Jeremiah 3:12
10 Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.
11 And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.
Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.
13 Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.
14 “Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.
- KJV
- Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.
- WEB
- Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, ‘Return, you backsliding Israel,’ says the LORD; ‘I will not look in anger on you, for I am merciful,’ says the LORD. ‘I will not keep anger forever.
- ASV
- Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah; I will not look in anger upon you; for I am merciful, saith Jehovah, I will not keep [anger] for ever.
- DARBY
- Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah: I will not make my face dark upon you; for I am merciful, saith Jehovah; I will not keep [anger] for ever.
- BLB
- Go and proclaim these words to the north, and say: ‘Return, O backsliding Israel!’ A declaration of YHWH. ‘I will not cause My face to fall on you⁺, for I [am] merciful,’ a declaration of YHWH. ‘I will not keep [it] forever.
- ÅB
- Gå avsted og rop ut disse ord mot nord og si: Vend tilbake, Israel, du frafalne, sier Herren; jeg vil ikke senke mitt åsyn i vrede mot dere; for jeg er miskunnelig, sier Herren, jeg vil ikke holde fast ved min vrede evindelig.
- OTB
- Gå og forkynn dette budskapet mot nord: ‘Vend tilbake, troløse Israel,’ erklærer Herren, ‘Jeg vil ikke forbli sint på deg, for jeg er nådig,’ erklærer Herren, ‘Jeg vil ikke være sint for alltid.
- B1930
- Gå avsted og rop ut disse ord mot nord og si: Vend tilbake, Israel, du frafalne, sier Herren; jeg vil ikke senke mitt åsyn i vrede mot eder; for jeg er miskunnelig, sier Herren, jeg vil ikke holde fast ved min vrede evindelig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 86:15
But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
Read in contextEzekiel 33:11
Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:29–31
But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Read in contextJeremiah 3:22
“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.
Read in contextMicah 7:18–20
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
Read in contextHosea 14:1–3
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
Read in contextJeremiah 3:18
In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave to your fathers as an inheritance.
Read in contextJeremiah 31:20
Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.
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