2 Chronicles 30:8-10

Expanded Bible

⁸ Don’t be ·stubborn [^Lstiff-necked] as your ·ancestors [fathers] were, but ·obey the Lord willingly [submit/yield to the Lord]. Come to the ·Temple [sanctuary], which he has ·made holy [consecrated; ^Lset apart] forever. Serve the Lord your God so ·he will not be angry with [his fierce anger will turn away from] you. ⁹ Come back to the Lord. Then the people who captured your ·relatives [brothers] and ·children [sons] will be ·kind [merciful; compassionate] to them and will let them return to this land. The Lord your God is ·kind [gracious] and ·merciful [compassionate]. He will not turn ·away [^Lhis face] from you if you return to him.