Jeremiah 3:11-22
New American Standard Bible 1995
God Invites Repentance
11 And the Lord said to me, “(A)Faithless Israel has proved herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. 12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north and say,
‘(B)Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the Lord;
‘(C)I will not [a]look upon you in anger.
For I am (D)gracious,’ declares the Lord;
‘I will not be angry forever.
13 ‘Only [b](E)acknowledge your iniquity,
That you have transgressed against the Lord your God
And have (F)scattered your [c]favors to the strangers (G)under every green tree,
And you have not obeyed My voice,’ declares the Lord.
14 ‘Return, O faithless sons,’ declares the Lord;
‘For I am a (H)master to you,
And I will take you one from a city and two from a family,
And (I)I will bring you to Zion.’
15 “Then I will give you (J)shepherds after My own heart, who will (K)feed you on knowledge and understanding. 16 It shall be in those days when you are multiplied and increased in the land,” declares the Lord, “they will (L)no longer say, ‘The ark of the covenant of the Lord.’ And it will not come to mind, nor will they remember it, nor will they miss it, nor will it be made again. 17 At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘The (M)Throne of the Lord,’ and (N)all the nations will be gathered to it, to Jerusalem, for the (O)name of the Lord; nor will they (P)walk anymore after the stubbornness of their evil heart. 18 (Q)In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together (R)from the land of the north to the (S)land that I gave your fathers as an inheritance.
19 “Then I said,
‘How I would set you among [d]My sons
And give you a pleasant land,
The most (T)beautiful inheritance of the nations!’
And I said, ‘You shall call Me, (U)My Father,
And not turn away from following Me.’
20 “Surely, as a woman treacherously departs from her [e]lover,
So you have (V)dealt treacherously with Me,
O house of Israel,” declares the Lord.
21 A voice is heard on the (W)bare heights,
The weeping and the supplications of the sons of Israel;
Because they have perverted their way,
They have (X)forgotten the Lord their God.
22 “Return, O faithless sons,
(Y)I will heal your faithlessness.”
“Behold, we come to You;
For You are the Lord our God.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 3:12 Lit cause My countenance to fall
- Jeremiah 3:13 Lit know
- Jeremiah 3:13 Lit ways
- Jeremiah 3:19 Lit the
- Jeremiah 3:20 Or companion
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