² and you ^(A)return to the Lord your God and ^[a]obey Him ^(B)with all your heart and soul according to all that I command you today, you and your sons,

⁸ And you shall again ^[a]obey the Lord, and observe all His commandments which I command you today.

³ Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “^(A)If you return to the Lord with all your heart, ^(B)remove the foreign gods and the ^(C)Ashtaroth from among you and ^(D)direct your hearts to the Lord and ^(E)serve Him alone; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

^8 (A)if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will ^[a](B)relent concerning the calamity I planned to bring on it.

¹¹ So now then, speak to the men of Judah and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem saying, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold, I am ^(A)fashioning calamity against you and devising a plan against you. Oh ^(B)turn back, each of you from his evil way, and ^[a]reform your ways and your deeds.”’

¹⁵ Also I have sent to you all My ^(A)servants the prophets, sending them ^[a]again and again, saying: ‘^(B)Turn now every man from his evil way and amend your deeds, and ^(C)do not go after other gods to worship them. Then you will ^(D)dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your forefathers; but you have not ^(E)inclined your ear or listened to Me.

⁸ But both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth; and let ^[a]men ^(A)call on God earnestly that each may ^(B)turn from his wicked way and from the violence which is in ^[b]his hands.