Self-interpreting Bible

1 ¹THEY say, ^aIf a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, ^bshall he return unto her again? shall not that land be ^cgreatly polluted? but ^dthou hast played the harlot with many lovers; ^eyet return again to me, saith the LORD.

• 1: Heb. Saying.
• a: De. 24:3
• b: De. 24:4
• c: Je. 3:9 , Je. 2:7 , Is. 24:5
• d: Je. 2:20 , Je. 2:33 , Eze. 16:15 - 59 , Ezekiel 23
• e: Zec. 1:3 , Je. 3:4 , Je. 3:14 , Je. 3:22 , Ho. 14:1 , Eze. 33:11 , Je. 6:8 , Je. 7:3 , Je. 4:1 , Je. 4:14

2 Lift up thine eyes unto the ^fhigh places, and see where thou hast not been ^*lien with. ^gIn the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast ^hpolluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

• f: Ex. 34:16 , 1Ki. 11:7 , 1Ki. 11:8 , 1Ki. 14:23 , 2Ki. 21:3 , Je. 4:11 , Je. 7:29
• *: lien-lain.
• g: Ge. 38:14 , Pr. 23:28 , Eze. 16:25
• h: Je. 3:9 , Is. 24:5 , Ezekiel 16 , Ezekiel 23

3 Therefore the ⁱshowers have been withholden, and there hath been no ^jlatter rain; and thou hadst a ^kwhore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

• i: De. 28:23 , De. 28:24 , Le. 26:19 , Je. 9:12 , Je. 14:4 , Je. 14:22 , Is. 5:6 , Zep. 3:5 , 1:17
• j: Job 29:23
• k: Eze. 3:7 , Je. 6:15 , Je. 8:12 , Je. 44:16 , Je. 44:17 , Je. 5:3 , Eze. 16:24 , Eze. 16:25 , Eze. 16:30 - 34

4 ^lWilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

• l: Je. 3:14 , Je. 3:19 , Je. 3:22 , Je. 31:18 - 20 , Je. 2:2 , Je. 2:27 , Ho. 14:1 - 3 , Ho. 2:15 , Pr. 2:17 , Pr. 2:19 , Mal. 2:14

5 ^mWill he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, ⁿthou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.

• m: Je. 3:12 , Ps. 77:7 - 9 , Ps. 85:5 , Ps. 103:8 , Ps. 103:9 , Is. 57:16 , Is. 64:9
• n: Isaiah 1 , Isaiah 2 , Isaiah 5 , Isaiah 9 , Isaiah 58 , Isaiah 59 , Jeremiah 2 - 16 , Ezekiel 8 , Ezekiel 16 , Ezekiel 20 , Ezekiel 22 , Ezekiel 26 , Micah 2 , Micah 3 , Micah 6 , Micah 7 , Zep. 3:1 - 6

6 ¶The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is ^ogone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

• o: 1Ki. 14:23 , Je. 2:20 , De. 31:16 , De. 32:15 - 21 , Ju. 2:12 , Ju. 2:13 , Ju. 2:17 , Ju. 2:19 , 2Ki. 17:7 - 17 , Eze. 22:28 , Eze. 16:25 , Eze. 16:30 - 34

7 And ^pI said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And ^qher treacherous sister Judah saw it.

• p: 2Ki. 17:10 , 2Ki. 17:13 , 2Ki. 17:14 , Hosea 1 - 14 , Amos 2 - 8 , Isaiah 1 - 5 , Isaiah 9
• q: Eze. 16:46 , Eze. 23:2 , Eze. 23:4 , Is. 21:2

8 And I saw, ^rwhen for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her ^sa bill of divorce; yet her ^ttreacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

• r: Le. 26:15 - 39 , De. 28:15 - 68 , 2Ki. 17:6 - 23 , Eze. 23:9 , Ho. 1:6 , Ho. 1:9 , Ho. 3:4 , Ho. 4:15 - 17 , Ho. 9:15 - 17
• s: De. 24:1 , De. 24:3 , Is. 50:1
• t: 2Ki. 17:19 , 2Ch. 21:6 , 2Ch. 21:11 , 2Ch. 24:17 , 2Ch. 24:18 , 2Ch. 28:2 , 2Ch. 28:3 , 2Ch. 33:2 , 2Ch. 33:9 , Eze. 23:11

9 And it came to pass through the ²lightness of her whoredom, that ^ushe defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

• 2: Or, fame.
• u: Is. 24:5 , Je. 2:7 , Je. 2:27 , Je. 5:7 , Je. 7:9 , Je. 7:30 , Je. 7:31 , Je. 11:10 , Je. 11:12 , Je. 11:13 , Je. 16:11 , Je. 17:1 , Je. 17:2 , Eze. 16:15 - 59 , Ezekiel 22 , Ezekiel 23

10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah ^vhath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but ³feignedly, saith the LORD.

• v: Ho. 7:14 , 2Ch. 35:1 - 18 , 2Ch. 36:12 - 14 , Ps. 78:38
• 3: Heb. in falsehood.

11 And the LORD said unto me, The ^wbacksliding Israel hath ^xjustified herself more than treacherous Judah.

• w: Je. 2:21 , 2Ki. 17:7 - 23 , Hosea 4 - 13 , Amos 2 - 8 , Micah 1 - 3 , Micah 6 , Mi. 7:1 - 6
• x: Eze. 16:51 , Eze. 16:52 , Eze. 23:11

12 ¶Go and proclaim these words toward the ^ynorth, and say, ^zReturn, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am ^amerciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.

• y: 1Ki. 17:6 , 1Ki. 15:29 , Je. 1:13 , Je. 39:9 , Je. 50:9 , Je. 50:41
• z: Eze. 33:11 , Ho. 14:1 - 8
• a: 2Ch. 30:9 , Ps. 86:15 , Ps. 103:8 , Ps. 103:9 , Ps. 145:8 , Ex. 34:6 , Ex. 34:7 , De. 4:31 , Ro. 5:20 , Ro. 5:21 , Ep. 2:7

13 ^bOnly acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and ^chast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.

• b: De. 30:1 - 6 , Is. 59:12 , Ho. 14:2 , 1Jn. 1:9 , Le. 26:40
• c: Je. 2:20 , Je. 2:25 , Je. 2:28 , Je. 3:1 , Je. 3:2 , Je. 3:6

14 ^dTurn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am ^emarried unto you: and ^fI will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

• d: Je. 3:4 , Je. 3:17 , Je. 3:18 , Je. 3:22 , Je. 41:3 , Je. 41:4 , Ho. 14:1 - 3 , Eze. 33:11
• e: Is. 54:5 , Ge. 17:7 , Ex. 19:5 , Ex. 19:6 , Je. 2:2 , Je. 31:32 , Ho. 2:19 , Ho. 2:20 , Ho. 13:4
• f: Is. 1:9 , Is. 4:2 , Is. 10:22 , Eze. 20:38 , Zec. 13:8 , Zec. 13:9 , Je. 31:6 - 12 , Ro. 11:5

15 And I will give you ^gpastors according to mine heart, ^hwhich shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

• g: Ep. 4:11 , Je. 23:4 , 1Sa. 13:14 , Ho. 13:11
• h: Jn. 21:15 - 17 , Ac. 20:28 , 1Pe. 5:2

16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be ⁱmultiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, ^jthey shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come ⁴to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that ⁵be done any more.

• i: Is. 11:11 , Is. 60:22 , Is. 61:4 , Je. 31:8 , Eze. 36:10 , Eze. 36:11 , Zec. 2:4 , Zec. 2:11 , Zec. 10:8
• j: Ho. 3:5 , Is. 65:17 , Jn. 4:21 - 24 , Mal. 1:11 , He. 10:8 , He. 10:9
• 4: Heb. upon the heart.
• 5: Or, it be magnified.

17 At that time they shall call ^kJerusalem the throne of the LORD; and ^lall the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither ^mshall they walk any more after the ⁶imagination of their evil heart.

• k: Ps. 48:1 , Ps. 87:1 - 3 , Is. 66:20 , Zec. 6:3 , Je. 14:21 , Je. 17:12 , Je. 31:23 , Ga. 4:26 , Re. 21:2 , Re. 21:3
• l: Ps. 22:27 - 30 , Is. 11:10 , Is. 2:2 , Is. 2:3 , Is. 60:9 , Ge. 49:10 , Zec. 2:11 , Zec. 8:23
• m: Ro. 6:14 , Je. 11:8 , Is. 1:29 , Is. 66:12 , Is. 66:19 , Ro. 11:25 , Ro. 11:26
• 6: Or, stubbornness.

18 In those days the house of Judah ⁿshall walk ⁷with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to ^othe land that I have ⁸given for an inheritance unto your fathers.

• n: Je. 30:3 , Je. 31:1 , Je. 31:8 - 12 , Je. 50:4 , Je. 50:20 , Is. 11:13 , Eze. 37:16 - 22 , Ho. 1:11 , Zec. 10:6
• 7: Or, to.
• o: Am. 9:15
• 8: Or, caused your fathers to possess.

19 But I said, ^pHow shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a ⁹pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, ^qMy father; and shalt not turn away ¹⁰from me.

• p: Je. 3:10 , Je. 3:11 , Je. 3:20 , Je. 5:7 , Ho. 11:8 , Am. 9:14 , Am. 9:15
• 9: Heb. land of desire, an heritage of glory or of beauty.
• q: Is. 63:16 , Is. 64:8 , Ga. 4:5 , Ga. 4:6 , Je. 32:40 , Ro. 8:15
• 10: Heb. from after.

20 ¶Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her ¹¹husband, so ^rhave ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.

• 11: Heb. friend.
• r: Je. 5:11 , Is. 48:8 , Is. 24:5 , Ezekiel 16 , Ezekiel 23 , Je. 3:1 , Je. 3:2

21 A ^svoice was heard upon ^tthe high places, ^uweeping and supplications of the children of Israel: ^vfor they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.

• s: Je. 3:12 , Je. 3:13 , Je. 31:9 , Je. 31:18 , Je. 31:19 , Je. 50:4 , Eze. 7:16 , Ho. 14:1 - 8 , Zec. 12:10 , Je. 2:32
• t: Is. 15:2
• u: 2Co. 7:10
• v: Pr. 19:3

22 ^wReturn, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, ^xwe come unto thee; for ^ythou art the LORD our God.

• w: Ho. 14:1 , Ho. 14:4 , Is. 1:18 , Is. 44:22 , Is. 55:7 , Is. 57:17 , Is. 57:18 , Ro. 5:20 , Ro. 5:21 , Je. 3:1 , Je. 3:14
• x: Ho. 3:5 , Ho. 6:1 , Ho. 6:2 , Ho. 14:3 , Ho. 14:8 , Zec. 13:9 , 2Co. 5:14 , Ca. 1:4 , Ca. 2:17
• y: Ho. 13:4

23 Truly ^zin vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: ^atruly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

• z: Is. 44:9 , Is. 44:20 , Is. 45:20 , Is. 46:7 , Je. 10:5 , Je. 10:14 , Je. 10:15 , Je. 2:13 , Je. 2:20 , Je. 16:19 , Je. 3:6
• a: Ps. 3:8 , Ps. 44:7 , Ps. 121:1 , Ps. 121:2 , Ps. 130:7 , Ps. 130:8 , Is. 43:11 , Is. 45:15 , Is. 45:17 , Is. 63:1 , Is. 63:16 , 3:8 , Ho. 1:7 , Je. 14:8

24 For ^bshame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

• b: Ho. 9:10 , Ho. 2:8 , Je. 11:13 , Eze. 16:61 , Eze. 16:63 , Ro. 6:21

25 We ^clie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: ^dfor we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our ^eyouth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.

• c: Je. 6:26 , Is. 50:11 , Ezr. 9:6 , Ezr. 9:7 , Ezr. 9:15 , Eze. 36:3 - 6 , Eze. 36:31 , Eze. 36:32 , Ro. 6:21
• d: Je. 2:17 , Je. 2:19 , Psalms 78 , Psalms 106 , De. 31:16 , De. 31:17 , De. 32:15 - 21 , Ju. 2:11 - 19 , 2Ki. 17:7 - 23 , Amos 2 - 8 , Micah 1 - 3 , Micah 6 , Micah 7 , Zephaniah 1 - 3 , Isaiah 1 - 3 , Isaiah 4 , Isaiah 5 , Isaiah 9 , Isaiah 22 , Isaiah 24 , Isaiah 58 , Isaiah 59 , Jeremiah 2 - 17 , Ezekiel 3 - 23 , Daniel 9
• e: Is. 48:8 , Je. 2:2 , Je. 22:21 , Ps. 106:7 , Ps. 106:13 , Ezekiel 20