DIVORCE

DIVORCE: - Law of marriage against Ge 2:24; Mt 19:6 - PERMITTED . By the Mosaic law De 24:1 . On account of hardness of heart Mt 19:8 - Often sought by the Jews Mic 2:9; Mal 2:14 - Sought on slight grounds Mt 5:31; 19:3 - Not allowed to those who falsely accused their wives De 22:18,19 - WOMEN . Could obtain Pr 2:17; Mr 10:12 . Could marry after De 24:2 . Responsible for vows after Nu 30:9 . Married after, could not return to first husband De 24:3,4; Jer 3:1 . Afflicted by Isa 54:4,6 - Priests not to marry women after Le 21:14 - Of servants, regulated by law Ex 21:7,11 - Of captives, regulated by law De 21:13,14 - Forced on those who had idolatrous wives Ezr 10:2-17; Ne 13:23,30 - Jews condemned for love of Mal 2:14-16 - Forbidden by Christ except for adultery Mt 5:32; 19:9 - Prohibition of, offended the Jews Mt 19:10 - Illustrative of God's casting off of the Jewish church Isa 50:1; Jer 3:8