Comparisons of Israel – 2

3. The wife of Jehovah:

Isaiah 54:5
For your Maker is your husband,
 The Lord of hosts is His name;
 And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel;
 He is called the God of the whole earth.
Hosea 2:16
“And it shall be, in that day,”
 Says the Lord,
 “That you will call Me ‘My Husband,’
 And no longer call Me ‘My Master,’

4. A woman forsaken:

Isaiah 54:6
For the Lord has called you
 Like a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit,
 Like a youthful wife when you were refused,”
 Says your God.

5. Sister Harlots:

Jeremiah 3:6-10
The Lord said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: “Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot. And I said, after she had done all these things, ‘Return to Me.’ But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. Then I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also. So it came to pass, through her casual harlotry, that she defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees. And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me with her whole heart, but in pretense,” says the Lord.

[Message No: 6821]