Jeremiah 3:12

Good News Translation

He told me to go and say to Israel, “Unfaithful Israel, come back to me. I am merciful and will not be angry; I will not be angry with you forever.

Cross References

Genesis 4:7

If you had done the right thing, you would be smiling; but because you have done evil, sin is crouching at your door. It wants to rule you, but you must overcome it.”

2 Kings 15:29

It was while Pekah was king that Tiglath Pileser, the emperor of Assyria, captured the cities of Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor, and the territories of Gilead, Galilee, and Naphtali, and took the people to Assyria as prisoners.

2 Kings 17:23

until at last the Lord banished them from his sight, as he had warned through his servants the prophets that he would do. So the people of Israel were taken into exile to Assyria, where they still live.

2 Kings 17:6

which was the ninth year of the reign of Hoshea, the Assyrian emperor captured Samaria, took the Israelites to Assyria as prisoners, and settled some of them in the city of Halah, some near the Habor River in the district of Gozan and some in the cities of Media.

2 Kings 18:1

In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah as king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah

2 Chronicles 29:10

“I have now decided to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that he will no longer be angry with us.

2 Chronicles 30:9

If you return to the Lord, then those who have taken your relatives away as prisoners will take pity on them and let them come back home. The Lord your God is kind and merciful, and if you return to him, he will accept you.”

Psalm 103:17

But for those who honor the Lord, his love lasts forever, and his goodness endures for all generations

Psalm 103:8

The Lord is merciful and loving, slow to become angry and full of constant love.

Psalm 103:9

He does not keep on rebuking; he is not angry forever.

Psalm 145:8

The Lord is loving and merciful, slow to become angry and full of constant love.

Psalm 79:5

Lord, will you be angry with us forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?

Psalm 86:15

But you, O Lord, are a merciful and loving God, always patient, always kind and faithful.

Psalm 86:5

You are good to us and forgiving, full of constant love for all who pray to you.

Proverbs 28:13

You will never succeed in life if you try to hide your sins. Confess them and give them up; then God will show mercy to you.

Isaiah 31:6

God said, “People of Israel, you have sinned against me and opposed me. But now, come back to me!

Isaiah 44:22

I have swept your sins away like a cloud. Come back to me; I am the one who saves you.”

Jeremiah 11:6

Then the Lord said to me, “Go to the cities of Judah and to the streets of Jerusalem. Proclaim my message there and tell the people to listen to the terms of the covenant and to obey them.

Jeremiah 12:15

But after I have taken them away, I will have mercy on them; I will bring each nation back to its own land and to its own country.

Jeremiah 23:8

Instead, they will swear by me as the living God who brought the people of Israel out of a northern land and out of all the other countries where I had scattered them. Then they will live in their own land.”

Jeremiah 3:1

The Lord says, “If a man divorces his wife, and she leaves him and becomes another man's wife, he cannot take her back again. This would completely defile the land. But, Israel, you have had many lovers, and now you want to return to me!

Jeremiah 3:14

“Unfaithful people, come back; you belong to me. I will take one of you from each town and two from each clan, and I will bring you back to Mount Zion.

Jeremiah 3:18

Israel will join with Judah, and together they will come from exile in the country in the north and will return to the land that I gave your ancestors as a permanent possession.”

Jeremiah 3:22

Return, all of you who have turned away from the Lord; he will heal you and make you faithful. You say, “Yes, we are coming to the Lord because he is our God.

Jeremiah 3:5

You won't always be angry; you won't be mad at me forever.’ Israel, that is what you said, but you did all the evil you could.”

Jeremiah 3:7

I thought that after she had done all this, she would surely return to me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it all.

Jeremiah 30:11

I will come to you and save you. I will destroy all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not destroy you. I will not let you go unpunished; but when I punish you, I will be fair. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Jeremiah 31:20

“Israel, you are my dearest child, the one I love best. Whenever I mention your name, I think of you with love. My heart goes out to you; I will be merciful.

Jeremiah 31:21

Set up signs and mark the road; find again the way by which you left. Come back, people of Israel, come home to the towns you left.

Jeremiah 31:8

I will bring them from the north and gather them from the ends of the earth. The blind and the lame will come with them, pregnant women and those about to give birth. They will come back a great nation.

Jeremiah 33:26

And just as surely as I have done this, so I will maintain my covenant with Jacob's descendants and with my servant David. I will choose one of David's descendants to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will be merciful to my people and make them prosperous again.”

Jeremiah 4:1

The Lord says, “People of Israel, if you want to turn, then turn back to me. If you are faithful to me and remove the idols I hate,

Lamentations 3:22

The Lord's unfailing love and mercy still continue,

Ezekiel 11:17

“So tell them what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying. I will gather them out of the countries where I scattered them, and will give the land of Israel back to them.

Ezekiel 33:11

Tell them that as surely as I, the Sovereign Lord, am the living God, I do not enjoy seeing sinners die. I would rather see them stop sinning and live. Israel, stop the evil you are doing. Why do you want to die?

Ezekiel 39:25

The Sovereign Lord said, “But now I will be merciful to Jacob's descendants, the people of Israel, and make them prosperous again. I will protect my holy name.

Hosea 6:1

The people say, “Let's return to the Lord! He has hurt us, but he will be sure to heal us; he has wounded us, but he will bandage our wounds, won't he?

Leviticus 26:40

“But your descendants will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors, who resisted me and rebelled against me,

Zechariah 1:4

Do not be like your ancestors. Long ago the prophets gave them my message, telling them not to live evil, sinful lives any longer. But they would not listen to me or obey me.

Deuteronomy 30:2

If you and your descendants will turn back to the Lord and with all your heart obey his commands that I am giving you today,