Jeremiah 3:1 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ Elohim said, “If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him and becomes another man’s, does he return to her again? Would not that land be made greatly unclean? But you have committed whoring with many lovers. And would you return to Me?” declares יהוה.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ THAT IS to say, If a man puts away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's, will he return to her again? [Of course not!] Would not that land [where such a thing happened] be greatly polluted? But you have played the harlot [against Me] with many lovers–yet would you now return to Me? says the Lord [or do you even think to return to Me?]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, will he return unto her again? will not that land be greatly polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith Jehovah.

Common English Bible

¹ If a man divorces his wife, and after she leaves him marries another, can he return to her again? Wouldn’t such an act completely corrupt the land? Yet you have prostituted yourself with many lovers. Would you return to me? declares the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ "It is commonly said: 'If a man has divorced his wife, and she departs from him, she will marry another man.' So why would he return to her again? Is not that woman polluted and defiled? But you have fornicated yourself with many lovers. Even so, return to me, says the Lord, and I will accept you.

Jeremiah 3:1 Cross References

Psalm 106:38

And they shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and daughters, Whom they offered to the idols of Kenaʽ

Isaiah 24:5

For the earth has been defiled under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the Torot, changed the law, broken the everlasting covenant.

Jeremiah 2:20

“For of old you have broken your yoke and tore of your bonds. And you said, ‘I am not serving You,’ when on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down, a whore.

Jeremiah 2:23

“How do you say, ‘I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baʽ

Jeremiah 2:7

“Then I brought you into a garden land, to eat its fruit and its goodness. But when you entered, you defiled My land and made My inheritance an abomination.

Jeremiah 22:20

“Go up to Leḇ

Jeremiah 3:22

“Return, O backsliding children, I shall make your backslidings cease.” “See, we have come to You, for You are יהוה  our Elohim.

Jeremiah 3:9

“And it came to be, through her frivolous whoring, that she defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and wood.

Jeremiah 31:22

“Till when would you turn here and there, O backsliding daughter? For יהוה  has created what is new on earth: a woman encompasses a man!”

Jeremiah 4:1

“If you do return, O Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 4:14

O Yerushalayim, wash your heart from evil, and be saved. Till when would your wicked thoughts remain within you?

Lamentations 1:2

She weeps bitterly at night, And her tears are upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no comforter for her. All her friends have betrayed her, They have become her enemies.

Ezekiel 16:26

“And you whored with the sons of Mitsrayim, your neighbours, great of flesh. And you increased your whorings to provoke Me.

Ezekiel 16:30

“How weak is your heart!” declares the Master יהוה, “seeing you do all this, the deeds of a shameless whore.

Ezekiel 16:35

‘Therefore, O whore, hear the word of יהוה!

Ezekiel 33:11

“Say to them, ‘As I live,’ declares the Master יהוה, ‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wrong, but that the wrong turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Yisra’ĕ

Hosea 1:2

The beginning of the word of יהוה  with Hoshĕ

Hosea 2:2

“Strive with your mother, strive, for she is not My wife, nor am I her Husband! Let her put away her whorings from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts,

Micah 2:10

“Arise and go, for this is not your rest, because uncleanness destroys, and the destruction is grievous.

Zechariah 1:3

“And you shall say to them, ‘Thus said יהוה  of hosts, “Turn back to Me,” declares יהוה  of hosts, “and I shall turn back to you,” declares יהוה  of hosts.

Matthew 5:31

“And it has been said, ‘Whoever puts away his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’

Deuteronomy 22:21

then they shall bring out the girl to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done wickedness in Yisra’ĕ

Judges 19:2

And his concubine committed whoring against him, and went away from him to her father’s house at Bĕ