⁴ They said, ^(A)“Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to dismiss her.”

Law Concerning Divorce

24 “When a ^(A)man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some ^[a]uncleanness in her, and he writes her a ^(B)certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, ² when she has departed from his house, and goes and becomes another man’s wife, ³ if the latter husband detests her and writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her as his wife, ^4 (C)then her former husband who divorced her must not take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled; for that is ^[b]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.

Marriage Is Sacred and Binding^(A)

³¹ “Furthermore it has been said, ^(B)‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ ³² But I say to you that ^(C)whoever divorces his wife for any reason except ^[a]sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.

⁷ They said to Him, ^(A)“Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?”

¹⁹ Then Joseph her husband, being ^[a]a just man, and not wanting ^(A)to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.

Israel Is Shameless

The Servant, Israel’s Hope

50 Thus says the Lord: