44:1–30); adultery (5:7–9; 7:9); oppressing the aliens, orphans, and widows (7:5–6); lying and slander (9:4–6); and breaking the Sabbath (17:19–27). To make matters worse, they were hypocrites about it all (7:1–11; 9:2–9; 10:1–16). In a word, God is judging them for being unfaithful—unfaithful to a God who is always faithful. This is why the painful metaphor of an unfaithful bride was so bitingly accurate. There is nothing more devastating to a marriage than unfaithfulness. Jeremiah explains it this