Isa 54:5, 61:10, Jer 3:14, Hos 2:19-20, Joh 3:29, 2Cor 11:2, Eph 5:25-27 | ESV | STEP | For your Maker is your husband , the Lord of hosts is his name ; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer , the God of the whole earth he is called .

l[See ver. 19 above]

m Jer. 31:34; John 17:3

nSee Matt. 25:1

o Judg. 14:20; Song 5:1

p Matt. 9:15

q[Hos. 2:19, 20]

r Col. 1:22, 28

s Eph. 5:27; Rev. 14:4

t ver. 28, 33; [1 Pet. 3:7]

u ver. 2

v Titus 3:5; [Rev. 7:14]

w ch. 6:17; Heb. 6:5; See John 15:3

x 2 Cor. 11:2; See ch. 1:4

y Song 4:7

Isaiah 54:5

5 ^aFor your Maker is your husband,
the Lord of hosts is his name;
^band the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer,
^cthe God of the whole earth he is called.

Isaiah 61:10

10 ^dI will greatly rejoice in the Lord;
my soul shall exult in my God,
^efor he has clothed me with the garments of salvation;
he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself ^flike a priest with a beautiful headdress,
^gand as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Jeremiah 3:14

14 ^hReturn, O faithless children,

declares the Lord;
ⁱfor I am your master;
I will take you, one from a city and two from a family,
and I will bring you to Zion.

Hosea 2:19-20

19 And I will betroth you to me ^jforever. ^kI will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. 20 ^lI will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And ^myou shall know the Lord.

John 3:29

29 ⁿThe one who has the bride is the bridegroom. ^oThe friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, ^prejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.

2 Corinthians 11:2

2 For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since ^qI betrothed you to one husband, ^rto present you ^sas a pure virgin to Christ.

Ephesians 5:25-27

25 ^tHusbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and ^ugave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by ^vthe washing of water ^wwith the word, 27 so ^xthat he might present the church to himself in splendor, ^ywithout spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. ^{▼▼Or holy and blameless}