Law of Divorce

24 “When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens, if she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some ^(A)indecency in her, that ^(B)he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and ^[a]sends her away from his house, ² and she leaves his house and goes and becomes another man’s wife, ³ and the latter husband ^[b]turns against her, writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand, and ^[c]sends her away from his house, or if the latter husband who took her to be his wife dies, ⁴ then her ^(C)former husband who ^[d]sent her away is not allowed to take her again to be his wife, after ^[e]she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the Lord, and you shall not bring sin on the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

⁸ And I saw that for all the ^[a]adulteries of faithless Israel, I had sent her away and ^(A)given her a certificate of divorce, yet her ^(B)treacherous sister Judah did not fear; but she went and prostituted herself also.

God Helps His Servant

50 This is what the Lord says: