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Wages of Apostasy

If[a] a man divorces his wife
and she leaves him to marry another,
can he ever return to her?(A)
Wouldn’t such a land[b] become totally defiled?
But you!
You have prostituted yourself with many partners(B)
can you return to me?(C)
This is the Lord’s declaration.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:1 One Hb ms, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read Saying: If
  2. 3:1 LXX reads woman

‘Why then,’ they asked him, ‘did Moses command us to give divorce papers(A) and to send her away? ’

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They said, ‘Moses permitted us to write divorce papers(A) and send her away.’(B)

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