Jeremiah 3:1

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3 “If a man divorces^(A) his wife
    and she leaves him and marries another man,
should he return to her again?
    Would not the land be completely defiled?^(B)
But you have lived as a prostitute with many lovers^(C)—
    would you now return to me?”^(D)
declares the Lord.

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Jeremiah 3:12

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¹²Go, proclaim this message toward the north:^(A)

“‘Return,^(B) faithless^(C) Israel,’ declares the Lord,
‘I will frown on you no longer,
for I am faithful,’^(D) declares the Lord,
‘I will not be angry^(E) forever.

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Jeremiah 3:14

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¹⁴“Return,^(A) faithless people,” declares the Lord, “for I am your husband.^(B) I will choose you—one from a town and two from a clan—and bring you to Zion.

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Hosea 2:5

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⁵Their mother has been unfaithful
    and has conceived them in disgrace.
She said, ‘I will go after my lovers,^(A)
    who give me my food and my water,
    my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.’^(B)

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Hosea 3:1

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Hosea’s Reconciliation With His Wife

3 The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress.^(A) Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.^(B)”

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