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Text -- Jeremiah 3:1-2 (NET)
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3:1 “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and becomes another man’s wife, he may not take her back again . Doing that would utterly defile the land . But you , Israel, have given yourself as a prostitute to many gods . So what makes you think you can return to me?” says the Lord .
3:2 “Look up at the hilltops and consider this. You have had sex with other gods on every one of them. You waited for those gods like a thief lying in wait in the desert . You defiled the land by your wicked prostitution to other gods.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Harlot |
Adultery |
Backsliders |
Church |
Condescension of God |
God |
Kidron |
Marriage |
Lovers |
Idolatry |
Divorce |
LOVER |
Solomon, Song of |
CRIME; CRIMES |
DEFILE; DEFILEMENT |
HEIGHT; HEIGHTS |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes: Jer 3:1 Heb “Returning to me.” The form is the bare infinitive which the KJV and ASV have interpreted as an imperative “Yet, return to me!...
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