Verse 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}.

Referenced Verses

  • 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}.
  • Jer 2:20 : 20 For of old time{H5769} I have broken{H7665}{(H8804)} thy yoke{H5923}, and burst{H5423}{(H8765)} thy bands{H4147}; and thou saidst{H559}{(H8799)}, I will not transgress{H5674}{(H8799)}{(H8675)}{H5647}{(H8799)}; when upon every high{H1364} hill{H1389} and under every green{H7488} tree{H6086} thou wanderest{H6808}{(H8802)}, playing the harlot{H2181}{(H8802)}.
  • Ezek 16:26 : 26 Thou hast also committed fornication{H2181}{(H8799)} with the Egyptians{H1121}{H4714} thy neighbours{H7934}, great{H1432} of flesh{H1320}; and hast increased{H7235}{(H8686)} thy whoredoms{H8457}, to provoke me to anger{H3707}{(H8687)}.
  • Jer 4:1 : 1 If thou wilt return{H7725}{(H8799)}, O Israel{H3478}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, return{H7725}{(H8799)} unto me: and if thou wilt put away{H5493}{(H8686)} thine abominations{H8251} out of my sight{H6440}, then shalt thou not remove{H5110}{(H8799)}.
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem{H3389}, wash{H3526}{(H8761)} thine heart{H3820} from wickedness{H7451}, that thou mayest be saved{H3467}{(H8735)}. How long shall thy vain{H205} thoughts{H4284} lodge{H3885}{(H8686)} within{H7130} thee?
  • Jer 8:4-6 : 4 Moreover thou shalt say{H559}{(H8804)} unto them, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; Shall they fall{H5307}{(H8799)}, and not arise{H6965}{(H8799)}? shall he turn away{H7725}{(H8799)}, and not return{H7725}{(H8799)}? 5 Why then is this people{H5971} of Jerusalem{H3389} slidden back{H7725}{(H8790)} by a perpetual{H5329}{(H8737)} backsliding{H4878}? they hold{H2388}{(H8689)} fast deceit{H8649}, they refuse{H3985}{(H8765)} to return{H7725}{(H8800)}. 6 I hearkened{H7181}{(H8689)} and heard{H8085}{(H8799)}, but they spake not aright{H1696}{(H8762)}: no man{H376} repented{H5162}{(H8737)} him of{H5921} his wickedness{H7451}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, What have I done{H6213}{(H8804)}? every one turned{H7725}{(H8804)} to his course{H4794}, as the horse{H5483} rusheth{H7857}{(H8802)} into the battle{H4421}.
  • Isa 55:6-9 : 6 Seek{H1875}{(H8798)} ye the LORD{H3068} while he may be found{H4672}{(H8736)}, call{H7121}{(H8798)} ye upon him while he is near{H7138}: 7 Let the wicked{H7563} forsake{H5800}{(H8799)} his way{H1870}, and the unrighteous{H205} man{H376} his thoughts{H4284}: and let him return{H7725}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068}, and he will have mercy{H7355}{(H8762)} upon him; and to our God{H430}, for he will abundantly{H7235}{(H8686)} pardon{H5545}{(H8800)}. 8 For my thoughts{H4284} are not your thoughts{H4284}, neither are your ways{H1870} my ways{H1870}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}. 9 For as the heavens{H8064} are higher{H1361}{(H8804)} than the earth{H776}, so are my ways{H1870} higher{H1361}{(H8804)} than your ways{H1870}, and my thoughts{H4284} than your thoughts{H4284}.
  • Zech 1:3 : 3 Therefore say{H559}{(H8804)} thou unto them, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}; Turn{H7725}{(H8798)} ye unto me, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, and I will turn{H7725}{(H8799)} unto you, saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}.
  • Luke 15:16-24 : 16 And{G2532} he would fain{G1937}{(G5707)} have filled{G1072}{(G5658)} his{G846} belly{G2836} with{G575} the husks{G2769} that{G3739} the swine{G5519} did eat{G2068}{(G5707)}: and{G2532} no man{G3762} gave{G1325}{(G5707)} unto him{G846}. 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}. 21 And{G1161} the son{G5207} said{G2036}{(G5627)} unto him{G846}, Father{G3962}, I have sinned{G264}{(G5627)} against{G1519} heaven{G3772}, and{G2532} in{G1799} thy{G4675} sight{G1799}, and{G2532} am{G1510}{(G5748)} no more{G3765} worthy{G514} to be called{G2564}{(G5683)} thy{G4675} son{G5207}. 22 But{G1161} the father{G3962} said{G2036}{(G5627)} to{G4314} his{G846} servants{G1401}, Bring forth{G1627}{(G5657)} the best{G4413} robe{G4749}, and{G2532} put it on{G1746}{(G5657)} him{G846}; and{G2532} put{G1325}{(G5628)} a ring{G1146} on{G1519} his{G846} hand{G5495}, and{G2532} shoes{G5266} on{G1519} his feet{G4228}: 23 And{G2532} bring hither{G5342}{(G5660)} the fatted{G4618} calf{G3448}, and kill{G2380}{(G5657)} it; and{G2532} let us eat{G5315}{(G5631)}, and be merry{G2165}{(G5686)}: 24 For{G3754} this{G3778} my{G3450} son{G5207} was{G2258}{(G5713)} dead{G3498}, and{G2532} is alive again{G326}{(G5656)};{G2532} he was{G2258}{(G5713)} lost{G622}{(G5756)}, and{G2532} is found{G2147}{(G5681)}. And{G2532} they began{G756}{(G5662)} to be merry{G2165}{(G5745)}.
  • Ezek 16:28-29 : 28 Thou hast played the whore{H2181}{(H8799)} also with the Assyrians{H1121}{H804}, because{H1115} thou wast unsatiable{H7646}{(H8804)}; yea, thou hast played the harlot{H2181}{(H8799)} with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied{H7654}. 29 Thou hast moreover multiplied{H7235}{(H8686)} thy fornication{H8457} in the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667} unto Chaldea{H3778}; and yet thou wast not satisfied{H7646}{(H8804)} herewith{H2063}.
  • Ezek 23:4-9 : 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}. 5 And Aholah{H170} played the harlot{H2181}{(H8799)} when she was mine{H8478}; and she doted{H5689}{(H8799)} on her lovers{H157}{(H8764)}, on the Assyrians{H804} her neighbours{H7138}, 6 Which were clothed{H3847}{(H8803)} with blue{H8504}, captains{H6346} and rulers{H5461}, all of them desirable{H2531} young men{H970}, horsemen{H6571} riding{H7392}{(H8802)} upon horses{H5483}. 7 Thus she committed{H5414}{(H8799)} her whoredoms{H8457} with them, with all them that were the chosen{H4005} men{H1121} of Assyria{H804}, and with all on whom she doted{H5689}{(H8804)}: with all their idols{H1544} she defiled{H2930}{(H8738)} herself. 8 Neither left{H5800}{(H8804)} she her whoredoms{H8457} brought from Egypt{H4714}: for in her youth{H5271} they lay{H7901}{(H8804)} with her, and they bruised{H6213}{(H8765)} the breasts{H1717} of her virginity{H1331}, and poured{H8210}{(H8799)} their whoredom{H8457} upon her. 9 Wherefore I have delivered{H5414}{(H8804)} her into the hand{H3027} of her lovers{H157}{(H8764)}, into the hand{H3027} of the Assyrians{H1121}{H804}, upon whom she doted{H5689}{(H8804)}. 10 These discovered{H1540}{(H8765)} her nakedness{H6172}: they took{H3947}{(H8804)} her sons{H1121} and her daughters{H1323}, and slew{H2026}{(H8804)} her with the sword{H2719}: and she became famous{H8034} among women{H802}; for they had executed{H6213}{(H8804)} judgment{H8196} upon her. 11 And when her sister{H269} Aholibah{H172} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} this, she was more corrupt{H7843}{(H8686)} in her inordinate love{H5691} than she, and in her whoredoms{H8457} more than her sister{H269} in her whoredoms{H2183}. 12 She doted{H5689}{(H8804)} upon the Assyrians{H1121}{H804} her neighbours{H7138}, captains{H6346} and rulers{H5461} clothed{H3847}{(H8803)} most gorgeously{H4358}, horsemen{H6571} riding{H7392}{(H8802)} upon horses{H5483}, all of them desirable{H2531} young men{H970}. 13 Then I saw{H7200}{(H8799)} that she was defiled{H2930}{(H8738)}, that they took both{H8147} one{H259} way{H1870}, 14 And that she increased{H3254}{(H8686)} her whoredoms{H8457}: for when she saw{H7200}{(H8799)} men{H582} pourtrayed{H2707}{(H8794)} upon the wall{H7023}, the images{H6754} of the Chaldeans{H3778} pourtrayed{H2710}{(H8803)} with vermilion{H8350}, 15 Girded{H2289} with girdles{H232} upon their loins{H4975}, exceeding{H5628}{(H8803)} in dyed attire{H2871} upon their heads{H7218}, all of them princes{H7991} to look to{H4758}, after the manner{H1823} of the Babylonians{H1121}{H894} of Chaldea{H3778}, the land{H776} of their nativity{H4138}: 16 And as soon as she saw{H4758} them with her eyes{H5869}, she doted{H5689}{(H8799)} upon them, and sent{H7971}{(H8799)} messengers{H4397} unto them into Chaldea{H3778}. 17 And the Babylonians{H1121}{H894} came{H935}{(H8799)} to her into the bed{H4904} of love{H1730}, and they defiled{H2930}{(H8762)} her with their whoredom{H8457}, and she was polluted{H2930}{(H8799)} with them, and her mind{H5315} was alienated{H3363}{(H8799)} from them. 18 So she discovered{H1540}{(H8762)} her whoredoms{H8457}, and discovered{H1540}{(H8762)} her nakedness{H6172}: then my mind{H5315} was alienated{H3363}{(H8799)} from her, like as my mind{H5315} was alienated{H5361}{(H8804)} from her sister{H269}. 19 Yet she multiplied{H7235}{(H8686)} her whoredoms{H8457}, in calling to remembrance{H2142}{(H8800)} the days{H3117} of her youth{H5271}, wherein she had played the harlot{H2181}{(H8804)} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}. 20 For she doted{H5689}{(H8799)} 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}{(H8799)} the lewdness{H2154} of thy youth{H5271}, in bruising{H6213}{(H8800)} thy teats{H1717} by the Egyptians{H4714} for the paps{H7699} of thy youth{H5271}. 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}; 23 The Babylonians{H1121}{H894}, and all the Chaldeans{H3778}, Pekod{H6489}, and Shoa{H7772}, and Koa{H6970}, and all the Assyrians{H1121}{H804} with them: all of them desirable{H2531} young men{H970}, captains{H6346} and rulers{H5461}, great lords{H7991} and renowned{H7121}{(H8803)}, all of them riding{H7392}{(H8802)} upon horses{H5483}. 24 And they shall come{H935}{(H8804)} against thee with chariots{H2021}, wagons{H7393}, and wheels{H1534}, and with an assembly{H6951} of people{H5971}, which shall set{H7760}{(H8799)} against thee buckler{H6793} and shield{H4043} and helmet{H6959} round about{H5439}: and I will set{H5414}{(H8804)} judgment{H4941} before{H6440} them, and they shall judge{H8199}{(H8804)} thee according to their judgments{H4941}. 25 And I will set{H5414}{(H8804)} my jealousy{H7068} against thee, and they shall deal{H6213}{(H8804)} furiously{H2534} with thee: they shall take away{H5493}{(H8686)} thy nose{H639} and thine ears{H241}; and thy remnant{H319} shall fall{H5307}{(H8799)} by the sword{H2719}: they shall take{H3947}{(H8799)} thy sons{H1121} and thy daughters{H1323}; and thy residue{H319} shall be devoured{H398}{(H8735)} by the fire{H784}. 26 They shall also strip{H6584}{(H8689)} thee out of thy clothes{H899}, and take away{H3947}{(H8804)} thy fair{H8597} jewels{H3627}. 27 Thus will I make thy lewdness{H2154} to cease{H7673}{(H8689)} from thee, and thy whoredom{H2184} brought from the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}: so that thou shalt not lift up{H5375}{(H8799)} thine eyes{H5869} unto them, nor remember{H2142}{(H8799)} Egypt{H4714} any more. 28 For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; Behold, I will deliver{H5414}{(H8802)} thee into the hand{H3027} of them whom thou hatest{H8130}{(H8804)}, into the hand{H3027} of them from whom thy mind{H5315} is alienated{H5361}{(H8804)}: 29 And they shall deal{H6213}{(H8804)} with thee hatefully{H8135}, and shall take away{H3947}{(H8804)} all thy labour{H3018}, and shall leave{H5800}{(H8804)} thee naked{H5903} and bare{H6181}: and the nakedness{H6172} of thy whoredoms{H2183} shall be discovered{H1540}{(H8738)}, both thy lewdness{H2154} and thy whoredoms{H8457}. 30 I will do{H6213}{(H8800)} these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring{H2181}{(H8800)} after{H310} the heathen{H1471}, and because thou art polluted{H2930}{(H8738)} with their idols{H1544}. 31 Thou hast walked{H1980}{(H8804)} in the way{H1870} of thy sister{H269}; therefore will I give{H5414}{(H8804)} her cup{H3563} into thine hand{H3027}. 32 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; Thou shalt drink{H8354}{(H8799)} of thy sister's{H269} cup{H3563} deep{H6013} and large{H7342}: thou shalt be laughed to scorn{H6712} and had in derision{H3933}; it containeth{H3557}{(H8687)} much{H4767}. 33 Thou shalt be filled{H4390}{(H8735)} 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}{(H8804)} it and suck it out{H4680}{(H8804)}, and thou shalt break{H1633}{(H8762)} the sherds{H2789} thereof, and pluck off{H5423}{(H8762)} thine own breasts{H7699}: for I have spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} it, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}. 35 Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; Because thou hast forgotten{H7911}{(H8804)} me, and cast{H7993}{(H8686)} me behind{H310} thy back{H1458}, therefore bear{H5375}{(H8798)} thou also thy lewdness{H2154} and thy whoredoms{H8457}. 36 The LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} moreover unto me; Son{H1121} of man{H120}, wilt thou judge{H8199}{(H8799)} Aholah{H170} and Aholibah{H172}? yea, declare{H5046}{(H8685)} unto them their abominations{H8441}; 37 That they have committed adultery{H5003}{(H8765)}, and blood{H1818} is in their hands{H3027}, and with their idols{H1544} have they committed adultery{H5003}{(H8765)}, and have also caused their sons{H1121}, whom they bare{H3205}{(H8804)} unto me, to pass for them through{H5674}{(H8689)} the fire, to devour{H402} them. 38 Moreover this they have done{H6213}{(H8804)} unto me: they have defiled{H2930}{(H8765)} my sanctuary{H4720} in the same day{H3117}, and have profaned{H2490}{(H8765)} my sabbaths{H7676}. 39 For when they had slain{H7819}{(H8800)} their children{H1121} to their idols{H1544}, then they came{H935}{(H8799)} the same day{H3117} into my sanctuary{H4720} to profane{H2490}{(H8763)} it; and, lo, thus have they done{H6213}{(H8804)} in the midst{H8432} of mine house{H1004}. 40 And furthermore{H637}, that ye have sent{H7971}{(H8799)} for men{H582} to come{H935}{(H8802)} from far{H4801}, unto whom a messenger{H4397} was sent{H7971}{(H8803)}; and, lo, they came{H935}{(H8804)}: for whom thou didst wash{H7364}{(H8804)} thyself, paintedst{H3583}{(H8804)} thy eyes{H5869}, and deckedst{H5710}{(H8804)} thyself with ornaments{H5716}, 41 And satest{H3427}{(H8804)} upon a stately{H3520} bed{H4296}, and a table{H7979} prepared{H6186}{(H8803)} before{H6440} it, whereupon thou hast set{H7760}{(H8804)} mine incense{H7004} and mine oil{H8081}. 42 And a voice{H6963} of a multitude{H1995} being at ease{H7961} was with her: and with the men{H582} of the common sort{H7230}{H120} were brought{H935}{(H8716)} Sabeans{H5436}{(H8675)}{H5433}{(H8802)} from the wilderness{H4057}, which put{H5414}{(H8799)} bracelets{H6781} upon their hands{H3027}, and beautiful{H8597} crowns{H5850} upon their heads{H7218}. 43 Then said{H559}{(H8799)} I unto her that was old{H1087} in adulteries{H5004}, Will they now commit{H2181}{(H8799)} whoredoms{H8457} with her, and she with them? 44 Yet they went in{H935}{(H8799)} unto her, as they go in{H935}{(H8800)} unto a woman{H802} that playeth the harlot{H2181}{(H8802)}: so went they in{H935}{(H8804)} unto Aholah{H170} and unto Aholibah{H172}, the lewd{H2154} women{H802}. 45 And the righteous{H6662} men{H582}, they shall judge{H8199}{(H8799)} them after the manner{H4941} of adulteresses{H5003}{(H8802)}, and after the manner{H4941} of women that shed{H8210}{(H8802)} blood{H1818}; because they are adulteresses{H5003}{(H8802)}, and blood{H1818} is in their hands{H3027}. 46 For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; I will bring up{H5927}{(H8687)} a company{H6951} upon them, and will give{H5414}{(H8800)} them to be removed{H2189} and spoiled{H957}. 47 And the company{H6951} shall stone{H7275}{(H8804)} them with stones{H68}, and dispatch{H1254}{(H8763)} them with their swords{H2719}; they shall slay{H2026}{(H8799)} their sons{H1121} and their daughters{H1323}, and burn up{H8313}{(H8799)} their houses{H1004} with fire{H784}. 48 Thus will I cause lewdness{H2154} to cease{H7673}{(H8689)} out of the land{H776}, that all women{H802} may be taught{H3256}{(H8739)} not to do{H6213}{(H8799)} after your lewdness{H2154}. 49 And they shall recompense{H5414}{(H8804)} your lewdness{H2154} upon you, and ye shall bear{H5375}{(H8799)} the sins{H2399} of your idols{H1544}: and ye shall know{H3045}{(H8804)} that I am the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}.
  • Ezek 33:11 : 11 Say{H559}{(H8798)} unto them, As I live{H2416}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}, I have no pleasure{H2654}{(H8799)} in the death{H4194} of the wicked{H7563}; but that the wicked{H7563} turn{H7725}{(H8800)} from his way{H1870} and live{H2421}{(H8804)}: turn{H7725}{(H8798)} ye, turn{H7725}{(H8798)} ye from your evil{H7451} ways{H1870}; for why will ye die{H4191}{(H8799)}, O house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}?
  • Hos 1:2 : 2 The beginning{H8462} of the word{H1696}{(H8763)} of the LORD{H3068} by Hosea{H1954}. And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} to Hosea{H1954}, Go{H3212}{(H8798)}, take{H3947}{(H8798)} unto thee a wife{H802} of whoredoms{H2183} and children{H3206} of whoredoms{H2183}: for the land{H776} hath committed great{H2181}{(H8800)} whoredom{H2181}{(H8799)}, departing from{H310} the LORD{H3068}.
  • Hos 2:5-7 : 5 For their mother{H517} hath played the harlot{H2181}{(H8804)}: she that conceived{H2029}{(H8802)} them hath done shamefully{H3001}{(H8689)}: for she said{H559}{(H8804)}, I will go{H3212}{(H8799)} after{H310} my lovers{H157}{(H8764)}, that give{H5414}{(H8802)} 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}{(H8801)} up thy way{H1870} with thorns{H5518}, and make{H1443}{(H8804)} a wall{H1447}, that she shall not find{H4672}{(H8799)} her paths{H5410}. 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}.
  • Hos 14:1-4 : 1 O Israel{H3478}, return{H7725}{(H8798)} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}; for thou hast fallen{H3782}{(H8804)} by thine iniquity{H5771}. 2 Take{H3947}{(H8798)} with you words{H1697}, and turn{H7725}{(H8798)} to the LORD{H3068}: say{H559}{(H8798)} unto him, Take away{H5375}{(H8799)} all iniquity{H5771}, and receive{H3947}{(H8798)} us graciously{H2896}: so will we render{H7999}{(H8762)} the calves{H6499} of our lips{H8193}. 3 Asshur{H804} shall not save{H3467}{(H8686)} us; we will not ride{H7392}{(H8799)} upon horses{H5483}: neither will we say{H559}{(H8799)} any more to the work{H4639} of our hands{H3027}, Ye are our gods{H430}: for in thee the fatherless{H3490} findeth mercy{H7355}{(H8792)}. 4 I will heal{H7495}{(H8799)} their backsliding{H4878}, I will love{H157}{(H8799)} them freely{H5071}: for mine anger{H639} is turned away{H7725}{(H8804)} from him.
  • Jer 2:23 : 23 How canst thou say{H559}{(H8799)}, I am not polluted{H2930}{(H8738)}, I have not gone{H1980}{(H8804)} after{H310} Baalim{H1168}? see{H7200}{(H8798)} thy way{H1870} in the valley{H1516}, know{H3045}{(H8798)} what thou hast done{H6213}{(H8804)}: thou art a swift{H7031} dromedary{H1072} traversing{H8308}{(H8764)} her ways{H1870};
  • Jer 3:9 : 9 And it came to pass through the lightness{H6963} of her whoredom{H2184}, that she defiled{H2610}{(H8799)} the land{H776}, and committed adultery{H5003}{(H8799)} with stones{H68} and with stocks{H6086}.
  • Judg 19:2 : 2 And his concubine{H6370} played the whore{H2181}{(H8799)} against him, and went away{H3212}{(H8799)} from him unto her father's{H1} house{H1004} to Bethlehemjudah{H1035}{H3063}, and was there four{H702} whole months{H2320}{H3117}.
  • Deut 4:29-31 : 29 But if from thence thou shalt seek{H1245}{(H8765)} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, thou shalt find{H4672}{(H8804)} him, if thou seek{H1875}{(H8799)} 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}{(H8804)} upon thee, even in the latter{H319} days{H3117}, if thou turn{H7725}{(H8804)} to the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, and shalt be obedient{H8085}{(H8804)} unto his voice{H6963}; 31 (For the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} is a merciful{H7349} God{H410};) he will not forsake{H7503}{(H8686)} thee, neither destroy{H7843}{(H8686)} thee, nor forget{H7911}{(H8799)} the covenant{H1285} of thy fathers{H1} which he sware{H7650}{(H8738)} unto them.
  • Deut 22:21 : 21 Then they shall bring out{H3318}{(H8689)} 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}{(H8804)} her with stones{H68} that she die{H4191}{(H8804)}: because she hath wrought{H6213}{(H8804)} folly{H5039} in Israel{H3478}, to play the whore{H2181}{(H8800)} in her father's{H1} house{H1004}: so shalt thou put{H1197} evil{H7451} away{H1197}{(H8765)} from among{H7130} you.
  • Isa 24:5 : 5 The earth{H776} also is defiled{H2610}{(H8804)} under the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} thereof; because they have transgressed{H5674}{(H8804)} the laws{H8451}, changed{H2498}{(H8804)} the ordinance{H2706}, broken{H6565}{(H8689)} the everlasting{H5769} covenant{H1285}.
  • Jer 3:12-14 : 12 Go{H1980}{(H8800)} and proclaim{H7121}{(H8804)} these words{H1697} toward the north{H6828}, and say{H559}{(H8804)}, Return{H7725}{(H8798)}, thou backsliding{H4878} Israel{H3478}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}; and I will not cause mine anger{H6440} to fall{H5307}{(H8686)} upon you: for I am merciful{H2623}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, and I will not keep{H5201}{(H8799)} anger for ever{H5769}. 13 Only acknowledge{H3045}{(H8798)} thine iniquity{H5771}, that thou hast transgressed{H6586}{(H8804)} against the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, and hast scattered{H6340}{(H8762)} thy ways{H1870} to the strangers{H2114}{(H8801)} under every green{H7488} tree{H6086}, and ye have not obeyed{H8085}{(H8804)} my voice{H6963}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}. 14 Turn{H7725}{(H8798)}, O backsliding{H7726} children{H1121}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}; for I am married{H1166}{(H8804)} unto you: and I will take{H3947}{(H8804)} you one{H259} of a city{H5892}, and two{H8147} of a family{H4940}, and I will bring{H935}{(H8689)} you to Zion{H6726}:
  • Jer 3:22 : 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}.
  • Mic 2:10 : 10 Arise{H6965}{(H8798)} ye, and depart{H3212}{(H8798)}; for this is not your rest{H4496}: because it is polluted{H2930}{(H8800)}, it shall destroy{H2254}{(H8762)} you, even with a sore{H4834}{(H8737)} destruction{H2256}.
  • 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.
  • Jer 2:7 : 7 And I brought{H935}{(H8686)} you into a plentiful{H3759} country{H776}, to eat{H398}{(H8800)} the fruit{H6529} thereof and the goodness{H2898} thereof; but when ye entered{H935}{(H8799)}, ye defiled{H2930}{(H8762)} my land{H776}, and made{H7760}{(H8804)} mine heritage{H5159} an abomination{H8441}.