Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
Ver. 14. Turn, O backsliding children.] See on Zechariah 1:3 .
For I am married unto you.] And, as "I hate putting away," Mal 2:16 so I can receive to favour a wife that hath been disloyal, Jer 3:1 and after a divorce.
And I will take you one of a city,] i.e., Though but a few, Isaiah 10:11,12 ; Isaiah 17:6 ; Isa 24:3 all the rest hardening their hearts by unbelief. This hath been principally fulfilled in the days of the gospel.