2 Chronicles 30:9

Mercy and compassion Grace Repentance God's love

⁷ And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.

⁸ Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.

For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.

¹⁰ So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

¹¹ Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”
KJV: For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.
WEB: For if you turn again to the LORD, your brothers and your children will find compassion with those who led them captive, and will come again into this land, because the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you if you return to him.”
ASV: For if ye turn again unto Jehovah, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that led them captive, and shall come again into this land: for Jehovah your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.
DARBY: For if ye return to Jehovah, your brethren and your children shall find compassion with those that have carried them captive, so that they shall come again unto this land; for Jehovah your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return to him.
BLB: For if you⁺ return to YHWH, your⁺ brothers and your⁺ children will receive mercy before the faces of their captors and will return to this land. For gracious and merciful [is] YHWH your⁺ God, and He will not turn aside the face from you⁺ if you⁺ return to Him.”

ÅB: For når dere vender om til Herren, da skal deres brødre og deres sønner finne barmhjertighet hos dem som holder dem fangne, og komme tilbake til dette land; for Herren deres Gud er nådig og barmhjertig; han vil ikke vende sitt åsyn bort fra dere, dersom dere vender om til ham.
OTB: For hvis dere vender tilbake til Herren, vil deres brødre og deres sønner finne barmhjertighet hos dem som tok dem til fange og vil vende tilbake til dette landet. For Herren deres Gud er nådig og barmhjertig, og vil ikke vende sitt ansikt bort fra dere hvis dere vender tilbake til Ham."
B1930: For når I vender om til Herren, da skal eders brødre og eders sønner finne barmhjertighet hos dem som holder dem fangne, og komme tilbake til dette land; for Herren eders Gud er nådig og barmhjertig; han vil ikke vende sitt åsyn bort fra eder, dersom I vender om til ham.

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Cross references

Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
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Micah 7:18
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
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Psalms 86:5
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
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Deuteronomy 30:2–4
And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
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Psalms 106:46
He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
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1 Kings 8:50
And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
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Nehemiah 9:17
And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
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Exodus 34:6–7
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
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