1They say, If a man put away his wife, and she goe from him, and become another mans, shall hee returne againe vnto her? shall not this land be polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many louers: yet turne againe to mee, sayeth the Lord.

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Deuteronomy 24:1, Deuteronomy 24:4, Deuteronomy 24:1, Deuteronomy 24:4, Ezekiel 16:26

2Lift vp thine eyes vnto the hie places, and beholde, where thou hast not plaied the harlot: thou hast sit waiting for them in the waies, as the Arabian in the wildernesse: and thou hast polluted the lande with thy whoredomes, and with thy malice.

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Jeremiah 2:20, Genesis 38:14, Ezekiel 16:24, Ezekiel 16:25, Jeremiah 2:7

3Therefore the showres haue beene restrained, and the latter raine came not, and thou haddest a whores forehead: thou wouldest not bee ashamed.

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Leviticus 26:19, Leviticus 26:19, Jeremiah 14:4, Jeremiah 14:4, Jeremiah 14:22

4Diddest thou not stil crie vnto me, Thou art my father, and the guide of my youth?

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Jeremiah 2:2, Jeremiah 2:2, Jeremiah 3:19, Jeremiah 3:19, Proverbs 2:17

5Wil he keepe his anger for euer? will he reserue it to the ende? thus hast thou spoken, but thou doest euill, euen more and more.

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Isaiah 57:16, Micah 7:3, Jeremiah 3:12, Micah 2:1, Ezekiel 22:6

6The Lord saide also vnto me, in the daies of Iosiah the King, Hast thou seene what this rebell Israel hath done? for she hath gone vp vpon euery high mountaine, and vnder euery greene tree, and there plaied the harlot.

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Ezekiel 16:31, Ezekiel 16:24, Ezekiel 16:25, 2 Kings 17:7, 2 Kings 17:17

7And I sayde, when shee had done all this, Turne thou vnto me: but she returned not, as her rebellious sister Iudah sawe.

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Ezekiel 16:46, Ezekiel 16:46, Ezekiel 23:2, Ezekiel 23:4, Hosea 6:1

8When I sawe, howe that by all occasions rebellious Israel had plaied the harlot, I cast her away, and gaue her a bill of diuorcement: yet her rebellious sister Iudah was not afraied, but shee went also, and plaied the harlot.

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Deuteronomy 24:1, Deuteronomy 24:1, Hosea 4:15, Hosea 4:17, 2 Kings 18:9

9So that for the lightnesse of her whoredome shee hath euen defiled the lande: for shee hath committed fornication with stones and stockes.

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Jeremiah 2:27, Jeremiah 2:27, Jeremiah 3:2, Isaiah 57:6, Jeremiah 3:2

10Neuerthelesse for all this, her rebellious sister Iudah hath not returned vnto mee with her whole heart, but fainedly, sayth the Lord.

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Hosea 7:14, Hosea 7:14, Jeremiah 12:2, Jeremiah 12:2, Isaiah 10:6

11And the Lord said vnto me, The rebellious Israel hath iustified her selfe more then the rebellious Iudah.

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Ezekiel 16:51, Ezekiel 16:52, Ezekiel 23:11, Ezekiel 16:51, Ezekiel 16:52

12Goe and crie these woordes towarde the North and say, Thou disobedient Israel, returne, sayeth the Lord, and I will not let my wrath fall vpon you: for I am mercifull, sayeth the Lord, and I will not alway keepe mine anger.

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Ezekiel 33:11, Psalms 86:15, Ezekiel 33:11, Psalms 86:15, Deuteronomy 4:29

13But knowe thine iniquitie: for thou hast rebelled against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy waies to the straunge gods vnder euery greene tree, but yee woulde not obey my voyce, sayeth the Lord.

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Jeremiah 2:25, Jeremiah 3:25, Jeremiah 3:6, Deuteronomy 30:1, Deuteronomy 30:3

14O yee disobedient children, turne againe, sayeth the Lord, for I am your Lord, and I will take you one of a citie, and two of a tribe and wil bring you to Zion,

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Hosea 2:19, Hosea 2:20, Hosea 2:19, Hosea 2:20, Jeremiah 2:19

15And I will giue you pastours according to mine heart, which shall feede you with knowledge and vnderstanding.

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Jeremiah 23:4, Jeremiah 23:4, Acts 20:28, Acts 20:28, Ephesians 4:11

16Moreouer, when yee be increased and multiplied in the land, in those daies, saieth the Lord, they shall say no more, The Arke of the couenant of the Lord: for it shall come no more to minde, neither shall they remember it, neither shall they visite it, for that shalbe no more done.

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Isaiah 65:17, Ezekiel 37:26, Amos 9:14, Amos 9:15, Isaiah 65:17

17At that time they shall cal Ierusalem, The throne of the Lord, and all the nations shall be gathered vnto it, euen to the Name of the Lord in Ierusalem: and thence foorth they shall follow no more the hardnesse of their wicked heart.

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Ezekiel 43:7, Ezekiel 43:7, Micah 4:1, Micah 4:5, Jeremiah 17:12

18In those daies ye house of Iudah shall walke with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the lande of the North, into the lande, that I haue giuen for an inheritance vnto your fathers.

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Jeremiah 31:8, Jeremiah 31:8, Jeremiah 23:8, Amos 9:15, Jeremiah 50:4

19But I sayde, Howe did I take thee for children and giue thee a pleasant lande, euen the glorious heritage of the armies of the heathen, and saide, Thou shalt call mee, saying, My father, and shalt not turne from me?

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Jeremiah 3:4, Jeremiah 3:4, Jeremiah 31:9, Jeremiah 31:9, Isaiah 63:16

20But as a woman rebelleth against her husband: so haue yee rebelled against me, O house of Israel, sayeth the Lord.

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Isaiah 48:8, Isaiah 48:8, Jeremiah 5:11, Jeremiah 5:11, Hosea 5:7

21A voice was heard vpon the hie places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they haue peruerted their way, and forgotten the Lord their God.

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Jeremiah 31:9, Isaiah 17:10, Jeremiah 3:2, Jeremiah 2:32, Isaiah 15:2

22O yee disobedient children, returne and I wil heale your rebellions. Behold, we come vnto thee, for thou art the Lord our God.

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Hosea 14:1, Hosea 14:1, Hosea 14:4, Hosea 14:4, Zechariah 13:9

23Truely the hope of the hilles is but vaine, nor the multitude of mountaines: but in the Lord our God is the health of Israel.

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Psalms 121:1, Psalms 121:2, Psalms 121:1, Psalms 121:2, Psalms 3:8

24For confusion hath deuoured our fathers labour, from our youth their sheepe and their bullocks, their sonnes and their daughters.

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Hosea 9:10, Hosea 9:10, Hosea 2:8, Ezekiel 16:61, Ezekiel 16:63

25Wee lie downe in our confusion, and our shame couereth vs: for we haue sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers from our youth, euen vnto this day, and haue not obeyed the voyce of the Lord our God.

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Jeremiah 22:21, Jeremiah 22:21, Jeremiah 2:26, Jeremiah 2:26, Jeremiah 2:17