Add parallel Print Page Options

12 Therefore, go and give this message to Israel.[a] This is what the Lord says:

“O Israel, my faithless people,
    come home to me again,
for I am merciful.
    I will not be angry with you forever.
13 Only acknowledge your guilt.
    Admit that you rebelled against the Lord your God
and committed adultery against him
    by worshiping idols under every green tree.
Confess that you refused to listen to my voice.
    I, the Lord, have spoken!

14 “Return home, you wayward children,”
    says the Lord,
    “for I am your master.
I will bring you back to the land of Israel[b]
    one from this town and two from that family—
    from wherever you are scattered.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 3:12 Hebrew toward the north.
  2. 3:14 Hebrew to Zion.

Bible Gateway Recommends