Jeremiah 3:12

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Jeremiah, look toward the north and speak this message:

Cross References

Genesis 4:7

If you do good things, you will be right with me. Then I will accept you. But if you do wrong things, then that sin is in your life. Your sin will want to control you, but you must control that sin.” [27]

2 Kings 15:29

Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria came to fight against Israel. This was during the time that Pekah was king of Israel. Tiglath Pileser captured Ijon, Abel Bethmaacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and all the area of Naphtali. Tiglath Pileser took the people from these places as prisoners to Assyria.

2 Kings 17:23

until the Lord took Israel away from his sight. And the Lord said this would happen! He sent his prophets to tell the people this would happen. So the Israelites were taken out of their country into Assyria. And they have been there to this day.

2 Kings 17:6

The king of Assyria took Samaria during the ninth year that Hoshea was king of Israel. The king of Assyria captured many Israelites and took them as prisoners to Assyria. He made them live in Halah by the Habor River at Gozan and in other cities of the Medes.

2 Kings 18:1

Hezekiah son of Ahaz was king of Judah. Hezekiah began to rule during the third year that Hoshea son of Elah was king of Israel.

2 Chronicles 29:10

So now I, Hezekiah, have decided to make an agreement with the Lord God of Israel. Then he will not be angry at us any more.

2 Chronicles 30:9

If you come back and obey the Lord, then your relatives and your children will find mercy from the people that captured them. And your relatives and your children will come back to this land. The Lord your God is kind and merciful. He will not turn away from you if you come back to him.

Psalm 103:17

But the Lord has always loved his followers.\par And he will continue to love his followers\par forever and ever!\par God will be good to their children\par and to their children’s children.\par

Psalm 103:8

The Lord is compassionate and merciful.\par God is patient and full of love.\par

Psalm 103:9

The Lord does not always criticize.\par The Lord does not stay angry at us forever.\par

Psalm 145:8

The Lord is kind and merciful.\par The Lord is patient and full of love.\par

Psalm 79:5

God, will you be angry at us forever?\par Will your strong feelings {\cf2\super [455]} \par continue to burn like a fire?\par

Psalm 86:15

Master, you are a kind and merciful God.\par You are patient, loyal, and full of love.\par

Psalm 86:5

Master, you are good and merciful.\par Your people call to you for help.\par You really love those people.\par

Proverbs 28:13

A person that hides his sins will not be successful. But a person that confesses his sins and stops doing wrong will receive mercy.

Isaiah 31:6

You children of Israel turned against God. You should come back to God.

Isaiah 44:22

Your sins were like a big cloud.\par But I wiped away those sins.\par Your sins are gone,\par like a cloud that disappeared into thin air.\par I rescued and protected you,\par so come back to me!”\par

Jeremiah 11:6

The Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, preach this message in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. This is the message: Listen to the words of this Agreement. {\cf2\super [91]} And then obey those laws.

Jeremiah 12:15

But after I pull those people out of their land, I will feel sorry for them. I will bring each family back to its own property and to its own land.

Jeremiah 23:8

But people will say something new. They will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, the Lord is the One who brought the people of Israel out of the land of the north. He brought them out of all the countries where he had sent them.’ Then the people of Israel will live in their own land.”

Jeremiah 3:1

“If a man divorces his wife,\par and she leaves him\par and marries another man,\par can that man come back to his wife again?\par No! If that man went back to that woman, {\cf2\super [14]} \par then that land would become ‘dirty.’\par Judah, you acted like a prostitute\par with many lovers (false gods).\par And now you want to come back to me!”\par This message was from the Lord.\par

Jeremiah 3:14

“You people are unfaithful. But Come back to me!” This message was from the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:18

In those days, the family of Judah will join the family of Israel. They will come together from a land in the north. They will come to the land I gave to their ancestors. {\cf2\super [18]}

Jeremiah 3:22

\{The Lord also said,\}\par “People of Israel, you are unfaithful to me.\par But come back to me!\par Come back and I will forgive {\cf2\super [19]} you\par for being unfaithful to me.”\par

Jeremiah 3:5

You also said,\par ‘God will not always be angry at me.\par God’s anger will not continue forever.’\par

Jeremiah 3:7

I said to myself, ‘Israel will come back to me after she has finished doing these evil things.’ But she did not come back to me. And Israel’s unfaithful sister, Judah, saw what she did.

Jeremiah 30:11

People of Israel and Judah, I am with you.”\par This message is from the Lord.\par “And I will save you.\par I sent you to those nations.\par But I will completely destroy\par all those nations.\par It is true, I will destroy those nations,\par but I will not destroy you.\par You must be punished\par for the bad things you did.\par But I will discipline you fairly.”\par

Jeremiah 31:20

\{God says,\}\par “You know that Ephraim {\cf2\super [255]} is my dear son.\par I love that child.\par Yes, I often criticized Ephraim,\par but I still think about him.\par I love him very much.\par And I really do want to comfort him.”\par This message is from the Lord.\par

Jeremiah 31:21

“People of Israel, fix the road signs.\par Put up the signs that show the way home.\par Watch the road.\par Remember the road you are leaving on.\par Israel, my bride, come home.\par Come back to your towns.\par

Jeremiah 31:8

Remember, I will bring Israel\par from that country in the north.\par I will gather the people of Israel\par from the faraway places on earth.\par Some of the people will be blind and crippled.\par Some of the women will be pregnant\par and ready to give birth.\par But many, many people will come back.\par

Jeremiah 33:26

Then maybe I would turn away from Jacob’s {\cf2\super [281]} descendants. {\cf2\super [282]} And then maybe I would not let David’s descendants rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But David is my servant. And I will be kind to those people. And I will again cause good things to happen to those people.”

Jeremiah 4:1

This message is from the Lord.\par “Israel, if you want to come back,\par then come back to me.\par Throw away your idols.\par Don’t wander away from me.\par

Lamentations 3:22

The Lord’s love and kindness never ends. {\cf2\super [22]} \par His compassion never ends.\par

Ezekiel 11:17

But you must tell those people that the Lord their Master will bring them back. I have scattered you among many nations. But I will gather you together and bring you back from those nations. I will give the land of Israel back to you!

Ezekiel 33:11

“You must say to them, ‘The Lord my Master says: On my life, I promise, I don’t enjoy seeing people die—not even evil people! I don’t want them to die. I want those evil people to come back to me. I want them to change their lives so they can really live! So come back to me! Stop doing bad things! Why must you die, family of Israel?’

Ezekiel 39:25

So the Lord my Master says these things: “Now I will bring the family of Jacob back from captivity. I will have mercy on the whole family of Israel. I will show my strong feelings for my holy name.

Hosea 6:1

“Come, let’s go back to the Lord.\par He hurt us, but he will heal us.\par He wounded us,\par but he will put bandages on us.\par

Leviticus 26:40

“But maybe the people will confess (admit) their sins. And maybe they will confess the sins of their ancestors. [452] Maybe they will admit that they turned against me. Maybe they will admit that they sinned against me.

Zechariah 1:4

The Lord said, “Don’t be like your ancestors. In the past, the prophets spoke to them. They said, ‘The Lord All-Powerful wants you to change your bad way of living. Stop doing bad things!’ But your ancestors did not listen to me.” The Lord said those things.

Deuteronomy 30:2

At that time, you and your descendants [196] will return to the Lord your God. You will follow him with all your heart and completely obey all his commands that I have given you today.