¹² Go and cry these words toward ^[a]the North, and say, Thou disobedient Israel, return, saith the Lord, and I will not let my wrath fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not always keep mine anger.

³⁰ Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, everyone according to his ways, saith the Lord God: return therefore, and cause others to turn away from all your transgressions: so iniquity shall not be your destruction.

² O Israel, ^[a]return unto the Lord thy God: for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

¹² Therefore also now the Lord saith, Turn you unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning,