Verse 1

Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, Where is the bill{H5612} of your mother's{H517} divorcement{H3748}, whom I have put away{H7971}{(H8765)}? or which of my creditors{H5383}{(H8802)} is it to whom I have sold{H4376}{(H8804)} you? Behold, for your iniquities{H5771} have ye sold{H4376}{(H8738)} yourselves, and for your transgressions{H6588} is your mother{H517} put away{H7971}{(H8795)}.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 32:30 : 30 How should one{H259} chase{H7291}{(H8799)} a thousand{H505}, and two{H8147} put ten{H7233} thousand{H505} to flight{H5127}{(H8686)}, except{H3808} their Rock{H6697} had sold{H4376}{(H8804)} them{H3588}, and the LORD{H3068} had shut them up{H5462}{(H8689)}?
  • Jer 3:8 : 8 And I saw{H7200}{(H8799)}, when for all the causes{H182} whereby backsliding{H4878} Israel{H3478} committed adultery{H5003}{(H8765)} I had put her away{H7971}{(H8765)}, and given{H5414}{(H8799)} her a bill{H5612} of divorce{H3748}; yet her treacherous{H898}{(H8802)} sister{H269} Judah{H3063} feared{H3372}{(H8804)} not, but went{H3212}{(H8799)} and played the harlot{H2181}{(H8799)} also.
  • Matt 18:25 : 25 But forasmuch as{G1161} he{G846} had{G2192}{(G5723)} not{G3361} to pay{G591}{(G5629)}, his{G846} lord{G2962} commanded{G2753}{(G5656)} him{G846} to be sold{G4097}{(G5683)}, and{G2532} his{G846} wife{G1135}, and{G2532} children{G5043}, and{G2532} all{G3956} that{G3745} he had{G2192}{(G5707)}, and{G2532} payment to be made{G591}{(G5683)}.
  • 2 Kgs 4:1 : 1 Now there cried{H6817}{(H8804)} a certain{H259} woman{H802} of the wives{H802} of the sons{H1121} of the prophets{H5030} unto Elisha{H477}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Thy servant{H5650} my husband{H376} is dead{H4191}{(H8804)}; and thou knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} that thy servant{H5650} did fear{H3373} the LORD{H3068}: and the creditor{H5383}{(H8802)} is come{H935}{(H8804)} to take{H3947}{(H8800)} unto him my two{H8147} sons{H3206} to be bondmen{H5650}.
  • Neh 5:5 : 5 Yet now our flesh{H1320} is as the flesh{H1320} of our brethren{H251}, our children{H1121} as their children{H1121}: and, lo, we bring into bondage{H3533}{(H8802)} our sons{H1121} and our daughters{H1323} to be servants{H5650}, and some of our daughters{H1323} are{H3426} brought unto bondage{H3533}{(H8737)} already: neither is it in our power{H410}{H3027} to redeem them; for other men{H312} have our lands{H7704} and vineyards{H3754}.
  • Isa 52:3 : 3 For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, Ye have sold{H4376}{(H8738)} yourselves for nought{H2600}; and ye shall be redeemed{H1350}{(H8735)} without money{H3701}.
  • Deut 24:1-4 : 1 When a man{H376} hath taken{H3947}{(H8799)} a wife{H802}, and married{H1166}{(H8804)} her, and it come to pass that she find{H4672}{(H8799)} no favour{H2580} in his eyes{H5869}, because he hath found{H4672}{(H8804)} some{H1697} uncleanness{H6172} in her: then let him write{H3789}{(H8804)} her a bill{H5612} of divorcement{H3748}, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} it in her hand{H3027}, and send{H7971}{(H8765)} her out of his house{H1004}. 2 And when she is departed out{H3318}{(H8804)} of his house{H1004}, she may go{H1980}{(H8804)} and be another{H312} man's{H376} wife. 3 And if the latter{H314} husband{H376} hate{H8130}{(H8804)} her, and write{H3789}{(H8804)} her a bill{H5612} of divorcement{H3748}, and giveth{H5414}{(H8804)} it in her hand{H3027}, and sendeth{H7971}{(H8765)} her out of his house{H1004}; or if the latter{H314} husband{H376} die{H4191}{(H8799)}, which took{H3947}{(H8804)} her to be his wife{H802}; 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}.
  • Exod 21:7 : 7 And if a man{H376} sell{H4376}{(H8799)} his daughter{H1323} to be a maidservant{H519}, she shall not go out{H3318}{(H8799)} as the menservants{H5650} do{H3318}{(H8800)}.
  • 1 Kgs 21:25 : 25 But there was none like unto Ahab{H256}, which did sell{H4376}{(H8694)} himself to work{H6213}{(H8800)} wickedness{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, whom Jezebel{H348} his wife{H802} stirred up{H5496}{(H8689)}.
  • Esth 7:4 : 4 For we are sold{H4376}{(H8738)}, I and my people{H5971}, to be destroyed{H8045}{(H8687)}, to be slain{H2026}{(H8800)}, and to perish{H6}{(H8763)}. But if{H432} we had been sold{H4376}{(H8738)} for bondmen{H5650} and bondwomen{H8198}, I had held my tongue{H2790}{(H8689)}, although the enemy{H6862} could not countervail{H7737}{(H8802)} the king's{H4428} damage{H5143}.
  • Ps 44:12 : 12 Thou sellest{H4376}{H8799)} thy people{H5971} for nought{H1952}, and dost not increase{H7235}{H8765)} thy wealth by their price{H4242}.
  • 2 Kgs 17:17 : 17 And they caused their sons{H1121} and their daughters{H1323} to pass{H5674}{(H8686)} through the fire{H784}, and used{H7080}{(H8799)} divination{H7081} and enchantments{H5172}{(H8762)}, and sold{H4376}{(H8691)} themselves to do{H6213}{(H8800)} evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, to provoke him to anger{H3707}{(H8687)}.
  • Isa 59:1-2 : 1 Behold{H2005}, the LORD'S{H3068} hand{H3027} is not shortened{H7114}{(H8804)}, that it cannot save{H3467}{(H8687)}; neither his ear{H241} heavy{H3513}{(H8804)}, that it cannot hear{H8085}{(H8800)}: 2 But your iniquities{H5771} have separated{H914}{(H8688)} between{H996} you and your God{H430}, and your sins{H2403} have hid{H5641}{(H8689)} his face{H6440} from you, that he will not hear{H8085}{(H8800)}.
  • 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}.
  • Mark 10:4-9 : 4 And{G1161} they said{G2036}{(G5627)}, Moses{G3475} suffered{G2010}{(G5656)} to write{G1125}{(G5658)} a bill{G975} of divorcement{G647}, and{G2532} to put her away{G630}{(G5658)}. 5 And{G2532} Jesus{G2424} answered{G611}{(G5679)} and said{G2036}{(G5627)} unto them{G846}, For{G4314} the hardness{G4641} of your{G5216} heart{G4641} he wrote{G1125}{(G5656)} you{G5213} this{G5026} precept{G1785}. 6 But{G1161} from{G575} the beginning{G746} of the creation{G2937} God{G2316} made{G4160}{(G5656)} them{G846} male{G730} and{G2532} female{G2338}. 7 For this cause{G1752}{G5127} shall{G2641} a man{G444} leave{G2641}{(G5692)} his{G846} father{G3962} and{G2532} mother{G3384}, and{G2532} cleave{G4347}{(G5701)} to{G4314} his{G846} wife{G1135}; 8 And{G2532} they twain{G1417} shall be{G2071}{(G5704)} one{G1519}{G3391} flesh{G4561}: so then{G5620} they are{G1526}{(G5748)} no more{G3765} twain{G1417}, but{G235} one{G3391} flesh{G4561}. 9 What{G3739} therefore{G3767} God{G2316} hath joined together{G4801}{(G5656)}, let{G5563} not{G3361} man{G444} put asunder{G5563}{(G5720)}. 10 And{G2532} in{G1722} the house{G3614} his{G846} disciples{G3101} asked{G1905}{(G5656)} him{G846} again{G3825} of{G4012} the same{G846} matter. 11 And{G2532} he saith{G3004}{(G5719)} unto them{G846}, Whosoever{G3739}{G1437} shall put away{G630}{(G5661)} his{G846} wife{G1135}, and{G2532} marry{G1060}{(G5661)} another{G243}, committeth adultery{G3429}{(G5736)} against{G1909} her{G846}. 12 And{G2532} if{G1437} a woman{G1135} shall put away{G630}{(G5661)} her{G846} husband{G435}, and{G2532} be married{G1060}{(G5686)} to another{G243}, she committeth adultery{G3429}{(G5736)}.
  • Hos 2:2-4 : 2 Plead{H7378}{(H8798)} with your mother{H517}, plead{H7378}{(H8798)}: for she is not my wife{H802}, neither am I her husband{H376}: let her therefore put away{H5493}{(H8686)} her whoredoms{H2183} out of her sight{H6440}, and her adulteries{H5005} from between her breasts{H7699}; 3 Lest I strip{H6584}{(H8686)} her naked{H6174}, and set{H3322}{(H8689)} her as in the day{H3117} that she was born{H3205}{(H8736)}, and make{H7760}{(H8804)} her as a wilderness{H4057}, and set{H7896}{(H8804)} her like a dry{H6723} land{H776}, and slay{H4191}{(H8689)} her with thirst{H6772}. 4 And I will not have mercy{H7355}{(H8762)} upon her children{H1121}; for they be the children{H1121} of whoredoms{H2183}.
  • Jer 4:18 : 18 Thy way{H1870} and thy doings{H4611} have procured{H6213}{(H8804)} these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness{H7451}, because it is bitter{H4751}, because it reacheth{H5060}{(H8804)} unto thine heart{H3820}.