Jeremiah 3:8 (WEB)
I saw when, for this very cause, that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, had no fear, but she also went and played the prostitute.
Catechism · 1
“But the respective "perfections" of man and woman reflect something of the infinite perfection of God: those of a mother and those of a father and husband.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Is 49:14-15; 66: 13; Ps 131:2-3; Hos 11:1-4; Jer 3:4- 19.
Fathers and councils · 1
“And by Jeremiah: “And I gave her a writing of divorcement, and covenant-breaking Judah feared not.”” — editor's note: Jer. iii. 8.
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