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Jeremiah 3:1
“If a man divorces his wife
from The Wages of the Harlot, Jeremiah 3:1-5
What it says

The LORD uses the image of divorce to show how astonishing Judah's many adulteries are, yet she still thinks of returning.

What it is doing

This verse frames the chapter's charge through marital betrayal.

In context

1“If a man divorces his wife 2“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. 3Therefore the showers have been withheld, 4Have you not just called to Me, 5Will He be angry forever?