Kabbalah sa Jeremias 3:8: Maaseh Rokeach

And let us return to the content of our tractate to explain the precise inferences with which we began. Behold, at first glance, the words of the commentators seem strange when they ask from one verse to the other — Isaiah said: Where is the bill of divorce of your mother (Isaiah 50:1); whereas Jeremiah said: and I handed her a bill of divorce (Jeremiah 3:8), as I have brought above. But what is their difficulty? Behold, Isaiah was before Jeremiah, as is well known. Hence in the days of Isaiah, there was truly still no divorce bill. But afterward, in the days of Jeremiah, when they had filled up their measure [of sin], and the time approached 852 years, He divorced them. And that is why Jeremiah said: and I handed her a bill of divorce. But [this] can be resolved. As one who looks carefully at the verse there in Jeremiah 3 will see that [those words] are discussing the ten tribes which were already exiled. And even though the expression, "and I handed," is [actually] about the future [since it is only the conversive conjunction that makes eten past tense], this is the way of prophecies as is well known. And the ten [northern] tribes had already been exiled in the days of Hoshea ben Elah, who was in the days of King Hezekiah of Judea. And Isaiah was still alive then, as is well known, since Manasseh killed him. Hence it is truly difficult. And one could discuss this further, but here is not the place to discuss this at length.

But behold I will tell you something new about which I have not found any hint in earlier books. However, it is something that my heart is telling me, according to the hints I will write. And if I have erred, may the good Lord atone [for me]: That according to my humble opinion, the book of Jeremiah as a whole is a bill of divorce that He gave to the Jewish people. And with this, the verse is exact. As it said: I have sent her, which is in the past; and I handed [eten] her a bill of divorce, which is in the future. However, the word, "I have sent her," refers to the ten tribes, and [that] sending away was without a bill of divorce. For the time had not yet come close to the 852 years. But when the time comes, then I [will hand] her a bill of divorce, and that is [Jeremiah's] book.