1 “If a man divorces his wife
and she goes from him
and becomes another man’s wife,
will he return to her?
wWould not that land be greatly polluted?
You have played the whore with many xlovers;
and would you return to me?
declares the Lord.
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Jeremiah 4:30
And you, O desolate one,
what do you mean that you dress in scarlet,
that you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,
that you enlarge your eyes with paint?
In vain you beautify yourself.
Your lovers despise you;
they seek your life.
Jeremiah 22:20
“Go up to Lebanon, and cry out,
and lift up your voice in Bashan;
cry out from Abarim,
for all your lovers are destroyed.
Jeremiah 30:14
All your lovers have forgotten you;
they care nothing for you;
for I have dealt you the blow of an enemy,
the punishment of a merciless foe,
because your guilt is great,
because your sins are flagrant.
Lamentations 1:2
She weeps bitterly in the night,
with tears on her cheeks;
among all her lovers
she has none to comfort her;
all her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
they have become her enemies.
Ezekiel 16:33
Men give gifts to all prostitutes, but you gave your gifts to all your lovers, bribing them to come to you from every side with your whorings.
Ezekiel 23:5
“Oholah played the whore while she was mine, and she lusted after her lovers the Assyrians, warriors
Hosea 2:5
For their mother has played the whore;
she who conceived them has acted shamefully.
For she said, ‘I will go after my lovers,
who give me my bread and my water,
my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’
Hosea 8:9
For they have gone up to Assyria,
a wild donkey wandering alone;
Ephraim has hired lovers.
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