For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one's youth," says your God. Cross References Isaiah 49:14 But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!" Isaiah 49:21 Then you will say in your heart, 'Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?'" Isaiah 50:1 This is what the LORD says: "Where is your mother's certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away. Isaiah 50:2 Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst. Isaiah 62:4 No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride. Hosea 2:19 So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion. Malachi 2:14 Yet you ask, "Why?" It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. Treasury of Scripture For the LORD has called you as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when you were refused, said your God. a woman Isaiah 49:14 Isaiah 62:4 Hosea 2:1,2,14,15 a wife Proverbs 5:18 Ecclesiastes 9:9 Malachi 2:14 |
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