Jeremiah 3:1
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.
Jeremiah 3:8
3:8 She also saw
that I gave wayward Israel her divorce papers and sent her away because of her adulterous worship of other gods.
Even after her unfaithful sister Judah had seen this,
she still was not afraid, and she too went and gave herself like a prostitute to other gods.
Jeremiah 2:2
2:2 “Go and declare in the hearing of the people of Jerusalem:
‘This is what the
Lord says: “I have fond memories of you,
how devoted you were to me in your early years.
I remember how you loved me like a new bride; you followed me through the wilderness, through a land that had never been planted.
Jeremiah 31:32
31:32 It will not be like the old
covenant that I made with their ancestors
when I delivered them
from Egypt. For they violated that covenant, even though I was like a faithful husband to them,”
says the
Lord.
Isaiah 54:5
54:5 For your husband is the one who made you –
the Lord who commands armies is his name.
He is your protector, the Holy One of Israel.
He is called “God of the entire earth.”
Hosea 2:19-20
2:19 I will commit myself to you forever;
I will commit myself to you in righteousness and justice,
in steadfast love and tender compassion.
2:20 I will commit myself to you in faithfulness;
then you will acknowledge the Lord.”