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Does God Expect Me to Stay Married to a Jerk?

Well now, Jeremiah 3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

So since God is a divorcee, and He did tell us why He divorced Israel, the question would then need be what does it mean to be a jerk?

So since God is a divorcee, and He did tell us why He divorced Israel, the question would then need be what does it mean to be a jerk?

Note that Israel worshiped other idols ( which in God's eyes, is adultery). Jesus repeated the same thing when He actually said this in Matthew 5:32 :

"But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery."

Your spouse could be a jerk without being unfaithful. I'm not sure if the Bible teaches that divorce is allowable because your spouse is a jerk.