3:14 I am your master. Lit. “I am your husband.” Although Israel was bound to be faithful to God as her true “husband,” Jeremiah exposes her sin of spiritual adultery, her attachment to the gods of the nations. See Hos. 2:16, 17.

take . . . one . . . two. God will save a remnant from among the exiles (23:3 note; Is. 10:20–22 note).