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Verse 7

And she shall follow{H7291}{(H8765)} after her lovers{H157}{(H8764)}, but she shall not overtake{H5381}{(H8686)} them; and she shall seek{H1245}{(H8765)} them, but shall not find{H4672}{(H8799)} them: then shall she say{H559}{(H8804)}, I will go{H3212}{(H8799)} and return{H7725}{(H8799)} to my first{H7223} husband{H376}; for then was it better{H2896} with me than now{H6258}.

Referenced Verses

Jer 2:2 : 2 Go{H1980}{(H8800)} and cry{H7121}{(H8804)} in the ears{H241} of Jerusalem{H3389}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; I remember{H2142}{(H8804)} thee, the kindness{H2617} of thy youth{H5271}, the love{H160} of thine espousals{H3623}, when thou wentest{H3212}{(H8800)} after{H310} me in the wilderness{H4057}, in a land{H776} that was not sown{H2232}{(H8803)}.
Hos 5:13 : 13 When Ephraim{H669} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} his sickness{H2483}, and Judah{H3063} saw his wound{H4205}, then went{H3212}{(H8799)} Ephraim{H669} to the Assyrian{H804}, and sent{H7971}{(H8799)} to king{H4428} Jareb{H3377}{(H8677)}{H7378}{(H8799)}: yet could{H3201}{(H8799)} he not heal{H7495}{(H8800)} you, nor cure{H1455}{(H8799)} you of your wound{H4205}.
Hos 13:6 : 6 According to their pasture{H4830}, so were they filled{H7646}{(H8799)}; they were filled{H7646}{(H8804)}, and their heart{H3820} was exalted{H7311}{(H8799)}; therefore have they forgotten{H7911}{(H8804)} me.
Ezek 23:4 : 4 And the names{H8034} of them were Aholah{H170} the elder{H1419}, and Aholibah{H172} her sister{H269}: and they were mine, and they bare{H3205}{(H8799)} sons{H1121} and daughters{H1323}. Thus were their names{H8034}; Samaria{H8111} is Aholah{H170}, and Jerusalem{H3389} Aholibah{H172}.
Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there{H3426} any among the vanities{H1892} of the Gentiles{H1471} that can cause rain{H1652}{(H8688)}? or can the heavens{H8064} give{H5414}{(H8799)} showers{H7241}? art not thou he, O LORD{H3068} our God{H430}? therefore we will wait{H6960}{(H8762)} upon thee: for thou hast made{H6213}{(H8804)} all these things.
Jer 30:12-15 : 12 For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, Thy bruise{H7667} is incurable{H605}{(H8803)}, and thy wound{H4347} is grievous{H2470}{(H8737)}. 13 There is none to plead{H1777}{(H8802)} thy cause{H1779}, that thou mayest be bound up{H4205}: thou hast no healing{H8585} medicines{H7499}. 14 All thy lovers{H157}{(H8764)} have forgotten{H7911}{(H8804)} thee; they seek{H1875}{(H8799)} thee not; for I have wounded{H5221}{(H8689)} thee with the wound{H4347} of an enemy{H341}{(H8802)}, with the chastisement{H4148} of a cruel one{H394}, for the multitude{H7230} of thine iniquity{H5771}; because thy sins{H2403} were increased{H6105}{(H8804)}. 15 Why criest{H2199}{(H8799)} thou for thine affliction{H7667}? thy sorrow{H4341} is incurable{H605}{(H8803)} for the multitude{H7230} of thine iniquity{H5771}: because thy sins{H2403} were increased{H6105}{(H8804)}, I have done{H6213}{(H8804)} these things unto thee.
Jer 31:18 : 18 I have surely{H8085}{(H8800)} heard{H8085}{(H8804)} Ephraim{H669} bemoaning{H5110}{(H8711)} himself thus; Thou hast chastised{H3256}{(H8765)} me, and I was chastised{H3256}{(H8735)}, as a bullock{H5695} unaccustomed{H3808}{H3925}{(H8795)} to the yoke: turn{H7725}{(H8685)} thou me, and I shall be turned{H7725}{(H8799)}; for thou art the LORD{H3068} my God{H430}.
Jer 31:32 : 32 Not according to the covenant{H1285} that I made{H3772}{(H8804)} with their fathers{H1} in the day{H3117} that I took{H2388}{(H8687)} them by the hand{H3027} to bring them out{H3318}{(H8687)} of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}; which my covenant{H1285} they brake{H6565}{(H8689)}, although I was an husband{H1166}{(H8804)} unto them, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}:
Jer 50:4-5 : 4 In those days{H3117}, and in that time{H6256}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} shall come{H935}{(H8799)}, they and the children{H1121} of Judah{H3063} together{H3162}, going{H1980}{(H8800)} and weeping{H1058}{(H8800)}: they shall go{H3212}{(H8799)}, and seek{H1245}{(H8762)} the LORD{H3068} their God{H430}. 5 They shall ask{H7592}{(H8799)} the way{H1870} to Zion{H6726} with their faces{H6440} thitherward{H2008}, saying, Come{H935}{(H8798)}, and let us join{H3867}{(H8738)} ourselves to the LORD{H3068} in a perpetual{H5769} covenant{H1285} that shall not be forgotten{H7911}{(H8735)}.
Lam 3:40-42 : 40 Let us search{H2664}{(H8799)} and try{H2713}{(H8799)} our ways{H1870}, and turn again{H7725}{(H8799)} to the LORD{H3068}. 41 Let us lift up{H5375}{(H8799)} our heart{H3824} with our hands{H3709} unto God{H410} in the heavens{H8064}. 42 We{H5168} have transgressed{H6586}{(H8804)} and have rebelled{H4784}{(H8804)}: thou hast not pardoned{H5545}{(H8804)}.
Ezek 16:8 : 8 Now when I passed{H5674}{(H8799)} by thee, and looked{H7200}{(H8799)} upon thee, behold, thy time{H6256} was the time{H6256} of love{H1730}; and I spread{H6566}{(H8799)} my skirt{H3671} over thee, and covered{H3680}{(H8762)} thy nakedness{H6172}: yea, I sware{H7650}{(H8735)} unto thee, and entered{H935}{(H8799)} into a covenant{H1285} with thee, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}, and thou becamest mine.
Ezek 16:18 : 18 And tookest{H3947}{(H8799)} thy broidered{H7553} garments{H899}, and coveredst{H3680}{(H8762)} them: and thou hast set{H5414}{(H8804)} mine oil{H8081} and mine incense{H7004} before{H6440} them.
Ezek 20:32 : 32 And that which cometh{H5927}{(H8802)} into your mind{H7307} shall not be at all, that ye say{H559}{(H8802)}, We will be{H1961}{(H8799)} as the heathen{H1471}, as the families{H4940} of the countries{H776}, to serve{H8334}{(H8763)} wood{H6086} and stone{H68}.
Deut 6:10-12 : 10 And it shall be, when the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} shall have brought{H935}{(H8686)} thee into the land{H776} which he sware{H7650}{(H8738)} unto thy fathers{H1}, to Abraham{H85}, to Isaac{H3327}, and to Jacob{H3290}, to give{H5414}{(H8800)} thee great{H1419} and goodly{H2896} cities{H5892}, which thou buildedst{H1129}{(H8804)} not, 11 And houses{H1004} full{H4392} of all good{H2898} things, which thou filledst{H4390}{(H8765)} not, and wells{H953} digged{H2672}{(H8803)}, which thou diggedst{H2672}{(H8804)} not, vineyards{H3754} and olive trees{H2132}, which thou plantedst{H5193}{(H8804)} not; when thou shalt have eaten{H398}{(H8804)} and be full{H7646}{(H8804)}; 12 Then beware{H8104}{(H8734)} lest thou forget{H7911}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068}, which brought thee forth{H3318}{(H8689)} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, from the house{H1004} of bondage{H5650}.
Deut 8:17-18 : 17 And thou say{H559}{(H8804)} in thine heart{H3824}, My power{H3581} and the might{H6108} of mine hand{H3027} hath gotten{H6213}{(H8804)} me this wealth{H2428}. 18 But thou shalt remember{H2142}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}: for it is he that giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} thee power{H3581} to get{H6213}{(H8800)} wealth{H2428}, that he may establish{H6965}{(H8687)} his covenant{H1285} which he sware{H7650}{(H8738)} unto thy fathers{H1}, as it is this day{H3117}.
Deut 32:13-15 : 13 He made him ride{H7392}{(H8686)} on the high places{H1116} of the earth{H776}, that he might eat{H398}{(H8799)} the increase{H8570} of the fields{H7704}; and he made him to suck{H3243}{(H8686)} honey{H1706} out of the rock{H5553}, and oil{H8081} out of the flinty{H2496} rock{H6697}; 14 Butter{H2529} of kine{H1241}, and milk{H2461} of sheep{H6629}, with fat{H2459} of lambs{H3733}, and rams{H352} of the breed{H1121} of Bashan{H1316}, and goats{H6260}, with the fat{H2459} of kidneys{H3629} of wheat{H2406}; and thou didst drink{H8354}{(H8799)} the pure{H2561} blood{H1818} of the grape{H6025}. 15 But Jeshurun{H3484} waxed fat{H8080}{(H8799)}, and kicked{H1163}{(H8799)}: thou art waxen fat{H8080}{(H8804)}, thou art grown thick{H5666}{(H8804)}, thou art covered{H3780}{(H8804)} with fatness; then he forsook{H5203}{(H8799)} God{H433} which made{H6213}{(H8804)} him, and lightly esteemed{H5034}{(H8762)} the Rock{H6697} of his salvation{H3444}.
2 Chr 28:20-22 : 20 And Tilgathpilneser{H8407} king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} came{H935}{(H8799)} unto him, and distressed{H6696}{(H8799)} him, but strengthened{H2388}{(H8804)} him not. 21 For Ahaz{H271} took away a portion{H2505}{(H8804)} out of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and out of the house{H1004} of the king{H4428}, and of the princes{H8269}, and gave{H5414}{(H8799)} it unto the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}: but he helped{H5833} him not. 22 And in the time{H6256} of his distress{H6887}{(H8687)} did he trespass{H4603}{(H8800)} yet more{H3254}{(H8686)} against the LORD{H3068}: this is that king{H4428} Ahaz{H271}.
Neh 9:25-26 : 25 And they took{H3920}{(H8799)} strong{H1219}{(H8803)} cities{H5892}, and a fat{H8082} land{H127}, and possessed{H3423}{(H8799)} houses{H1004} full{H4392} of all goods{H2898}, wells{H953} digged{H2672}{(H8803)}, vineyards{H3754}, and oliveyards{H2132}, and fruit{H3978} trees{H6086} in abundance{H7230}: so they did eat{H398}{(H8799)}, and were filled{H7646}{(H8799)}, and became fat{H8080}{(H8686)}, and delighted{H5727}{(H8691)} themselves in thy great{H1419} goodness{H2898}. 26 Nevertheless they were disobedient{H4784}{(H8686)}, and rebelled{H4775}{(H8799)} against thee, and cast{H7993}{(H8686)} thy law{H8451} behind{H310} their backs{H1458}, and slew{H2026}{(H8804)} thy prophets{H5030} which testified{H5749}{(H8689)} against them to turn{H7725}{(H8687)} them to thee, and they wrought{H6213}{(H8799)} great{H1419} provocations{H5007}.
Ps 116:7 : 7 Return{H7725}{(H8798)} unto thy rest{H4494}, O my soul{H5315}; for the LORD{H3068} hath dealt bountifully{H1580}{(H8804)} with thee.
Isa 30:2-3 : 2 That walk{H1980}{(H8802)} to go down{H3381}{(H8800)} into Egypt{H4714}, and have not asked{H7592}{(H8804)} at my mouth{H6310}; to strengthen{H5810}{(H8800)} themselves in the strength{H4581} of Pharaoh{H6547}, and to trust{H2620}{(H8800)} in the shadow{H6738} of Egypt{H4714}! 3 Therefore shall the strength{H4581} of Pharaoh{H6547} be your shame{H1322}, and the trust{H2622} in the shadow{H6738} of Egypt{H4714} your confusion{H3639}.
Isa 30:16 : 16 But ye said{H559}{(H8799)}, No; for we will flee{H5127}{(H8799)} upon horses{H5483}; therefore shall ye flee{H5127}{(H8799)}: and, We will ride{H7392}{(H8799)} upon the swift{H7031}; therefore shall they that pursue{H7291}{(H8802)} you be swift{H7043}{(H8735)}.
Isa 31:1-3 : 1 Woe{H1945} to them that go down{H3381}{(H8802)} to Egypt{H4714} for help{H5833}; and stay{H8172}{(H8735)} on horses{H5483}, and trust{H982}{(H8799)} in chariots{H7393}, because they are many{H7227}; and in horsemen{H6571}, because they are very{H3966} strong{H6105}{(H8804)}; but they look{H8159}{(H8804)} not unto the Holy One{H6918} of Israel{H3478}, neither seek{H1875}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}! 2 Yet he also is wise{H2450}, and will bring{H935}{(H8686)} evil{H7451}, and will not call back{H5493}{(H8689)} his words{H1697}: but will arise{H6965}{(H8804)} against the house{H1004} of the evildoers{H7489}{(H8688)}, and against the help{H5833} of them that work{H6466}{(H8802)} iniquity{H205}. 3 Now the Egyptians{H4714} are men{H120}, and not God{H410}; and their horses{H5483} flesh{H1320}, and not spirit{H7307}. When the LORD{H3068} shall stretch out{H5186}{(H8686)} his hand{H3027}, both he that helpeth{H5826}{(H8802)} shall fall{H3782}{(H8804)}, and he that is holpen{H5826}{(H8803)} shall fall down{H5307}{(H8804)}, and they all shall fail{H3615}{(H8799)} together{H3162}.
Ezek 23:22 : 22 Therefore, O Aholibah{H172}, thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; Behold, I will raise up{H5782}{(H8688)} thy lovers{H157}{(H8764)} against thee, from whom thy mind{H5315} is alienated{H5361}{(H8804)}, and I will bring{H935}{(H8689)} them against thee on every side{H5439};
Dan 4:17 : 17 This matter{H6600} is by the decree{H1510} of the watchers{H5894}, and the demand{H7595} by the word{H3983} of the holy ones{H6922}: to{H5705} the intent{H1701} that the living{H2417} may know{H3046}{(H8748)} that the most High{H5943} ruleth{H7990} in the kingdom{H4437} of men{H606}, and giveth{H5415}{(H8748)} it to whomsoever{H4479} he will{H6634}{(H8748)}, and setteth up{H6966}{(H8681)} over{H5922} it the basest{H8215} of men{H606}.
Dan 4:25 : 25 That they shall drive{H2957}{(H8751)} thee from{H4481} men{H606}, and thy dwelling{H4070} shall be{H1934}{(H8748)} with{H5974} the beasts{H2423} of the field{H1251}, and they shall make thee to eat{H2939}{(H8748)} grass{H6211} as oxen{H8450}, and they shall wet{H6647}{(H8743)} thee with the dew{H2920} of heaven{H8065}, and seven{H7655} times{H5732} shall pass{H2499} over{H5922} thee, till{H5705} thou know{H3046}{(H8748)} that the most High{H5943} ruleth{H7990} in the kingdom{H4437} of men{H606}, and giveth{H5415}{(H8748)} it to whomsoever{H4479} he will{H6634}{(H8748)}.
Dan 4:32 : 32 And they shall drive{H2957}{(H8751)} thee from{H4481} men{H606}, and thy dwelling{H4070} shall be with{H5974} the beasts{H2423} of the field{H1251}: they shall make thee to eat{H2939}{(H8748)} grass{H6211} as oxen{H8450}, and seven{H7655} times{H5732} shall pass{H2499} over{H5922} thee, until{H5705} thou know{H3046}{(H8748)} that the most High{H5943} ruleth{H7990} in the kingdom{H4437} of men{H606}, and giveth{H5415}{(H8748)} it to whomsoever{H4479} he will{H6634}{(H8748)}.
Dan 5:21 : 21 And he was driven{H2957}{(H8752)} from{H4481} the sons{H1123} of men{H606}; and his heart{H3825} was made{H7739}{(H8745)} like{H5974} the beasts{H2423}, and his dwelling{H4070} was with the wild asses{H6167}: they fed{H2939}{(H8748)} him with grass{H6211} like oxen{H8450}, and his body{H1655} was wet{H6647}{(H8721)} with the dew{H2920} of heaven{H8065}; till{H5705} he knew{H3046}{(H8754)} that the most high{H5943} God{H426} ruled{H7990} in the kingdom{H4437} of men{H606}, and that he appointeth{H6966}{(H8681)} over{H5922} it whomsoever{H4479} he will{H6634}{(H8748)}.
Jer 2:28 : 28 But where are thy gods{H430} that thou hast made{H6213}{(H8804)} thee? let them arise{H6965}{(H8799)}, if they can save{H3467}{(H8686)} thee in the time{H6256} of thy trouble{H7451}: for according to the number{H4557} of thy cities{H5892} are thy gods{H430}, O Judah{H3063}.
Jer 2:36-3:1 : 36 Why gaddest thou about{H235}{(H8799)} so much{H3966} to change{H8138}{(H8763)} thy way{H1870}? thou also shalt be ashamed{H954}{(H8799)} of Egypt{H4714}, as thou wast ashamed{H954}{(H8804)} of Assyria{H804}. 37 Yea, thou shalt go forth{H3318}{(H8799)} from him, and thine hands{H3027} upon thine head{H7218}: for the LORD{H3068} hath rejected{H3988}{(H8804)} thy confidences{H4009}, and thou shalt not prosper{H6743}{(H8686)} in them. 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}.
Jer 3:22-25 : 22 Return{H7725}{(H8798)}, ye backsliding{H7726} children{H1121}, and I will heal{H7495}{(H8799)} your backslidings{H4878}. Behold, we come{H857}{(H8804)} unto thee; for thou art the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}. 23 Truly{H403} in vain{H8267} is salvation hoped for from the hills{H1389}, and from the multitude{H1995} of mountains{H2022}: truly{H403} in the LORD{H3068} our God{H430} is the salvation{H8668} of Israel{H3478}. 24 For shame{H1322} hath devoured{H398}{(H8804)} the labour{H3018} of our fathers{H1} from our youth{H5271}; their flocks{H6629} and their herds{H1241}, their sons{H1121} and their daughters{H1323}. 25 We lie down{H7901}{(H8799)} in our shame{H1322}, and our confusion{H3639} covereth{H3680}{(H8762)} us: for we have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)} against the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}, we and our fathers{H1}, from our youth{H5271} even unto this day{H3117}, and have not obeyed{H8085}{(H8804)} the voice{H6963} of the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}.
Hos 14:1 : 1 O Israel{H3478}, return{H7725}{(H8798)} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}; for thou hast fallen{H3782}{(H8804)} by thine iniquity{H5771}.
Luke 15:17-20 : 17 And{G1161} when he came{G2064}{(G5631)} to{G1519} himself{G1438}, he said{G2036}{(G5627)}, How many{G4214} hired servants{G3407} of my{G3450} father's{G3962} have bread{G740} enough and to spare{G4052}{(G5719)}, and{G1161} I{G1473} perish{G622}{(G5731)} with hunger{G3042}! 18 I will arise{G450}{(G5631)} and go{G4198}{(G5695)} to{G4314} my{G3450} father{G3962}, and{G2532} will say{G2046}{(G5692)} unto him{G846}, Father{G3962}, I have sinned{G264}{(G5627)} against{G1519} heaven{G3772}, and{G2532} before{G1799} thee{G4675}, 19 And{G2532} am{G1510}{(G5748)} no more{G3765} worthy{G514} to be called{G2564}{(G5683)} thy{G4675} son{G5207}: make{G4160}{(G5657)} me{G3165} as{G5613} one{G1520} of thy{G4675} hired servants{G3407}. 20 And{G2532} he arose{G450}{(G5631)}, and came{G2064}{(G5627)} to{G4314} his{G1438} father{G3962}. But{G1161} when he{G846} was yet{G2089} a great way{G3112} off{G568}{(G5723)}, his{G846} father{G3962} saw{G1492}{(G5627)} him{G846}, and{G2532} had compassion{G4697}{(G5675)}, and{G2532} ran{G5143}{(G5631)}, and fell{G1968}{(G5627)} on{G1909} his{G846} neck{G5137}, and{G2532} kissed{G2705}{(G5656)} him{G846}.
Hos 5:15-6:1 : 15 I will go{H3212}{(H8799)} and return{H7725}{(H8799)} to my place{H4725}, till they acknowledge their offence{H816}{(H8799)}, and seek{H1245}{(H8765)} my face{H6440}: in their affliction{H6862} they will seek me early{H7836}{(H8762)}. 1 Come{H3212}{(H8798)}, and let us return{H7725}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068}: for he hath torn{H2963}{(H8804)}, and he will heal{H7495}{(H8799)} us; he hath smitten{H5221}{(H8686)}, and he will bind us up{H2280}{(H8799)}.