Verse 4

Her former{H7223} husband{H1167}, which sent her away{H7971}{(H8765)}, may{H3201}{(H8799)} not take{H3947}{(H8800)} her again{H7725}{(H8800)} to be his wife{H802}, after{H310} that she is defiled{H2930}{(H8719)}; for that is abomination{H8441} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}: and thou shalt not cause the land{H776} to sin{H2398}{(H8686)}, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} thee for an inheritance{H5159}.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 3:1 : 1 They say{H559}{(H8800)}, If a man{H376} put away{H7971}{(H8762)} his wife{H802}, and she go{H1980}{(H8804)} from him, and become another{H312} man's{H376}, shall he return unto her again{H7725}{(H8799)}? shall not that land{H776} be greatly{H2610}{(H8800)} polluted{H2610}{(H8799)}? but thou hast played the harlot{H2181}{(H8804)} with many{H7227} lovers{H7453}; yet return again{H7725}{(H8800)} to me, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.
• Lev 18:24-28 : 24 Defile{H2930}{(H8691)} not ye yourselves in any of these things{H428}: for in all these the nations{H1471} are defiled{H2930}{(H8738)} which I cast out{H7971}{(H8764)} before{H6440} you: 25 And the land{H776} is defiled{H2930}{(H8799)}: therefore I do visit{H6485}{(H8799)} the iniquity{H5771} thereof upon it, and the land{H776} itself vomiteth out{H6958}{(H8686)} her inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)}. 26 Ye shall therefore keep{H8104}{(H8804)} my statutes{H2708} and my judgments{H4941}, and shall not commit{H6213}{(H8799)} any of these abominations{H8441}; neither any of your own nation{H249}, nor any stranger{H1616} that sojourneth{H1481}{(H8802)} among{H8432} you: 27 (For all these{H411} abominations{H8441} have the men{H582} of the land{H776} done{H6213}{(H8804)}, which were before{H6440} you, and the land{H776} is defiled{H2930}{(H8799)};) 28 That the land{H776} spue not you out{H6958}{(H8686)} also, when ye defile{H2930}{(H8763)} it, as it spued out{H6958}{(H8804)} the nations{H1471} that were before{H6440} you.
• Josh 22:17-18 : 17 Is the iniquity{H5771} of Peor{H6465} too little{H4592} for us, from which we are not cleansed{H2891}{(H8694)} until this day{H3117}, although there was a plague{H5063} in the congregation{H5712} of the LORD{H3068}, 18 But that ye must turn away{H7725}{(H8799)} this day{H3117} from following{H310} the LORD{H3068}? and it will be, seeing ye rebel{H4775}{(H8799)} to day{H3117} against the LORD{H3068}, that to morrow{H4279} he will be wroth{H7107}{(H8799)} with the whole congregation{H5712} of Israel{H3478}.