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Unfaithful Judah and Unfaithful Israel

“If a man divorces his wife
    and she leaves him to be with another man,
        will he return to her again?
    Would not such a land be totally polluted?
    You are a prostitute with many lovers.
    Now are you returning to Me?”
It is a declaration of Adonai.

“Lift your eyes to the barren hills and see!
    Where have you not been violated?
    By the wayside you sat waiting for them
        like a nomad in the desert.
    You have polluted the land
        with your prostitution and wickedness.
Therefore showers have been withheld
        and there has been no spring rain.
    You have a harlot’s brazen look;
    you refuse to be ashamed.

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