Isaiah 1:21
New American Standard Bible
Zion Corrupted; Will Be Redeemed
21 How the faithful city has become a (A)prostitute,
She who was full of justice!
Righteousness once dwelt in her,
But now murderers.
Jeremiah 2:25
New American Standard Bible
25 Keep your feet from being bare,
And your throat from thirst;
But you said, ‘(A)It is [a]hopeless!
No! For I have (B)loved strangers,
And I will walk after them.’
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:25 Or desperate
Jeremiah 3:1
New American Standard Bible
The Defiled Land
3 God [a]says, “(A)If a husband divorces his wife
And she leaves him
And becomes another man’s wife,
Will he return to her again?
Would that land not be completely defiled?
But you (B)are a prostitute with many [b]lovers;
Yet you (C)turn to Me,” declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 3:1 Lit saying
- Jeremiah 3:1 Lit companions
Jeremiah 3:2
New American Standard Bible
2 “Raise your eyes to the (A)bare heights and see;
Where have you not been violated?
You have (B)sat for them by the roads
Like an Arab in the desert,
And you have (C)defiled a land
With your prostitution and your wickedness.
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