Foundations for Christian Mission, Mentor's Guide, MG04

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b. Lam. 1.1-8

4. God viewed Israel as a treacherous wife who leaves her husband without cause.

a. Isa. 54.6

b. Jer. 3.20

5. God pleaded with his people to return to him.

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a. Jer. 3.1

b. Jer. 3.8

c. Jer. 3.14

6. When God’s people refused to return to him, he sent them into exile.

a. The Northern Kingdom, Israel, sent into captivity and exile by the Assyrians, 720 B.C.E.

(1) 2 Kings 15.29

(2) Isa. 10.5-6