Jeremiah 3:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bible Comments

Shall be — He cannot take her again according to the law, Deuteronomy 24:1-4. Yet I am ready to be reconciled to you. Polluted — Would not so great a sin greatly pollute a nation? Many — Not with one only, but many idols.

Jeremiah 3:1

1 They say,a If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.