Jeremiah 3:1 “If a man divorces a woman and she goes and marries someone else, he will not take her back again, for that would surely corrupt the land. But you have prost...

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New Living Translation - “If a man divorces a woman and she goes and marries someone else, he will not take her back again, for that would surely corrupt the land. But you have prostituted yourself with many lovers, so why are you trying to come back to me?” says the Lord.
新标点和合本 - “有话说：人若休妻，妻离他而去，作了别人的妻，前夫岂能再收回她来？若收回她来，那地岂不是大大玷污了吗？但你和许多亲爱的行邪淫，还可以归向我。这是耶和华说的。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 耶和华说：“人若休妻，妻离他而去，做了别人的妻子，前夫岂能再回到她那里呢？那地岂不是大大污秽了吗？但你和许多情郎行淫，还是可以回到我这里。这是耶和华说的。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 耶和华说：“人若休妻，妻离他而去，做了别人的妻子，前夫岂能再回到她那里呢？那地岂不是大大污秽了吗？但你和许多情郎行淫，还是可以回到我这里。这是耶和华说的。
当代译本 - 耶和华说：“如果丈夫休掉妻子，妻子离去另嫁别人，前夫怎会再娶她呢？那样做岂不完全玷污了土地吗？你曾与许多情人苟合，现在要归向我吗？
圣经新译本 - 耶和华说：“人若是休妻，妻子离开了他，又嫁了别人，前夫怎能与她复合呢？如果复合，那地不是大大玷污了吗？你曾与许多情人行淫，还想归向我。” 这是耶和华的宣告。
现代标点和合本 - “有话说，人若休妻，妻离他而去，做了别人的妻，前夫岂能再收回她来？若收回她来，那地岂不是大大玷污了吗？但你和许多亲爱的行邪淫，还可以归向我。” 这是耶和华说的。
和合本（拼音版） - “有话说，人若休妻，妻离他而去，作了别人的妻，前夫岂能再收回她来？若收回她来，那地岂不是大大玷污了吗？但你和许多亲爱的行邪淫，还可以归向我。这是耶和华说的。
New International Version - “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, should he return to her again? Would not the land be completely defiled? But you have lived as a prostitute with many lovers— would you now return to me?” declares the Lord.
New International Reader's Version - “Suppose a man divorces his wife. What if she then marries another man? Should her first husband return to her again? If he does, won’t the land become completely ‘unclean’? People of Israel, you have lived like a prostitute. You have loved many other gods. So do you think you can return to me now?” announces the Lord.
English Standard Version - “If a man divorces his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man’s wife, will he return to her? Would not that land be greatly polluted? You have played the whore with many lovers; and would you return to me? declares the Lord.
The Message - God’s Message came to me as follows: “If a man’s wife walks out on him And marries another man, can he take her back as if nothing had happened? Wouldn’t that raise a huge stink in the land? And isn’t that what you’ve done— ‘whored’ your way with god after god? And now you want to come back as if nothing had happened.” God’s Decree.
Christian Standard Bible - If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Wouldn’t such a land become totally defiled? But you! You have prostituted yourself with many partners — can you return to me? This is the Lord’s declaration.
New American Standard Bible - God says, “If a husband divorces his wife And she leaves him And becomes another man’s wife, Will he return to her again? Would that land not be completely defiled? But you are a prostitute with many lovers; Yet you turn to Me,” declares the Lord.
New King James Version - “They say, ‘If a man divorces his wife, And she goes from him And becomes another man’s, May he return to her again?’ Would not that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the harlot with many lovers; Yet return to Me,” says the Lord.
Amplified Bible - That is to say, “If a man divorces his wife And she goes [away] from him And becomes another man’s [wife], Will he return to her again? [Of course not!] Will not that land [where such a thing happened] be completely desecrated? But you [rebelled against Me and you] are a prostitute with many lovers; Yet you turn to Me.” says the Lord.
American Standard Version - 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.
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - “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.
World English Bible - “They say, ‘If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes another man’s, should he return to her again?’ Wouldn’t that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me,” says Yahweh.
新標點和合本 - 有話說：人若休妻，妻離他而去，作了別人的妻，前夫豈能再收回她來？若收回她來，那地豈不是大大玷污了嗎？但你和許多親愛的行邪淫，還可以歸向我。這是耶和華說的。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 耶和華說：「人若休妻，妻離他而去，做了別人的妻子，前夫豈能再回到她那裏呢？那地豈不是大大污穢了嗎？但你和許多情郎行淫，還是可以回到我這裏。這是耶和華說的。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 耶和華說：「人若休妻，妻離他而去，做了別人的妻子，前夫豈能再回到她那裏呢？那地豈不是大大污穢了嗎？但你和許多情郎行淫，還是可以回到我這裏。這是耶和華說的。
當代譯本 - 耶和華說：「如果丈夫休掉妻子，妻子離去另嫁別人，前夫怎會再娶她呢？那樣做豈不完全玷污了土地嗎？你曾與許多情人苟合，現在要歸向我嗎？
聖經新譯本 - 耶和華說：“人若是休妻，妻子離開了他，又嫁了別人，前夫怎能與她復合呢？如果復合，那地不是大大玷污了嗎？你曾與許多情人行淫，還想歸向我。” 這是耶和華的宣告。
呂振中譯本 - 永恆主的話傳與我，說：『人若把妻子離出去，而妻子離開他而去，做了別人的妻子，她哪能再回轉來歸前夫呢？那麼那婦人豈不是大大被玷污了麼？然而你，你和許多情人行淫，還要回轉來歸於我？永恆主發神諭說。
現代標點和合本 - 「有話說，人若休妻，妻離他而去，做了別人的妻，前夫豈能再收回她來？若收回她來，那地豈不是大大玷汙了嗎？但你和許多親愛的行邪淫，還可以歸向我。」這是耶和華說的。
文理和合譯本 - 有曰、人出其妻、妻離之而他適、前夫豈復納之、若然、斯地非受污之甚乎、耶和華曰、惟爾相愛者眾、與之行淫、猶思歸我乎、
文理委辦譯本 - 有言出妻、任其他適、既出勿納、恐斯邦染其污衊。耶和華曰、惟爾縱欲背予、崇事他上帝、今使爾歸試於我、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 主有言諭我曰、人若出妻、遂離之為他人之妻、前夫豈可復娶之乎、如復娶、豈不使地沾染污穢乎、爾從事多神、若婦之與多人行淫、猶思歸我乎、爾從事多神若婦之與多人行淫猶思歸我乎或作爾雖崇事多神若婦之與多人行淫我仍命爾當歸誠於我此乃主所言、
Nueva Versión Internacional - »Supongamos que un hombre se divorcia de su mujer, y que ella lo deja para casarse con otro. ¿Volvería el primero a casarse con ella? ¡Claro que no! Semejante acción contaminaría por completo la tierra. Pues bien, tú te has prostituido con muchos amantes, y ya no podrás volver a mí —afirma el Señor—.
현대인의 성경 - 여호와께서 말씀하신다. “만일 어떤 남자가 자기 아내와 이혼을 하고 또 그 아내는 그를 떠나 다른 남자와 재혼을 했다면 본남편이 그녀에게 다시 돌아갈 수 있겠느냐? 만일 그렇게 한다면 그 땅이 완전히 더럽혀지지 않겠느냐? 이스라엘아, 네가 많은 무리와 음란한 짓을 하고서도 나에게 돌아오려고 하느냐?
Новый Русский Перевод - – Если муж разведется с женой, и она от него уйдет и станет женой другому, то разве первый муж примет ее назад? Разве этим не осквернится земля? Ты жила как блудница со многими, а теперь хочешь вернуться ко Мне? – возвещает Господь. –
Восточный перевод - Если муж разведётся с женой, и она от него уйдёт и станет женой другому, то разве первый муж примет её назад? Разве не осквернится этим земля? Ты жила как блудница со многими, а теперь хочешь вернуться ко Мне? – возвещает Вечный. –
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Если муж разведётся с женой, и она от него уйдёт и станет женой другому, то разве первый муж примет её назад? Разве не осквернится этим земля? Ты жила как блудница со многими, а теперь хочешь вернуться ко Мне? – возвещает Вечный. –
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Если муж разведётся с женой, и она от него уйдёт и станет женой другому, то разве первый муж примет её назад? Разве не осквернится этим земля? Ты жила как блудница со многими, а теперь хочешь вернуться ко Мне? – возвещает Вечный. –
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Que dire ? ╵Si un mari ╵répudie son épouse, qu’elle le quitte ╵pour appartenir à un autre, est-ce que son ancien mari ╵retournera vers elle ? Le pays n’en serait-il pas souillé ? Or, toi, qui t’es prostituée ╵avec de nombreux partenaires, tu reviendrais à moi ! déclare l’Eternel.
リビングバイブル - ある人が妻を離縁し、彼女が再婚した場合、彼女が再び戻って来ても妻にすることはできないという法律がある。彼女は汚れた者となっているからだ。だが、おまえたちは、わたしを置き去りにして幾人もの恋人と結婚しておきながら、あつかましくも、またわたしのもとへ帰ると言っている。
Nova Versão Internacional - “Se um homem se divorciar de sua mulher e depois da separação ela casar-se com outro homem, poderá o primeiro marido voltar para ela? Não seria a terra totalmente contaminada? Mas você tem se prostituído com muitos amantes e, agora, quer voltar para mim?”, pergunta o Senhor.
Hoffnung für alle - »So spricht der Herr: Wenn ein Mann sich von seiner Frau scheiden lässt und sie einen anderen heiratet, darf er sie dann später wieder zur Frau nehmen? Würde dadurch nicht das ganze Land entweiht? Du aber, Volk Israel, hast dich mit vielen Liebhabern eingelassen – und jetzt willst du zu mir zurückkommen?
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Nếu một người nam ly dị một người nữ rồi người ấy đi và lấy chồng khác, thì người nam không thể lấy nàng trở lại, vì điều đó chắc chắn sẽ làm ô uế xứ. Nhưng ngươi đã thông dâm với nhiều người tình, vậy tại sao ngươi còn định trở lại với Ta?” Chúa Hằng Hữu hỏi.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “หากชายใดหย่าขาดจากภรรยา และนางไปแต่งงานกับชายอีกคน เขาควรจะกลับไปหานางอีกหรือ? จะไม่ทำให้แผ่นดินแปดเปื้อนมลทินไปหมดหรอกหรือ? แต่เจ้าก็ใช้ชีวิตเยี่ยงโสเภณีที่มีชู้รักหลายคน บัดนี้เจ้าจะกลับมาหาเราหรือ?” องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าประกาศดังนั้น
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระผู้เป็นเจ้าประกาศดังนี้ “ถ้าชายผู้หนึ่งหย่าจากภรรยาของเขา เมื่อนางไปจากเขา และเป็นภรรยาของชายผู้อื่น แล้วเขาจะกลับไปหานางอีกไหม แผ่นดินนั้นจะไม่หมองหรือ เจ้าได้แสดงความเป็นหญิงแพศยาที่มีคนรักหลายคน แล้วเจ้าจะกลับมาหาเราอย่างนั้นหรือ

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Isaiah 24:5 - The earth suffers for the sins of its people, for they have twisted God’s instructions, violated his laws, and broken his everlasting covenant.
Leviticus 18:24 - “Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for the people I am driving out before you have defiled themselves in all these ways.
Leviticus 18:25 - Because the entire land has become defiled, I am punishing the people who live there. I will cause the land to vomit them out.
Leviticus 18:26 - You must obey all my decrees and regulations. You must not commit any of these detestable sins. This applies both to native-born Israelites and to the foreigners living among you.
Leviticus 18:27 - “All these detestable activities are practiced by the people of the land where I am taking you, and this is how the land has become defiled.
Leviticus 18:28 - So do not defile the land and give it a reason to vomit you out, as it will vomit out the people who live there now.
Jeremiah 2:7 - “And when I brought you into a fruitful land to enjoy its bounty and goodness, you defiled my land and corrupted the possession I had promised you.
Deuteronomy 22:21 - The woman must be taken to the door of her father’s home, and there the men of the town must stone her to death, for she has committed a disgraceful crime in Israel by being promiscuous while living in her parents’ home. In this way, you will purge this evil from among you.
Jeremiah 3:22 - “My wayward children,” says the Lord, “come back to me, and I will heal your wayward hearts.” “Yes, we’re coming,” the people reply, “for you are the Lord our God.
Jeremiah 3:12 - Therefore, go and give this message to Israel. This is what the Lord says: “O Israel, my faithless people, come home to me again, for I am merciful. I will not be angry with you forever.
Jeremiah 3:13 - Only acknowledge your guilt. Admit that you rebelled against the Lord your God and committed adultery against him by worshiping idols under every green tree. Confess that you refused to listen to my voice. I, the Lord, have spoken!
Jeremiah 3:14 - “Return home, you wayward children,” says the Lord, “for I am your master. I will bring you back to the land of Israel — one from this town and two from that family— from wherever you are scattered.
Micah 2:10 - Up! Begone! This is no longer your land and home, for you have filled it with sin and ruined it completely.
Luke 15:16 - The young man became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him. But no one gave him anything.
Luke 15:17 - “When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger!
Luke 15:18 - I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you,
Luke 15:19 - and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired servant.”’
Luke 15:20 - “So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
Luke 15:21 - His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. ’
Luke 15:22 - “But his father said to the servants, ‘Quick! Bring the finest robe in the house and put it on him. Get a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet.
Luke 15:23 - And kill the calf we have been fattening. We must celebrate with a feast,
Luke 15:24 - for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.’ So the party began.
Zechariah 1:3 - Therefore, say to the people, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.’
Jeremiah 4:14 - O Jerusalem, cleanse your heart that you may be saved. How long will you harbor your evil thoughts?
Ezekiel 23:4 - The older girl was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah. I married them, and they bore me sons and daughters. I am speaking of Samaria and Jerusalem, for Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 23:5 - “Then Oholah lusted after other lovers instead of me, and she gave her love to the Assyrian officers.
Ezekiel 23:6 - They were all attractive young men, captains and commanders dressed in handsome blue, charioteers driving their horses.
Ezekiel 23:7 - And so she prostituted herself with the most desirable men of Assyria, worshiping their idols and defiling herself.
Ezekiel 23:8 - For when she left Egypt, she did not leave her spirit of prostitution behind. She was still as lewd as in her youth, when the Egyptians slept with her, fondled her breasts, and used her as a prostitute.
Ezekiel 23:9 - “And so I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers, whom she desired so much.
Ezekiel 23:10 - They stripped her, took away her children as their slaves, and then killed her. After she received her punishment, her reputation was known to every woman in the land.
Ezekiel 23:11 - “Yet even though Oholibah saw what had happened to Oholah, her sister, she followed right in her footsteps. And she was even more depraved, abandoning herself to her lust and prostitution.
Ezekiel 23:12 - She fawned over all the Assyrian officers—those captains and commanders in handsome uniforms, those charioteers driving their horses—all of them attractive young men.
Ezekiel 23:13 - I saw the way she was going, defiling herself just like her older sister.
Ezekiel 23:14 - “Then she carried her prostitution even further. She fell in love with pictures that were painted on a wall—pictures of Babylonian military officers, outfitted in striking red uniforms.
Ezekiel 23:15 - Handsome belts encircled their waists, and flowing turbans crowned their heads. They were dressed like chariot officers from the land of Babylonia.
Ezekiel 23:16 - When she saw these paintings, she longed to give herself to them, so she sent messengers to Babylonia to invite them to come to her.
Ezekiel 23:17 - So they came and committed adultery with her, defiling her in the bed of love. After being defiled, however, she rejected them in disgust.
Ezekiel 23:18 - “In the same way, I became disgusted with Oholibah and rejected her, just as I had rejected her sister, because she flaunted herself before them and gave herself to satisfy their lusts.
Ezekiel 23:19 - Yet she turned to even greater prostitution, remembering her youth when she was a prostitute in Egypt.
Ezekiel 23:20 - She lusted after lovers with genitals as large as a donkey’s and emissions like those of a horse.
Ezekiel 23:21 - And so, Oholibah, you relived your former days as a young girl in Egypt, when you first allowed your breasts to be fondled.
Ezekiel 23:22 - “Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will send your lovers against you from every direction—those very nations from which you turned away in disgust.
Ezekiel 23:23 - For the Babylonians will come with all the Chaldeans from Pekod and Shoa and Koa. And all the Assyrians will come with them—handsome young captains, commanders, chariot officers, and other high-ranking officers, all riding their horses.
Ezekiel 23:24 - They will all come against you from the north with chariots, wagons, and a great army prepared for attack. They will take up positions on every side, surrounding you with men armed with shields and helmets. And I will hand you over to them for punishment so they can do with you as they please.
Ezekiel 23:25 - I will turn my jealous anger against you, and they will deal harshly with you. They will cut off your nose and ears, and any survivors will then be slaughtered by the sword. Your children will be taken away as captives, and everything that is left will be burned.
Ezekiel 23:26 - They will strip you of your beautiful clothes and jewels.
Ezekiel 23:27 - In this way, I will put a stop to the lewdness and prostitution you brought from Egypt. You will never again cast longing eyes on those things or fondly remember your time in Egypt.
Ezekiel 23:28 - “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will surely hand you over to your enemies, to those you loathe, those you rejected.
Ezekiel 23:29 - They will treat you with hatred and rob you of all you own, leaving you stark naked. The shame of your prostitution will be exposed to all the world.
Ezekiel 23:30 - You brought all this on yourself by prostituting yourself to other nations, defiling yourself with all their idols.
Ezekiel 23:31 - Because you have followed in your sister’s footsteps, I will force you to drink the same cup of terror she drank.
Ezekiel 23:32 - “Yes, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “You will drink from your sister’s cup of terror, a cup that is large and deep. It is filled to the brim with scorn and derision.
Ezekiel 23:33 - Drunkenness and anguish will fill you, for your cup is filled to the brim with distress and desolation, the same cup your sister Samaria drank.
Ezekiel 23:34 - You will drain that cup of terror to the very bottom. Then you will smash it to pieces and beat your breast in anguish. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!
Ezekiel 23:35 - “And because you have forgotten me and turned your back on me, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: You must bear the consequences of all your lewdness and prostitution.”
Ezekiel 23:36 - The Lord said to me, “Son of man, you must accuse Oholah and Oholibah of all their detestable sins.
Ezekiel 23:37 - They have committed both adultery and murder—adultery by worshiping idols and murder by burning as sacrifices the children they bore to me.
Ezekiel 23:38 - Furthermore, they have defiled my Temple and violated my Sabbath day!
Ezekiel 23:39 - On the very day that they sacrificed their children to their idols, they boldly came into my Temple to worship! They came in and defiled my house.
Ezekiel 23:40 - “You sisters sent messengers to distant lands to get men. Then when they arrived, you bathed yourselves, painted your eyelids, and put on your finest jewels for them.
Ezekiel 23:41 - You sat with them on a beautifully embroidered couch and put my incense and my special oil on a table that was spread before you.
Ezekiel 23:42 - From your room came the sound of many men carousing. They were lustful men and drunkards from the wilderness, who put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your heads.
Ezekiel 23:43 - Then I said, ‘If they really want to have sex with old worn-out prostitutes like these, let them!’
Ezekiel 23:44 - And that is what they did. They had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, these shameless prostitutes.
Ezekiel 23:45 - But righteous people will judge these sister cities for what they really are—adulterers and murderers.
Ezekiel 23:46 - “Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Bring an army against them and hand them over to be terrorized and plundered.
Ezekiel 23:47 - For their enemies will stone them and kill them with swords. They will butcher their sons and daughters and burn their homes.
Ezekiel 23:48 - In this way, I will put an end to lewdness and idolatry in the land, and my judgment will be a warning to all women not to follow your wicked example.
Ezekiel 23:49 - You will be fully repaid for all your prostitution—your worship of idols. Yes, you will suffer the full penalty. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.”
Judges 19:2 - But she became angry with him and returned to her father’s home in Bethlehem. After about four months,
Ezekiel 33:11 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of wicked people. I only want them to turn from their wicked ways so they can live. Turn! Turn from your wickedness, O people of Israel! Why should you die?
Jeremiah 2:23 - “You say, ‘That’s not true! I haven’t worshiped the images of Baal!’ But how can you say that? Go and look in any valley in the land! Face the awful sins you have done. You are like a restless female camel desperately searching for a mate.
Ezekiel 16:28 - You have prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, too. It seems you can never find enough new lovers! And after your prostitution there, you still were not satisfied.
Ezekiel 16:29 - You added to your lovers by embracing Babylonia, the land of merchants, but you still weren’t satisfied.
Hosea 1:2 - When the Lord first began speaking to Israel through Hosea, he said to him, “Go and marry a prostitute, so that some of her children will be conceived in prostitution. This will illustrate how Israel has acted like a prostitute by turning against the Lord and worshiping other gods.”
Jeremiah 3:9 - Israel treated it all so lightly—she thought nothing of committing adultery by worshiping idols made of wood and stone. So now the land has been polluted.
Deuteronomy 4:29 - But from there you will search again for the Lord your God. And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him.
Deuteronomy 4:30 - “In the distant future, when you are suffering all these things, you will finally return to the Lord your God and listen to what he tells you.
Deuteronomy 4:31 - For the Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the solemn covenant he made with your ancestors.
Isaiah 55:6 - Seek the Lord while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near.
Isaiah 55:7 - Let the wicked change their ways and banish the very thought of doing wrong. Let them turn to the Lord that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will forgive generously.
Isaiah 55:8 - “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
Isaiah 55:9 - For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
Jeremiah 8:4 - “Jeremiah, say to the people, ‘This is what the Lord says: “‘When people fall down, don’t they get up again? When they discover they’re on the wrong road, don’t they turn back?
Jeremiah 8:5 - Then why do these people stay on their self-destructive path? Why do the people of Jerusalem refuse to turn back? They cling tightly to their lies and will not turn around.
Jeremiah 8:6 - I listen to their conversations and don’t hear a word of truth. Is anyone sorry for doing wrong? Does anyone say, “What a terrible thing I have done”? No! All are running down the path of sin as swiftly as a horse galloping into battle!
Hosea 14:1 - Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sins have brought you down.
Hosea 14:2 - Bring your confessions, and return to the Lord. Say to him, “Forgive all our sins and graciously receive us, so that we may offer you our praises.
Hosea 14:3 - Assyria cannot save us, nor can our warhorses. Never again will we say to the idols we have made, ‘You are our gods.’ No, in you alone do the orphans find mercy.”
Hosea 14:4 - The Lord says, “Then I will heal you of your faithlessness; my love will know no bounds, for my anger will be gone forever.
Hosea 2:5 - Their mother is a shameless prostitute and became pregnant in a shameful way. She said, ‘I’ll run after other lovers and sell myself to them for food and water, for clothing of wool and linen, and for olive oil and drinks.’
Hosea 2:6 - “For this reason I will fence her in with thornbushes. I will block her path with a wall to make her lose her way.
Hosea 2:7 - When she runs after her lovers, she won’t be able to catch them. She will search for them but not find them. Then she will think, ‘I might as well return to my husband, for I was better off with him than I am now.’
Jeremiah 2:20 - “Long ago I broke the yoke that oppressed you and tore away the chains of your slavery, but still you said, ‘I will not serve you.’ On every hill and under every green tree, you have prostituted yourselves by bowing down to idols.
Ezekiel 16:26 - Then you added lustful Egypt to your lovers, provoking my anger with your increasing promiscuity.
Jeremiah 4:1 - “O Israel,” says the Lord, “if you wanted to return to me, you could. You could throw away your detestable idols and stray away no more.
Deuteronomy 24:1 - “Suppose a man marries a woman but she does not please him. Having discovered something wrong with her, he writes a document of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house.
Deuteronomy 24:2 - When she leaves his house, she is free to marry another man.
Deuteronomy 24:3 - But if the second husband also turns against her, writes a document of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away, or if he dies,
Deuteronomy 24:4 - the first husband may not marry her again, for she has been defiled. That would be detestable to the Lord. You must not bring guilt upon the land the Lord your God is giving you as a special possession.

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New Living Translation - “If a man divorces a woman and she goes and marries someone else, he will not take her back again, for that would surely corrupt the land. But you have prostituted yourself with many lovers, so why are you trying to come back to me?” says the Lord.
新标点和合本 - “有话说：人若休妻，妻离他而去，作了别人的妻，前夫岂能再收回她来？若收回她来，那地岂不是大大玷污了吗？但你和许多亲爱的行邪淫，还可以归向我。这是耶和华说的。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 耶和华说：“人若休妻，妻离他而去，做了别人的妻子，前夫岂能再回到她那里呢？那地岂不是大大污秽了吗？但你和许多情郎行淫，还是可以回到我这里。这是耶和华说的。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 耶和华说：“人若休妻，妻离他而去，做了别人的妻子，前夫岂能再回到她那里呢？那地岂不是大大污秽了吗？但你和许多情郎行淫，还是可以回到我这里。这是耶和华说的。
当代译本 - 耶和华说：“如果丈夫休掉妻子，妻子离去另嫁别人，前夫怎会再娶她呢？那样做岂不完全玷污了土地吗？你曾与许多情人苟合，现在要归向我吗？
圣经新译本 - 耶和华说：“人若是休妻，妻子离开了他，又嫁了别人，前夫怎能与她复合呢？如果复合，那地不是大大玷污了吗？你曾与许多情人行淫，还想归向我。” 这是耶和华的宣告。
现代标点和合本 - “有话说，人若休妻，妻离他而去，做了别人的妻，前夫岂能再收回她来？若收回她来，那地岂不是大大玷污了吗？但你和许多亲爱的行邪淫，还可以归向我。” 这是耶和华说的。
和合本（拼音版） - “有话说，人若休妻，妻离他而去，作了别人的妻，前夫岂能再收回她来？若收回她来，那地岂不是大大玷污了吗？但你和许多亲爱的行邪淫，还可以归向我。这是耶和华说的。
New International Version - “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, should he return to her again? Would not the land be completely defiled? But you have lived as a prostitute with many lovers— would you now return to me?” declares the Lord.
New International Reader's Version - “Suppose a man divorces his wife. What if she then marries another man? Should her first husband return to her again? If he does, won’t the land become completely ‘unclean’? People of Israel, you have lived like a prostitute. You have loved many other gods. So do you think you can return to me now?” announces the Lord.
English Standard Version - “If a man divorces his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man’s wife, will he return to her? Would not that land be greatly polluted? You have played the whore with many lovers; and would you return to me? declares the Lord.
The Message - God’s Message came to me as follows: “If a man’s wife walks out on him And marries another man, can he take her back as if nothing had happened? Wouldn’t that raise a huge stink in the land? And isn’t that what you’ve done— ‘whored’ your way with god after god? And now you want to come back as if nothing had happened.” God’s Decree.
Christian Standard Bible - If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Wouldn’t such a land become totally defiled? But you! You have prostituted yourself with many partners — can you return to me? This is the Lord’s declaration.
New American Standard Bible - God says, “If a husband divorces his wife And she leaves him And becomes another man’s wife, Will he return to her again? Would that land not be completely defiled? But you are a prostitute with many lovers; Yet you turn to Me,” declares the Lord.
New King James Version - “They say, ‘If a man divorces his wife, And she goes from him And becomes another man’s, May he return to her again?’ Would not that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the harlot with many lovers; Yet return to Me,” says the Lord.
Amplified Bible - That is to say, “If a man divorces his wife And she goes [away] from him And becomes another man’s [wife], Will he return to her again? [Of course not!] Will not that land [where such a thing happened] be completely desecrated? But you [rebelled against Me and you] are a prostitute with many lovers; Yet you turn to Me.” says the Lord.
American Standard Version - 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.
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - “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.
World English Bible - “They say, ‘If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes another man’s, should he return to her again?’ Wouldn’t that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me,” says Yahweh.
新標點和合本 - 有話說：人若休妻，妻離他而去，作了別人的妻，前夫豈能再收回她來？若收回她來，那地豈不是大大玷污了嗎？但你和許多親愛的行邪淫，還可以歸向我。這是耶和華說的。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 耶和華說：「人若休妻，妻離他而去，做了別人的妻子，前夫豈能再回到她那裏呢？那地豈不是大大污穢了嗎？但你和許多情郎行淫，還是可以回到我這裏。這是耶和華說的。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 耶和華說：「人若休妻，妻離他而去，做了別人的妻子，前夫豈能再回到她那裏呢？那地豈不是大大污穢了嗎？但你和許多情郎行淫，還是可以回到我這裏。這是耶和華說的。
當代譯本 - 耶和華說：「如果丈夫休掉妻子，妻子離去另嫁別人，前夫怎會再娶她呢？那樣做豈不完全玷污了土地嗎？你曾與許多情人苟合，現在要歸向我嗎？
聖經新譯本 - 耶和華說：“人若是休妻，妻子離開了他，又嫁了別人，前夫怎能與她復合呢？如果復合，那地不是大大玷污了嗎？你曾與許多情人行淫，還想歸向我。” 這是耶和華的宣告。
呂振中譯本 - 永恆主的話傳與我，說：『人若把妻子離出去，而妻子離開他而去，做了別人的妻子，她哪能再回轉來歸前夫呢？那麼那婦人豈不是大大被玷污了麼？然而你，你和許多情人行淫，還要回轉來歸於我？永恆主發神諭說。
現代標點和合本 - 「有話說，人若休妻，妻離他而去，做了別人的妻，前夫豈能再收回她來？若收回她來，那地豈不是大大玷汙了嗎？但你和許多親愛的行邪淫，還可以歸向我。」這是耶和華說的。
文理和合譯本 - 有曰、人出其妻、妻離之而他適、前夫豈復納之、若然、斯地非受污之甚乎、耶和華曰、惟爾相愛者眾、與之行淫、猶思歸我乎、
文理委辦譯本 - 有言出妻、任其他適、既出勿納、恐斯邦染其污衊。耶和華曰、惟爾縱欲背予、崇事他上帝、今使爾歸試於我、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 主有言諭我曰、人若出妻、遂離之為他人之妻、前夫豈可復娶之乎、如復娶、豈不使地沾染污穢乎、爾從事多神、若婦之與多人行淫、猶思歸我乎、爾從事多神若婦之與多人行淫猶思歸我乎或作爾雖崇事多神若婦之與多人行淫我仍命爾當歸誠於我此乃主所言、
Nueva Versión Internacional - »Supongamos que un hombre se divorcia de su mujer, y que ella lo deja para casarse con otro. ¿Volvería el primero a casarse con ella? ¡Claro que no! Semejante acción contaminaría por completo la tierra. Pues bien, tú te has prostituido con muchos amantes, y ya no podrás volver a mí —afirma el Señor—.
현대인의 성경 - 여호와께서 말씀하신다. “만일 어떤 남자가 자기 아내와 이혼을 하고 또 그 아내는 그를 떠나 다른 남자와 재혼을 했다면 본남편이 그녀에게 다시 돌아갈 수 있겠느냐? 만일 그렇게 한다면 그 땅이 완전히 더럽혀지지 않겠느냐? 이스라엘아, 네가 많은 무리와 음란한 짓을 하고서도 나에게 돌아오려고 하느냐?
Новый Русский Перевод - – Если муж разведется с женой, и она от него уйдет и станет женой другому, то разве первый муж примет ее назад? Разве этим не осквернится земля? Ты жила как блудница со многими, а теперь хочешь вернуться ко Мне? – возвещает Господь. –
Восточный перевод - Если муж разведётся с женой, и она от него уйдёт и станет женой другому, то разве первый муж примет её назад? Разве не осквернится этим земля? Ты жила как блудница со многими, а теперь хочешь вернуться ко Мне? – возвещает Вечный. –
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Если муж разведётся с женой, и она от него уйдёт и станет женой другому, то разве первый муж примет её назад? Разве не осквернится этим земля? Ты жила как блудница со многими, а теперь хочешь вернуться ко Мне? – возвещает Вечный. –
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Если муж разведётся с женой, и она от него уйдёт и станет женой другому, то разве первый муж примет её назад? Разве не осквернится этим земля? Ты жила как блудница со многими, а теперь хочешь вернуться ко Мне? – возвещает Вечный. –
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Que dire ? ╵Si un mari ╵répudie son épouse, qu’elle le quitte ╵pour appartenir à un autre, est-ce que son ancien mari ╵retournera vers elle ? Le pays n’en serait-il pas souillé ? Or, toi, qui t’es prostituée ╵avec de nombreux partenaires, tu reviendrais à moi ! déclare l’Eternel.
リビングバイブル - ある人が妻を離縁し、彼女が再婚した場合、彼女が再び戻って来ても妻にすることはできないという法律がある。彼女は汚れた者となっているからだ。だが、おまえたちは、わたしを置き去りにして幾人もの恋人と結婚しておきながら、あつかましくも、またわたしのもとへ帰ると言っている。
Nova Versão Internacional - “Se um homem se divorciar de sua mulher e depois da separação ela casar-se com outro homem, poderá o primeiro marido voltar para ela? Não seria a terra totalmente contaminada? Mas você tem se prostituído com muitos amantes e, agora, quer voltar para mim?”, pergunta o Senhor.
Hoffnung für alle - »So spricht der Herr: Wenn ein Mann sich von seiner Frau scheiden lässt und sie einen anderen heiratet, darf er sie dann später wieder zur Frau nehmen? Würde dadurch nicht das ganze Land entweiht? Du aber, Volk Israel, hast dich mit vielen Liebhabern eingelassen – und jetzt willst du zu mir zurückkommen?
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Nếu một người nam ly dị một người nữ rồi người ấy đi và lấy chồng khác, thì người nam không thể lấy nàng trở lại, vì điều đó chắc chắn sẽ làm ô uế xứ. Nhưng ngươi đã thông dâm với nhiều người tình, vậy tại sao ngươi còn định trở lại với Ta?” Chúa Hằng Hữu hỏi.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “หากชายใดหย่าขาดจากภรรยา และนางไปแต่งงานกับชายอีกคน เขาควรจะกลับไปหานางอีกหรือ? จะไม่ทำให้แผ่นดินแปดเปื้อนมลทินไปหมดหรอกหรือ? แต่เจ้าก็ใช้ชีวิตเยี่ยงโสเภณีที่มีชู้รักหลายคน บัดนี้เจ้าจะกลับมาหาเราหรือ?” องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าประกาศดังนั้น
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระผู้เป็นเจ้าประกาศดังนี้ “ถ้าชายผู้หนึ่งหย่าจากภรรยาของเขา เมื่อนางไปจากเขา และเป็นภรรยาของชายผู้อื่น แล้วเขาจะกลับไปหานางอีกไหม แผ่นดินนั้นจะไม่หมองหรือ เจ้าได้แสดงความเป็นหญิงแพศยาที่มีคนรักหลายคน แล้วเจ้าจะกลับมาหาเราอย่างนั้นหรือ

Isaiah 24:5 - The earth suffers for the sins of its people, for they have twisted God’s instructions, violated his laws, and broken his everlasting covenant.
Leviticus 18:24 - “Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for the people I am driving out before you have defiled themselves in all these ways.
Leviticus 18:25 - Because the entire land has become defiled, I am punishing the people who live there. I will cause the land to vomit them out.
Leviticus 18:26 - You must obey all my decrees and regulations. You must not commit any of these detestable sins. This applies both to native-born Israelites and to the foreigners living among you.
Leviticus 18:27 - “All these detestable activities are practiced by the people of the land where I am taking you, and this is how the land has become defiled.
Leviticus 18:28 - So do not defile the land and give it a reason to vomit you out, as it will vomit out the people who live there now.
Jeremiah 2:7 - “And when I brought you into a fruitful land to enjoy its bounty and goodness, you defiled my land and corrupted the possession I had promised you.
Deuteronomy 22:21 - The woman must be taken to the door of her father’s home, and there the men of the town must stone her to death, for she has committed a disgraceful crime in Israel by being promiscuous while living in her parents’ home. In this way, you will purge this evil from among you.
Jeremiah 3:22 - “My wayward children,” says the Lord, “come back to me, and I will heal your wayward hearts.” “Yes, we’re coming,” the people reply, “for you are the Lord our God.
Jeremiah 3:12 - Therefore, go and give this message to Israel. This is what the Lord says: “O Israel, my faithless people, come home to me again, for I am merciful. I will not be angry with you forever.
Jeremiah 3:13 - Only acknowledge your guilt. Admit that you rebelled against the Lord your God and committed adultery against him by worshiping idols under every green tree. Confess that you refused to listen to my voice. I, the Lord, have spoken!
Jeremiah 3:14 - “Return home, you wayward children,” says the Lord, “for I am your master. I will bring you back to the land of Israel — one from this town and two from that family— from wherever you are scattered.
Micah 2:10 - Up! Begone! This is no longer your land and home, for you have filled it with sin and ruined it completely.
Luke 15:16 - The young man became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him. But no one gave him anything.
Luke 15:17 - “When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger!
Luke 15:18 - I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you,
Luke 15:19 - and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired servant.”’
Luke 15:20 - “So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
Luke 15:21 - His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. ’
Luke 15:22 - “But his father said to the servants, ‘Quick! Bring the finest robe in the house and put it on him. Get a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet.
Luke 15:23 - And kill the calf we have been fattening. We must celebrate with a feast,
Luke 15:24 - for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.’ So the party began.
Zechariah 1:3 - Therefore, say to the people, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.’
Jeremiah 4:14 - O Jerusalem, cleanse your heart that you may be saved. How long will you harbor your evil thoughts?
Ezekiel 23:4 - The older girl was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah. I married them, and they bore me sons and daughters. I am speaking of Samaria and Jerusalem, for Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 23:5 - “Then Oholah lusted after other lovers instead of me, and she gave her love to the Assyrian officers.
Ezekiel 23:6 - They were all attractive young men, captains and commanders dressed in handsome blue, charioteers driving their horses.
Ezekiel 23:7 - And so she prostituted herself with the most desirable men of Assyria, worshiping their idols and defiling herself.
Ezekiel 23:8 - For when she left Egypt, she did not leave her spirit of prostitution behind. She was still as lewd as in her youth, when the Egyptians slept with her, fondled her breasts, and used her as a prostitute.
Ezekiel 23:9 - “And so I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers, whom she desired so much.
Ezekiel 23:10 - They stripped her, took away her children as their slaves, and then killed her. After she received her punishment, her reputation was known to every woman in the land.
Ezekiel 23:11 - “Yet even though Oholibah saw what had happened to Oholah, her sister, she followed right in her footsteps. And she was even more depraved, abandoning herself to her lust and prostitution.
Ezekiel 23:12 - She fawned over all the Assyrian officers—those captains and commanders in handsome uniforms, those charioteers driving their horses—all of them attractive young men.
Ezekiel 23:13 - I saw the way she was going, defiling herself just like her older sister.
Ezekiel 23:14 - “Then she carried her prostitution even further. She fell in love with pictures that were painted on a wall—pictures of Babylonian military officers, outfitted in striking red uniforms.
Ezekiel 23:15 - Handsome belts encircled their waists, and flowing turbans crowned their heads. They were dressed like chariot officers from the land of Babylonia.
Ezekiel 23:16 - When she saw these paintings, she longed to give herself to them, so she sent messengers to Babylonia to invite them to come to her.
Ezekiel 23:17 - So they came and committed adultery with her, defiling her in the bed of love. After being defiled, however, she rejected them in disgust.
Ezekiel 23:18 - “In the same way, I became disgusted with Oholibah and rejected her, just as I had rejected her sister, because she flaunted herself before them and gave herself to satisfy their lusts.
Ezekiel 23:19 - Yet she turned to even greater prostitution, remembering her youth when she was a prostitute in Egypt.
Ezekiel 23:20 - She lusted after lovers with genitals as large as a donkey’s and emissions like those of a horse.
Ezekiel 23:21 - And so, Oholibah, you relived your former days as a young girl in Egypt, when you first allowed your breasts to be fondled.
Ezekiel 23:22 - “Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will send your lovers against you from every direction—those very nations from which you turned away in disgust.
Ezekiel 23:23 - For the Babylonians will come with all the Chaldeans from Pekod and Shoa and Koa. And all the Assyrians will come with them—handsome young captains, commanders, chariot officers, and other high-ranking officers, all riding their horses.
Ezekiel 23:24 - They will all come against you from the north with chariots, wagons, and a great army prepared for attack. They will take up positions on every side, surrounding you with men armed with shields and helmets. And I will hand you over to them for punishment so they can do with you as they please.
Ezekiel 23:25 - I will turn my jealous anger against you, and they will deal harshly with you. They will cut off your nose and ears, and any survivors will then be slaughtered by the sword. Your children will be taken away as captives, and everything that is left will be burned.
Ezekiel 23:26 - They will strip you of your beautiful clothes and jewels.
Ezekiel 23:27 - In this way, I will put a stop to the lewdness and prostitution you brought from Egypt. You will never again cast longing eyes on those things or fondly remember your time in Egypt.
Ezekiel 23:28 - “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will surely hand you over to your enemies, to those you loathe, those you rejected.
Ezekiel 23:29 - They will treat you with hatred and rob you of all you own, leaving you stark naked. The shame of your prostitution will be exposed to all the world.
Ezekiel 23:30 - You brought all this on yourself by prostituting yourself to other nations, defiling yourself with all their idols.
Ezekiel 23:31 - Because you have followed in your sister’s footsteps, I will force you to drink the same cup of terror she drank.
Ezekiel 23:32 - “Yes, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “You will drink from your sister’s cup of terror, a cup that is large and deep. It is filled to the brim with scorn and derision.
Ezekiel 23:33 - Drunkenness and anguish will fill you, for your cup is filled to the brim with distress and desolation, the same cup your sister Samaria drank.
Ezekiel 23:34 - You will drain that cup of terror to the very bottom. Then you will smash it to pieces and beat your breast in anguish. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!
Ezekiel 23:35 - “And because you have forgotten me and turned your back on me, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: You must bear the consequences of all your lewdness and prostitution.”
Ezekiel 23:36 - The Lord said to me, “Son of man, you must accuse Oholah and Oholibah of all their detestable sins.
Ezekiel 23:37 - They have committed both adultery and murder—adultery by worshiping idols and murder by burning as sacrifices the children they bore to me.
Ezekiel 23:38 - Furthermore, they have defiled my Temple and violated my Sabbath day!
Ezekiel 23:39 - On the very day that they sacrificed their children to their idols, they boldly came into my Temple to worship! They came in and defiled my house.
Ezekiel 23:40 - “You sisters sent messengers to distant lands to get men. Then when they arrived, you bathed yourselves, painted your eyelids, and put on your finest jewels for them.
Ezekiel 23:41 - You sat with them on a beautifully embroidered couch and put my incense and my special oil on a table that was spread before you.
Ezekiel 23:42 - From your room came the sound of many men carousing. They were lustful men and drunkards from the wilderness, who put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your heads.
Ezekiel 23:43 - Then I said, ‘If they really want to have sex with old worn-out prostitutes like these, let them!’
Ezekiel 23:44 - And that is what they did. They had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, these shameless prostitutes.
Ezekiel 23:45 - But righteous people will judge these sister cities for what they really are—adulterers and murderers.
Ezekiel 23:46 - “Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Bring an army against them and hand them over to be terrorized and plundered.
Ezekiel 23:47 - For their enemies will stone them and kill them with swords. They will butcher their sons and daughters and burn their homes.
Ezekiel 23:48 - In this way, I will put an end to lewdness and idolatry in the land, and my judgment will be a warning to all women not to follow your wicked example.
Ezekiel 23:49 - You will be fully repaid for all your prostitution—your worship of idols. Yes, you will suffer the full penalty. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.”
Judges 19:2 - But she became angry with him and returned to her father’s home in Bethlehem. After about four months,
Ezekiel 33:11 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of wicked people. I only want them to turn from their wicked ways so they can live. Turn! Turn from your wickedness, O people of Israel! Why should you die?
Jeremiah 2:23 - “You say, ‘That’s not true! I haven’t worshiped the images of Baal!’ But how can you say that? Go and look in any valley in the land! Face the awful sins you have done. You are like a restless female camel desperately searching for a mate.
Ezekiel 16:28 - You have prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, too. It seems you can never find enough new lovers! And after your prostitution there, you still were not satisfied.
Ezekiel 16:29 - You added to your lovers by embracing Babylonia, the land of merchants, but you still weren’t satisfied.
Hosea 1:2 - When the Lord first began speaking to Israel through Hosea, he said to him, “Go and marry a prostitute, so that some of her children will be conceived in prostitution. This will illustrate how Israel has acted like a prostitute by turning against the Lord and worshiping other gods.”
Jeremiah 3:9 - Israel treated it all so lightly—she thought nothing of committing adultery by worshiping idols made of wood and stone. So now the land has been polluted.
Deuteronomy 4:29 - But from there you will search again for the Lord your God. And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him.
Deuteronomy 4:30 - “In the distant future, when you are suffering all these things, you will finally return to the Lord your God and listen to what he tells you.
Deuteronomy 4:31 - For the Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the solemn covenant he made with your ancestors.
Isaiah 55:6 - Seek the Lord while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near.
Isaiah 55:7 - Let the wicked change their ways and banish the very thought of doing wrong. Let them turn to the Lord that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will forgive generously.
Isaiah 55:8 - “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
Isaiah 55:9 - For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
Jeremiah 8:4 - “Jeremiah, say to the people, ‘This is what the Lord says: “‘When people fall down, don’t they get up again? When they discover they’re on the wrong road, don’t they turn back?
Jeremiah 8:5 - Then why do these people stay on their self-destructive path? Why do the people of Jerusalem refuse to turn back? They cling tightly to their lies and will not turn around.
Jeremiah 8:6 - I listen to their conversations and don’t hear a word of truth. Is anyone sorry for doing wrong? Does anyone say, “What a terrible thing I have done”? No! All are running down the path of sin as swiftly as a horse galloping into battle!
Hosea 14:1 - Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sins have brought you down.
Hosea 14:2 - Bring your confessions, and return to the Lord. Say to him, “Forgive all our sins and graciously receive us, so that we may offer you our praises.
Hosea 14:3 - Assyria cannot save us, nor can our warhorses. Never again will we say to the idols we have made, ‘You are our gods.’ No, in you alone do the orphans find mercy.”
Hosea 14:4 - The Lord says, “Then I will heal you of your faithlessness; my love will know no bounds, for my anger will be gone forever.
Hosea 2:5 - Their mother is a shameless prostitute and became pregnant in a shameful way. She said, ‘I’ll run after other lovers and sell myself to them for food and water, for clothing of wool and linen, and for olive oil and drinks.’
Hosea 2:6 - “For this reason I will fence her in with thornbushes. I will block her path with a wall to make her lose her way.
Hosea 2:7 - When she runs after her lovers, she won’t be able to catch them. She will search for them but not find them. Then she will think, ‘I might as well return to my husband, for I was better off with him than I am now.’
Jeremiah 2:20 - “Long ago I broke the yoke that oppressed you and tore away the chains of your slavery, but still you said, ‘I will not serve you.’ On every hill and under every green tree, you have prostituted yourselves by bowing down to idols.
Ezekiel 16:26 - Then you added lustful Egypt to your lovers, provoking my anger with your increasing promiscuity.
Jeremiah 4:1 - “O Israel,” says the Lord, “if you wanted to return to me, you could. You could throw away your detestable idols and stray away no more.
Deuteronomy 24:1 - “Suppose a man marries a woman but she does not please him. Having discovered something wrong with her, he writes a document of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house.
Deuteronomy 24:2 - When she leaves his house, she is free to marry another man.
Deuteronomy 24:3 - But if the second husband also turns against her, writes a document of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away, or if he dies,
Deuteronomy 24:4 - the first husband may not marry her again, for she has been defiled. That would be detestable to the Lord. You must not bring guilt upon the land the Lord your God is giving you as a special possession.