Go, proclaim this message toward the north: 'Return, O faithless Israel,' declares the LORD. 'I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,' declares the LORD. 'I will not be angry forever. Cross References Genesis 4:7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it." Leviticus 26:40 But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me-- Psalm 86:15 But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness. Psalm 103:9 He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever. Jeremiah 3:5 Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?' This you have spoken, but you keep doing all the evil you can." Jeremiah 3:14 "Return, O faithless children," declares the LORD, "for I am your master, and I will take you--one from a city and two from a family--and bring you to Zion. Jeremiah 3:22 "Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness." "Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God. Jeremiah 11:6 Then the LORD said to me, "Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear the words of this covenant and carry them out. Jeremiah 12:15 But after I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land. Jeremiah 31:20 Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him," declares the LORD. Jeremiah 33:26 then I would also reject the descendants of Jacob and of My servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore them from captivity and will have compassion on them." Lamentations 3:22 Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. Ezekiel 11:17 Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: 'I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel.' Ezekiel 33:11 Say to them: 'As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?' Treasury of Scripture Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, said the LORD; and I will not cause my anger to fall on you: for I am merciful, said the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever. toward the north Jeremiah 3:18 Jeremiah 23:8 Jeremiah 31:8 return Jeremiah 3:1,7,22 Jeremiah 4:1 Isaiah 44:22 and I will not Jeremiah 30:11 Jeremiah 33:26 Ezekiel 39:25 for I am Jeremiah 31:20 Deuteronomy 4:29-31 2 Chronicles 30:9 I will Jeremiah 3:5 Psalm 79:5 |