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12 Go and call out these words toward the north and say,

[a](A)Return, faithless Israel,’ declares Yahweh;
(B)I will not [b]look upon you in anger.
For I am (C)One of lovingkindness,’ declares Yahweh;
‘I will not be angry forever.
13 Only [c](D)acknowledge your iniquity,
That you have transgressed against Yahweh your God
And have (E)scattered your ways of harlotry to the strangers (F)under every green tree,
And you have not listened to My voice,’ declares Yahweh.
14 [d]Return, O faithless sons,’ declares Yahweh;
‘For I am a (G)master to you,
And I will take you one from a city and two from a family,
And (H)I will bring you to Zion.’

15 “Then I will give you (I)shepherds after My own heart, who will [e](J)shepherd you on knowledge and understanding.

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  1. Jeremiah 3:12 Or Return, O Israel, who has turned away
  2. Jeremiah 3:12 Lit cause My countenance to fall upon you
  3. Jeremiah 3:13 Lit know
  4. Jeremiah 3:14 Or Return, O sons, who have turned away
  5. Jeremiah 3:15 Or feed

20 We (A)know our wickedness, O Yahweh,
The iniquity of our fathers, for (B)we have sinned against You.

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15 I will go away and return to My place
Until they [a](A)acknowledge their guilt and seek My face;
In their affliction they will (B)seek Me earnestly.

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  1. Hosea 5:15 Or bear their punishment