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A saying:

If a man divorces his wife
    and she leaves him and marries another man,
        her first husband shouldn’t go back to her again.
            The land would become thoroughly polluted.
    “You have acted like a prostitute who has many lovers.
    And now you want to come back to me!” declares Yahweh.

“Look at the bare hills, and see.
    You have had sex with men in every place.
    You sat by the roadside waiting for them like a nomad in the desert.
    You have polluted the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
So the rain has been withheld, and there have been no spring showers.
    Yet, you have the shameless look of a prostitute,
    and you refuse to blush.

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“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.
“Look up to the barren heights(E) and see.
    Is there any place where you have not been ravished?
By the roadside(F) you sat waiting for lovers,
    sat like a nomad in the desert.
You have defiled the land(G)
    with your prostitution(H) and wickedness.
Therefore the showers have been withheld,(I)
    and no spring rains(J) have fallen.
Yet you have the brazen(K) look of a prostitute;
    you refuse to blush with shame.(L)

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