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"They say, 'If a man divorces his wife, And she goes from him And becomes another man's, May he return to her again?' Would not that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the harlot with many lovers; Yet return to Me," says the Lord.
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"Lift up your eyes to the desolate heights and see: Where have you not lain with men? By the road you have sat for them Like an Arabian in the wilderness; And you have polluted the land With your harlotries and your wickedness.
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Therefore the showers have been withheld, And there has been no latter rain. You have had a harlot's forehead; You refuse to be ashamed.
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Will you not from this time cry to Me, 'My father, You are the guide of my youth?
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Will He remain angry forever? Will He keep it to the end?' Behold, you have spoken and done evil things, As you were able."
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The Lord said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: "Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot.
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And I said, after she had done all these things, 'Return to Me.' But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.