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 1 9 | Bridegroom who loves Israel his Bride. ~If, in this relationship,
 2 9 |    denounced as an “adulterous” bride or “prostitute” (cf. Hos
 3 9 |    Jerusalem become the perfect bride: “For as a young man marries
 4 9 |    bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice
 5 9 |        the terms bridegroom and bride – and covenant as well –
 6 10|         the condition of Israel/Bride waiting for the day of her
 7 10|         of a bridegroom for his bride. The figures of Jesus and
 8 10|         coming: “He who has the bride is the bridegroom; the friend
 9 10|       New Covenant, the beloved bride is the Church, and as the
10 10|       Letter to Families: “This bride, of whom the Letter to the
11 12|        Jerusalem “prepared as a bride adorned for her husband” (
12 12| concludes with the words of the Bride and the Spirit who beseech
13 16|       all Christians of how the Bride is to respond in love to