Lexicon :: Strong's H802 - 'iššâ

That is to say, “If a man divorces his wife

And she goes [away] from him

And becomes another man’s [wife],

Will he return to her again? [Of course not!]

Will not that land [where such a thing happened] be completely desecrated?

But you [rebelled against Me and you] are a prostitute with many lovers;

Yet you turn to Me.” says the LORD.

“Therefore the showers have been withheld,

And there has been no spring rain.

Yet you have the forehead (appearance) of a prostitute;

You refuse to be ashamed.

“Surely, as a wife treacherously (unfaithfully) leaves her husband,

So you have dealt treacherously with Me,

O house of Israel,” says the LORD.

“They were like well-fed, lusty stallions,

Each one neighing after his neighbor’s wife.

But I am full of the wrath (judgment) of the LORD;

I am tired of restraining it.

“[I will] pour it out on the children in the street

And on the young men gathered together;

For both the husband and wife shall be taken,

The aged and the very old [though full of days they are not exempt from judgment].

“Therefore I will give their wives to others

And their fields to new owners;

Because from the least even to the greatest

Everyone is greedy for [unjust] gain;

From the prophet even to the priest

Everyone practices deceit and deals in corruption.

Now hear the word of the LORD, O you women,

And let your ear hear the word of His mouth;

Teach your daughters a song of mourning,

And each one [teach] her neighbor a dirge.

“What will you say [O Jerusalem] when the LORD appoints [foreign nations to rule] over you—

Those former friends and allies whom you have encouraged [to be your companions]—

Will not pain seize you

Like [that of] a woman in childbirth?

Therefore, give their children over to the famine;

Give them over to the power of the sword.

And let their wives become childless and widowed;

Let their men meet death [by virulent disease],

Their young men be struck down by the sword in battle.

“Your close friends

Have prevailed against your better judgment and have overpowered and deceived you;

While your feet were sunk in the mire [of trouble],

They turned back.”

Now when all the commanders of the forces that were [scattered] in the open country [of Judah] and their men heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land [of Judah] and had put him in charge of the men, women, and children, those of the poorest of the land who had not been exiled to Babylon,

Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning [fn]sacrifices to other gods, and all the women who were standing by, a large group, including all the people who were living in Pathros in the land of Egypt, answered Jeremiah, saying,

Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and to the women and to all the people who had given him that answer,

Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “Hear the word of the LORD, all [you of] Judah who are in the land of Egypt,

“Kerioth [and the cities] has been taken

And the strongholds seized;

And the hearts of the warriors of Moab in that day

Shall be like the heart of a woman in childbirth.

“A sword against their horses and against their chariots

And against all the foreign troops that are in her midst,

And they will become [as weak and defenseless as] women!

A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered!

With you I shatter man and woman,

With you I shatter old man and youth,

With you I shatter young man and virgin,

The mighty warriors of Babylon have ceased to fight;

They remain in their strongholds.

Their strength and power have failed;

They are becoming [weak and helpless] like women.

Their dwelling places are set on fire;

The [fn]bars on her gates are broken.