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The Lord Almighty was very angry with your fathers. But he will turn again and favor you if only you return to him. Don’t be like your fathers were! The earlier prophets pled in vain with them to turn from all their evil ways.

“Come, return to me,” the Lord God said. But no, they wouldn’t listen; they paid no attention at all.

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“The Lord was very angry(A) with your ancestors. Therefore tell the people: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Return(B) to me,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will return to you,’(C) says the Lord Almighty. Do not be like your ancestors,(D) to whom the earlier prophets(E) proclaimed: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Turn from your evil ways(F) and your evil practices.’ But they would not listen or pay attention to me,(G) declares the Lord.(H)

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