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A Call for Repentance

11 Then Yahweh said to me, “Apostate[a] Israel has proved herself more upright[b] than treacherous Judah. 12 Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say,

‘Return, apostate[c] Israel,’ declares[d] Yahweh.
‘I will not cause my anger[e] to fall on you.
For I am loyal,’ declares[f] Yahweh.
‘I will not be angry forever.[g]
13 Only acknowledge your guilt,
that against Yahweh your God you have rebelled,
and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every leafy tree,
and you have not obeyed my voice,’ declares[h] Yahweh.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 3:11 Or “unfaithful”
  2. Jeremiah 3:11 Or “righteous”
  3. Jeremiah 3:12 Or “unfaithful”
  4. Jeremiah 3:12 Literally “a declaration of”
  5. Jeremiah 3:12 Literally “faces”
  6. Jeremiah 3:12 Literally “a declaration of”
  7. Jeremiah 3:12 Literally “to eternity”
  8. Jeremiah 3:13 Literally “a declaration of”