The Lord likens his relationship with Zion to that of a husband and wife (see Hosea 1:1–3:5), and he challenges the children of mother Zion to produce and study the divorce certificate.1
The Lord likens his relationship with Zion to that of a husband and wife (see Hosea 1:1–3:5), and he challenges the children of mother Zion to produce and study the divorce certificate.1
1 Thus says the LORD: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce, with which I sent her away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you were sold, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.