Study it in the app“Saying, “Look, if a man sends away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man’s, will he return to her again? Would not that land be utterly defiled? But you have prostituted yourself with many companions; and would you return to me? declares YHWH.”
Saying,לֵאמֹר“Look,הֵןif a manאִישׁsends awayיְשַׁלַּחhis wifeאֶת אִשְׁתּוֹand she goesוְהָלְכָהfrom himמֵאִתּוֹand becomesוְהָיְתָהanother man’s,לְאִישׁ אַחֵרwill he returnהֲיָשׁוּבto herאֵלֶיהָagain?עוֹדWould notהֲלוֹאthat landהָאָרֶץ הַהִיאbe utterly defiled?חָנוֹף תֶּחֱנַףBut youוְאַתְּhave prostituted yourselfזָנִיתwith many companions;רֵעִים רַבִּיםand would you returnוְשׁוֹבto me?אֵלַיdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהֹוָה
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearssend away
To send away, or divorce one's wife.
Where else “yeshalach” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appearsgo
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halcha” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayta” appearsother
Other, another; next.
Where else “acher” appearsagain
To do something one more time.
Where else “yashuv” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsdefile
To stain the land with blood or idols.
Where else “chanof” appearsbe unfaithful
To be unfaithful to YHWH by going after other gods.
Where else “zanit” appearscompanion
A companion, a friend.
Where else “reim” appearsmany
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appearsdeclaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehova” appearsThe law of Deuteronomy 24:1-4 forbids the first husband to take back the wife he sent away.
1 · This verse (above)
2Lift up your eyes to the bare heights and see: where have you not been lain with? By the roads you sat for them like an Arab in the wilderness, and you defiled the land with your prostitutions and with your evil.
