Jeremiah 3:1

Israel Forsakes the Lord

¹ "They say, 'If a man divorces his wife,
And she goes from him
And becomes another man's,
_a May he return to her again?'
Would not that _b land be greatly polluted?
But you have _c played the harlot with many lovers;
_d Yet return to Me," says the LORD.

1. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 24:1 - 4
   When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some uncleanness in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house.
   
2. Cross References
   Jeremiah 2:7
   I brought you into a bountiful country, To eat its fruit and its goodness. But when you entered, you defiled My land And made My heritage an abomination.
   
3. Cross References
   Jeremiah 2:20
   For of old I have broken your yoke and burst your bonds; And you said, 'I will not transgress,' When on every high hill and under every green tree You lay down, playing the harlot.
   Ezekiel 16:26
   You also committed harlotry with the Egyptians, your very fleshly neighbors, and increased your acts of harlotry to provoke Me to anger.
   
4. Cross References
   Jeremiah 4:1
   If you will return, O Israel," says the LORD, "Return to Me; And if you will put away your abominations out of My sight, Then you shall not be moved.
   Zechariah 1:3
   Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Return to Me," says the LORD of hosts, "and I will return to you," says the LORD of hosts.