3:19 “I thought to myself, ¹ 

‘Oh what a joy it would be for me to treat you like a son! ² 

What a joy it would be for me to give ³  you a pleasant land,

the most beautiful piece of property there is in all the world!’ ⁴ 

I thought you would call me, ‘Father’ ⁵ 

and would never cease being loyal to me. ⁶ 

3:1 “If a man divorces his wife

and she leaves him and becomes another man’s wife,

he may not take her back again. ⁷ 

Doing that would utterly defile the land. ⁸ 

But you, Israel, have given yourself as a prostitute to many gods. ⁹ 

So what makes you think you can return to me?” ¹⁰ 

says the Lord.