“Thus saith the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.”
The rhetorical question—'Thus says Yahweh: Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, whom I have sent away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? No, because of your sins you were sold, and because of your transgressions your mother was sent away'—rejects the idea that God permanently abandoned Israel. The reference to divorce and sale suggests that exile appears permanent, yet God affirms it is not. The assertion that Israel was sold because of sin suggests that exile resulted from covenantal infidelity rather than God's failure. This verse addresses Israel's fear that divorce from God is final.
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