Verse 1
Jeremiah 3:1
Free Bible Version
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If a man divorces his wife and she goes and marries someone else, could he ever go back to her? Wouldn't the country be made totally unclean by this? But you have done worse by prostituting yourselves with many lovers, and now you want to come back to me? declares the Lord.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לֵ/אמֹ֡ר הֵ֣ן יְשַׁלַּ֣ח אִ֣ישׁ אֶת אִשְׁתּ/וֹ֩ וְ/הָלְכָ֨ה מֵ/אִתּ֜/וֹ וְ/הָיְתָ֣ה לְ/אִישׁ אַחֵ֗ר הֲ/יָשׁ֤וּב אֵלֶ֨י/הָ֙ ע֔וֹד הֲ/ל֛וֹא חָנ֥וֹף תֶּחֱנַ֖ף הָ/אָ֣רֶץ הַ/הִ֑יא וְ/אַ֗תְּ זָנִית֙ רֵעִ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים וְ/שׁ֥וֹב אֵלַ֖/י נְאֻם יְהֹוָֽה
English Translation
Saying, "Behold, if a man sends away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's, will he return to her again? Would not that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the harlot with many lovers; and yet you return to Me," says the LORD.
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Chapter 3 Context
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10
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11
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12
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