Divorce: Figurative
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Isaiah 50:1
Thus said the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have you sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
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Isaiah 54:4
Fear not; for you shall not be ashamed: neither be you confounded; for you shall not be put to shame: for you shall forget the shame of your youth, and shall not remember the reproach of your widowhood any more.
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Jeremiah 3:8
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
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Annunciation to Joseph of the Birth of Jesus.
... The law of divorce applied to betrothed as well as to married persons. ... the said language
is more perfectly suited.4. When parabolic or figurative language may ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/ix annunciation to joseph of.htm

On the Journey to Jerusalem - Departure from Ephraim by Way of ...
... R. 9 there is no indication of any figurative use of the expression, and ... the expression
is followed by an anti-climax giving permission of divorce if another ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xxii on the journey.htm

Whether the New Law Fulfils the Old?
... "Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce. ... as stated
above ([2147]Q[103], AA[3],4). Now the latter were figurative of something ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the new law fulfils.htm

Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew
... 40. Discussion of the Saying of Peter. 41. Figurative Interpretation of the Same.
42. ... 18. The Bill of Divorcement. 19. The Divorce of Israel. 20. ...
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The Teacher with Authority
... the Pharisees pleaded Moses for their authority in the matter of divorce, Jesus
referred ... There is a freedom and ease about his use of figurative language which ...
/.../rhees/the life of jesus of nazareth/ii the teacher with authority.htm

Some Rules for Discerning what is Said About Christ the ...
... that Christ is oftentimes called a Stone in parable, and in figurative speech Jacob
and ... where Mount Zion is, because I gave Jerusalem a bill of divorce in your ...
/.../chapter cxiv some rules for discerning.htm

Whether There Can be any Suitable Cause for the Sacraments of the ...
... Objection 3: Some of the sacraments of the New Law had corresponding figurative
sacraments in ... the Old Law it was allowable to give a bill of divorce, which is ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether there can be any 2.htm

The Unjust Steward - Dives and Lazarus - Jewish Agricultural Notes ...
... Witness here their teaching and practice concerning divorce, which really involved
a breach ... and in regard to their selfish use of the figurative riches: their ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xviii the unjust steward.htm

The Five Books Against Marcion
... Chapter XIV.--Figurative Style of Certain Messianic Prophecies in the Psalms ... Chapter
XXXIV.--Moses, Allowing Divorce, and Christ Prohibiting It, Explained John ...
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The Second Commandment
... and hands to signify his power, yet it is absurd, from such metaphors and figurative
expressions, to ... Image-worship enrages God; it makes God divorce a people. ...
/.../watson/the ten commandments/2 2 the second commandment.htm

Resources
What does Malachi 2:16 mean when God says, “I hate divorce”? | GotQuestions.org

Is the divorce rate among Christians truly the same as among non-Christians? | GotQuestions.org

What does Deuteronomy 24 teach about divorce? | GotQuestions.org

Divorce: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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