turn away,{H7725} and not return?{H7725} 5 Why then is this people{H5971} of Jerusalem{H3389} slidden back{H7725} by a perpetual{H5329} backsliding?{H4878} they hold{H2388} fast deceit,{H8649} they refuse{H3985} to return.{H7725} 6 I hearkened{H7181} and heard,{H8085} but they spake not aright:{H1696} no man{H376} repenteth{H5162} him of{H5921} his wickedness,{H7451} saying,{H559} What have I done?{H6213} every one turneth{H7725} to his course,{H4794} as a horse{H5483} that rusheth{H7857} headlong in the battle.{H4421}
  • Isa 55:6-9 : 6 Seek{H1875} ye Jehovah{H3068} while he may be found;{H4672} call{H7121} ye upon him while he is near:{H7138} 7 let the wicked{H7563} forsake{H5800} his way,{H1870} and the unrighteous{H205} man{H376} his thoughts;{H4284} and let him return{H7725} unto Jehovah,{H3068} and he will have mercy{H7355} upon him; and to our God,{H430} for he will abundantly{H7235} pardon.{H5545} 8 For my thoughts{H4284} are not your thoughts,{H4284} neither are your ways{H1870} my ways,{H1870} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 9 For as the heavens{H8064} are higher{H1361} than the earth,{H776} so are my ways{H1870} higher{H1361} than your ways,{H1870} and my thoughts{H4284} than your thoughts.{H4284}
  • Zech 1:3 : 3 Therefore say{H559} thou unto them, Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts:{H6635} Return{H7725} unto me, saith{H5002} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} and I will return{H7725} unto you, saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}
  • Luke 15:16-24 : 16 And{G2532} he would fain{G1937} have filled{G1072} his{G846} belly{G2836} with{G575} the husks{G2769} that{G3739} the swine{G5519} did eat:{G2068} and{G2532} no man{G3762} gave{G1325} unto him.{G846} 17 But when he came{G2064} to{G1519} himself{G1438} he said,{G2036} How many{G4214} hired servants{G3407} of my{G3450} father's{G3962} have bread{G740} enough and{G1161} to spare,{G4052} and{G1161} I{G1473} perish{G622} here with hunger!{G3042} 18 I will arise{G450} and go{G4198} to{G4314} my{G3450} father,{G3962} and{G2532} will say{G2046} unto him,{G846} Father,{G3962} I have sinned{G264} against{G1519} heaven,{G3772} and{G2532} in thy{G4675} sight:{G1799} 19 I{G2532} am{G1510} no more{G3765} worthy{G514} to be called{G2564} your{G4675} son:{G5207} make{G4160} me{G3165} as{G5613} one{G1520} of thy{G4675} hired servants.{G3407} 20 And{G2532} he arose,{G450} and came{G2064} to{G4314} his{G1438} father.{G3962} But{G1161} while he{G846} was{G568} yet{G2089} afar off,{G3112} his{G846} father{G3962} saw{G1492} him,{G846} and{G2532} was moved with compassion,{G4697} and{G2532} ran,{G5143} and fell{G1968} on{G1909} his{G846} neck,{G5137} and{G2532} kissed{G2705} him.{G846} 21 And{G1161} the son{G5207} said{G2036} unto him,{G846} Father,{G3962} I have sinned{G264} against{G1519} heaven,{G3772} and{G2532} in{G1799} thy{G4675} sight:{G1799} I{G2532} am{G1510} no more{G3765} worthy{G514} to be called{G2564} thy{G4675} son.{G5207} 22 But{G1161} the father{G3962} said{G2036} to{G4314} his{G846} servants,{G1401} Bring forth{G1627} quickly the best{G4413} robe,{G4749} and{G2532} put{G1746} it on{G1746} him;{G846} and{G2532} put{G1325} a ring{G1146} on{G1519} his{G846} hand,{G5495} and{G2532} shoes{G5266} on{G1519} his feet:{G4228} 23 and{G2532} bring{G5342} the fatted{G4618} calf,{G3448} [and] kill{G2380} it, and{G2532} let us eat,{G5315} and make merry:{G2165} 24 for{G3778} this{G3778} my{G3450} son{G5207} was{G2258} dead,{G3498} and{G2532} is alive again;{G2532} he was{G2258} lost,{G622} and{G2532} is found.{G2147} And{G2532} they began{G756} to be merry.{G2165}
  • Ezek 16:28-29 : 28 Thou hast played the harlot{H2181} also with the Assyrians,{H1121} because{H1115} thou wast insatiable;{H7646} yea, thou hast played the harlot{H2181} with them, and yet thou wast not satisfied.{H7654} 29 Thou hast moreover multiplied{H7235} thy whoredom{H8457} unto the land{H776} of traffic,{H3667} unto Chaldea;{H3778} and yet thou wast not satisfied{H7646} herewith.{H2063}
  • Ezek 23:4-9 : 4 And the names{H8034} of them were Oholah{H170} the elder,{H1419} and Oholibah{H172} her sister:{H269} and they became mine, and they bare{H3205} sons{H1121} and daughters.{H1323} And as for their names,{H8034} Samaria{H8111} is Oholah,{H170} and Jerusalem{H3389} Oholibah.{H172} 5 And Oholah{H170} played the harlot{H2181} when she was mine;{H8478} and she doted{H5689} on her lovers,{H157} on the Assyrians{H804} [her] neighbors,{H7138} 6 who were clothed{H3847} with blue,{H8504} governors{H6346} and rulers,{H5461} all of them desirable{H2531} young men,{H970} horsemen{H6571} riding{H7392} upon horses.{H5483} 7 And she bestowed{H5414} her whoredoms{H8457} upon them, the choicest{H4005} men{H1121} of Assyria{H804} all of them; and on whomsoever she doted,{H5689} with all their idols{H1544} she defiled{H2930} herself. 8 Neither hath she left{H5800} her whoredoms{H8457} since [the days of] Egypt;{H4714} for in her youth{H5271} they lay{H7901} with her, and they handled{H6213} the bosom{H1717} of her virginity;{H1331} and they poured{H8210} out their whoredom{H8457} upon her. 9 Wherefore I delivered{H5414} her into the hand{H3027} of her lovers,{H157} into the hand{H3027} of the Assyrians,{H1121} upon whom she doted.{H5689} 10 These uncovered{H1540} her nakedness;{H6172} they took{H3947} her sons{H1121} and her daughters;{H1323} and her they slew{H2026} with the sword:{H2719} and she became a byword{H8034} among women;{H802} for they executed{H6213} judgments{H8196} upon her. 11 And her sister{H269} Oholibah{H172} saw{H7200} this, yet was she more corrupt{H7843} in her doting{H5691} than she, and in her whoredoms{H8457} which were more than the whoredoms{H2183} of her sister.{H269} 12 She doted{H5689} upon the Assyrians,{H1121} governors{H6346} and rulers,{H5461} her neighbors,{H7138} clothed{H3847} most gorgeously,{H4358} horsemen{H6571} riding{H7392} upon horses,{H5483} all of them desirable{H2531} young men.{H970} 13 And I saw{H7200} that she was defiled;{H2930} they both{H8147} took one{H259} way.{H1870} 14 And she increased{H3254} her whoredoms;{H8457} for she saw{H7200} men{H582} portrayed{H2707} upon the wall,{H7023} the images{H6754} of the Chaldeans{H3778} portrayed{H2710} with vermilion,{H8350} 15 girded{H2289} with girdles{H232} upon their loins,{H4975} with flowing{H5628} turbans{H2871} upon their heads,{H7218} all of them princes{H7991} to{H4758} look upon, after the likeness{H1823} of the Babylonians{H1121} in Chaldea,{H3778} the land{H776} of their nativity.{H4138} 16 And as soon{H5869} as she saw{H4758} them she doted{H5689} upon them, and sent{H7971} messengers{H4397} unto them into Chaldea.{H3778} 17 And the Babylonians{H1121} came{H935} to her into the bed{H4904} of love,{H1730} and they defiled{H2930} her with their whoredom,{H8457} and she was polluted{H2930} with them, and her soul{H5315} was alienated{H3363} from them. 18 So she uncovered{H1540} her whoredoms,{H8457} and uncovered{H1540} her nakedness:{H6172} then my soul{H5315} was alienated{H3363} from her, like as my soul{H5315} was alienated{H5361} from her sister.{H269} 19 Yet she multiplied{H7235} her whoredoms,{H8457} remembering{H2142} the days{H3117} of her youth,{H5271} wherein she had played the harlot{H2181} in the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714} 20 And she doted{H5689} upon their paramours,{H6370} whose flesh{H1320} is as the flesh{H1320} of asses,{H2543} and whose issue{H2231} is like the issue{H2231} of horses.{H5483} 21 Thus thou calledst to remembrance{H6485} the lewdness{H2154} of thy youth,{H5271} in the handling{H6213} of thy bosom{H1717} by the Egyptians{H4714} for the breasts{H7699} of thy youth.{H5271} 22 Therefore, O Oholibah,{H172} thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Behold, I will raise up{H5782} thy lovers{H157} against thee, from whom thy soul{H5315} is alienated,{H5361} and I will bring{H935} them against thee on every side:{H5439} 23 the Babylonians{H1121} and all the Chaldeans,{H3778} Pekod{H6489} and Shoa{H7772} and Koa,{H6970} [and] all the Assyrians{H1121} with them; desirable{H2531} young men,{H970} governors{H6346} and rulers{H5461} all of them, princes{H5461} and men{H970} of renown, all of them riding{H7392} upon horses.{H5483} 24 And they shall come{H935} against thee with weapons,{H2021} chariots,{H7393} and wagons,{H1534} and with a company{H6951} of peoples;{H5971} they shall set{H7760} themselves against thee with buckler{H6793} and shield{H4043} and helmet{H6959} round about;{H5439} and I will commit{H5414} the judgment{H4941} unto{H6440} them, and they shall judge{H8199} thee according to their judgments.{H4941} 25 And I will set{H5414} my jealousy{H7068} against thee, and they shall deal{H6213} with thee in fury;{H2534} they shall take away{H5493} thy nose{H639} and thine ears;{H241} and thy residue{H319} shall fall{H5307} by the sword:{H2719} they shall take{H3947} thy sons{H1121} and thy daughters;{H1323} and thy residue{H319} shall be devoured{H398} by the fire.{H784} 26 They shall also strip{H6584} thee of thy clothes,{H899} and take away{H3947} thy fair{H8597} jewels.{H3627} 27 Thus will I make thy lewdness{H2154} to cease{H7673} from thee, and thy whoredom{H2184} [brought] from the land{H776} of Egypt;{H4714} so that thou shalt not lift up{H5375} thine eyes{H5869} unto them, nor remember{H2142} Egypt{H4714} any more. 28 For thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Behold, I will deliver{H5414} thee into the hand{H3027} of them whom thou hatest,{H8130} into the hand{H3027} of them from whom thy soul{H5315} is alienated;{H5361} 29 and they shall deal{H6213} with thee in hatred,{H8135} and shall take away{H3947} all thy labor,{H3018} and shall leave{H5800} thee naked{H5903} and bare;{H6181} and the nakedness{H6172} of thy whoredoms{H2183} shall be uncovered,{H1540} both thy lewdness{H2154} and thy whoredoms.{H8457} 30 These things shall be done{H6213} unto thee, for that thou hast played the harlot{H2181} after{H310} the nations,{H1471} and because thou art polluted{H2930} with their idols.{H1544} 31 Thou hast walked{H1980} in the way{H1870} of thy sister;{H269} therefore will I give{H5414} her cup{H3563} into thy hand.{H3027} 32 Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Thou shalt drink{H8354} of thy sister's{H269} cup,{H3563} which is deep{H6013} and large;{H7342} thou shalt be laughed to scorn{H6712} and had in derision;{H3933} it containeth{H3557} much.{H4767} 33 Thou shalt be filled{H4390} with drunkenness{H7943} and sorrow,{H3015} with the cup{H3563} of astonishment{H8047} and desolation,{H8077} with the cup{H3563} of thy sister{H269} Samaria.{H8111} 34 Thou shalt even drink{H8354} it and drain it out,{H4680} and thou shalt gnaw{H1633} the sherds{H2789} thereof, and shalt tear{H5423} thy breasts;{H7699} for I have spoken{H1696} it, saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069} 35 Therefore thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah: Because thou hast forgotten{H7911} me, and cast{H7993} me behind{H310} thy back,{H1458} therefore bear{H5375} thou also thy lewdness{H2154} and thy whoredoms.{H8457} 36 Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} moreover unto me: Son{H1121} of man,{H120} wilt thou judge{H8199} Oholah{H170} and Oholibah?{H172} then declare{H5046} unto them their abominations.{H8441} 37 For they have committed adultery,{H5003} and blood{H1818} is in their hands;{H3027} and with their idols{H1544} have they committed adultery;{H5003} and they have also caused their sons,{H1121} whom they bare{H3205} unto me, to pass through{H5674} [the fire] unto them to be devoured.{H402} 38 Moreover this they have done{H6213} unto me: they have defiled{H2930} my sanctuary{H4720} in the same day,{H3117} and have profaned{H2490} my sabbaths.{H7676} 39 For when they had slain{H7819} their children{H1121} to their idols,{H1544} then they came{H935} the same day{H3117} into my sanctuary{H4720} to profane{H2490} it; and, lo, thus have they done{H6213} in the midst{H8432} of my house.{H1004} 40 And furthermore{H637} ye have sent{H7971} for men{H582} that come{H935} from far,{H4801} unto whom a messenger{H4397} was sent,{H7971} and, lo, they came;{H935} for whom thou didst wash{H7364} thyself, paint{H3583} thine eyes,{H5869} and deck{H5710} thyself with ornaments,{H5716} 41 and sit{H3427} upon a stately{H3520} bed,{H4296} with a table{H7979} prepared{H6186} before{H6440} it, whereupon thou didst set{H7760} mine incense{H7004} and mine oil.{H8081} 42 And the voice{H6963} of a multitude{H1995} being at ease{H7961} was with her: and with men{H582} of the common sort{H7230} were brought{H935} drunkards{H5436} from the wilderness;{H4057} and they put{H5414} bracelets{H6781} upon the hands{H3027} of them twain, and beautiful{H8597} crowns{H5850} upon their heads.{H7218} 43 Then said{H559} I of her that was old{H1087} in adulteries,{H5004} Now will they play{H2181} the harlot{H8457} with her, and she [with them]. 44 And they went in{H935} unto her, as they go in{H935} unto a{H802} harlot:{H2181} so went they in{H935} unto Oholah{H170} and unto Oholibah,{H172} the lewd{H2154} women.{H802} 45 And righteous{H6662} men,{H582} they shall judge{H8199} them with the judgment{H4941} of adulteresses,{H5003} and with the judgment{H4941} of women that shed{H8210} blood;{H1818} because they are adulteresses,{H5003} and blood{H1818} is in their hands.{H3027} 46 For thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H136} I will bring up{H5927} a company{H6951} against them, and will give{H5414} them to be tossed{H2189} to and fro and robbed.{H957} 47 And the company{H6951} shall stone{H7275} them with stones,{H68} and despatch{H1254} them with their swords;{H2719} they shall slay{H2026} their sons{H1121} and their daughters,{H1323} and burn up{H8313} their houses{H1004} with fire.{H784} 48 Thus will I cause lewdness{H2154} to cease{H7673} out of the land,{H776} that all women{H802} may be taught{H3256} not to do{H6213} after your lewdness.{H2154} 49 And they shall recompense{H5414} your lewdness{H2154} upon you, and ye shall bear{H5375} the sins{H2399} of your idols;{H1544} and ye shall know{H3045} that I am the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}
  • Ezek 33:11 : 11 Say{H559} unto them, As I live,{H2416} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H3069} I have no pleasure{H2654} in the death{H4194} of the wicked;{H7563} but that the wicked{H7563} turn{H7725} from his way{H1870} and live:{H2421} turn{H7725} ye, turn{H7725} ye from your evil{H7451} ways;{H1870} for why will ye die,{H4191} O house{H1004} of Israel?{H3478}
  • Hos 1:2 : 2 When Jehovah{H3068} spake{H559} at the first{H8462} by Hosea,{H1954} Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Hosea,{H1954} Go,{H3212} take{H3947} unto thee a wife{H802} of whoredom{H2183} and children{H3206} of whoredom;{H2181} for the land{H776} doth commit great{H2181} whoredom,{H2181} [departing] from{H310} Jehovah.{H3068}
  • Hos 2:5-7 : 5 for their mother{H517} hath played the harlot;{H2181} she that conceived{H2029} them hath done shamefully;{H3001} for she said,{H559} I will go{H3212} after{H310} my lovers,{H157} that give{H5414} me my bread{H3899} and my water,{H4325} my wool{H6785} and my flax,{H6593} mine oil{H8081} and my drink.{H8250} 6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge{H7753} up thy way{H1870} with thorns,{H5518} and I will build{H1443} a wall{H1447} against her, that she shall not find{H4672} her paths.{H5410} 7 And she shall follow{H7291} after her lovers,{H157} but she shall not overtake{H5381} them; and she shall seek{H1245} them, but shall not find{H4672} them: then shall she say,{H559} I will go{H3212} and return{H7725} to my first{H7223} husband;{H376} for then was it better{H2896} with me than now.{H6258}
  • Hos 14:1-4 : 1 O Israel,{H3478} return{H7725} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God;{H430} for thou hast fallen{H3782} by thine iniquity.{H5771} 2 Take{H3947} with you words,{H1697} and return{H7725} unto Jehovah:{H3068} say{H559} unto him, Take away{H5375} all iniquity,{H5771} and accept{H3947} that which is good:{H2896} so will we render{H7999} [as] bullocks{H6499} [the offering of] our lips.{H8193} 3 Assyria{H804} shall not save{H3467} us; we will not ride{H7392} upon horses;{H5483} neither will we say{H559} any more to the work{H4639} of our hands,{H3027} [Ye are] our gods;{H430} for in thee the fatherless{H3490} findeth mercy.{H7355} 4 I will heal{H7495} their backsliding,{H4878} I will love{H157} them freely;{H5071} for mine anger{H639} is turned away{H7725} from him.
  • Jer 2:23 : 23 How canst thou say,{H559} I am not defiled,{H2930} I have not gone{H1980} after{H310} the Baalim?{H1168} see{H7200} thy way{H1870} in the valley,{H1516} know{H3045} what thou hast done:{H6213} thou art a swift{H7031} dromedary{H1072} traversing{H8308} her ways;{H1870}
  • Jer 3:9 : 9 And it came to pass through the lightness{H6963} of her whoredom,{H2184} that the land{H776} was polluted,{H2610} and she committed adultery{H5003} with stones{H68} and with stocks.{H6086}
  • Judg 19:2 : 2 And his concubine{H6370} played the harlot{H2181} against him, and went away{H3212} from him unto her father's{H1} house{H1004} to Beth-lehem-judah,{H1035} and was there the space of four{H702} months.{H2320}
  • Deut 4:29-31 : 29 But from thence ye shall seek{H1245} Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and thou shalt find{H4672} him, when thou searchest{H1875} after him with all thy heart{H3824} and with all thy soul.{H5315} 30 When thou art in tribulation,{H6862} and all these things{H1697} are come{H4672} upon thee, in the latter{H319} days{H3117} thou shalt return{H7725} to Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and hearken{H8085} unto his voice:{H6963} 31 for Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} is a merciful{H7349} God;{H430} he will not fail{H7503} thee, neither destroy{H7843} thee, nor forget{H7911} the covenant{H1285} of thy fathers{H1} which he sware{H7650} unto them.
  • Deut 22:21 : 21 then they shall bring out{H3318} the damsel{H5291} to the door{H6607} of her father's{H1} house,{H1004} and the men{H582} of her city{H5892} shall stone{H5619} her to death{H4191} with stones,{H68} because she hath wrought{H6213} folly{H5039} in Israel,{H3478} to play the harlot{H2181} in her father's{H1} house:{H1004} so shalt thou put{H1197} away{H1197} the evil{H7451} from the midst{H7130} of thee.
  • Isa 24:5 : 5 The earth{H776} also is polluted{H2610} under the inhabitants{H3427} thereof; because they have transgressed{H5674} the laws,{H8451} violated{H2498} the statutes,{H2706} broken{H6565} the everlasting{H5769} covenant.{H1285}
  • Jer 3:12-14 : 12 Go,{H1980} and proclaim{H7121} these words{H1697} toward the north,{H6828} and say,{H559} Return,{H7725} thou backsliding{H4878} Israel,{H3478} saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} I will not look{H5307} in anger{H6440} upon you; for I am merciful,{H2623} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} I will not keep{H5201} [anger] for ever.{H5769} 13 Only acknowledge{H3045} thine iniquity,{H5771} that thou hast transgressed{H6586} against Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and hast scattered{H6340} thy ways{H1870} to the strangers{H2114} under every green{H7488} tree,{H6086} and ye have not obeyed{H8085} my voice,{H6963} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 14 Return,{H7725} O backsliding{H7726} children,{H1121} saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} for I am a husband{H1166} unto you: and I will take{H3947} you one{H259} of a city,{H5892} and two{H8147} of a family,{H4940} and I will bring{H935} you to Zion:{H6726}
  • Jer 3:22 : 22 Return,{H7725} ye backsliding{H7726} children,{H1121} I will heal{H7495} your backslidings.{H4878} Behold, we are come{H857} unto thee; for thou art Jehovah{H3068} our God.{H430}
  • Mic 2:10 : 10 Arise{H6965} ye, and depart;{H3212} for this is not your resting-place;{H4496} because of uncleanness{H2930} that destroyeth,{H2254} even with a grievous{H4834} destruction.{H2254}
  • Lev 18:24-28 : 24 Defile{H2930} not ye yourselves in any of these things:{H428} for in all these the nations{H1471} are defiled{H2930} which I cast out{H7971} from before{H6440} you; 25 And the land{H776} is defiled:{H2930} therefore I do visit{H6485} the iniquity{H5771} thereof upon it, and the land{H776} vomiteth out{H6958} her inhabitants.{H3427} 26 Ye therefore shall keep{H8104} my statutes{H2708} and mine ordinances,{H4941} and shall not do{H6213} any of these abominations;{H8441} neither the home-born,{H249} nor the stranger{H1616} that sojourneth{H1481} among{H8432} you; 27 (for all these{H411} abominations{H8441} have the men{H582} of the land{H776} done,{H6213} that were before{H6440} you, and the land{H776} is defiled);{H2930} 28 that the land{H776} vomit not you out{H6958} also, when ye defile{H2930} it, as it vomited out{H6958} the nation{H1471} that was before{H6440} you.
  • Jer 2:7 : 7 And I brought{H935} you into a plentiful{H3759} land,{H776} to eat{H398} the fruit{H6529} thereof and the goodness{H2898} thereof; but when ye entered,{H935} ye defiled{H2930} my land,{H776} and made{H7760} my heritage{H5159} an abomination.{H8441}