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.

Jeremiah 2:2

2Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord,

“I remember the devotion of dyour youth,
your love eas a bride,
fhow you followed me in the wilderness,
gin a land not sown.

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.

Ezekiel 16:8

8“When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and jI spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you kand entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord God, land you became mine.

Ezekiel 23:4

4Oholah was the name of the elder and Oholibah the name of her sister. mThey became mine, and they nbore sons and daughters. As for their names, Oholah is oSamaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

Hosea 2:2

2 Plead with your mother, plead
for pshe is not my wife,
and I am not her husband
that she put away qher whoring from her face,
and her adultery from between her breasts;

Hosea 3:1

Hosea Redeems His Wife

1And the Lord said to me, rGo again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.”

John 3:29

29 sThe one who has the bride is the bridegroom. tThe friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, urejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.

2 Corinthians 11:2

2For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since vI betrothed you to one husband, wto present you xas a pure virgin to Christ.
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