Zechariah 1:3

Good News Translation

but now I say to you, ‘Return to me, and I will return to you.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 15:2

and he went to meet King Asa. He called out, “Listen to me, King Asa, and all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you as long as you are with him. If you look for him, he will let you find him, but if you turn away, he will abandon you.

2 Chronicles 15:4

But when trouble came, they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel. They searched for him and found him.

Nehemiah 9:28

When peace returned, they sinned again, and again you let their enemies conquer them. Yet when they repented and asked you to save them, in heaven you heard, and time after time you rescued them in your great mercy.

Job 22:23

Yes, you must humbly return to God and put an end to all the evil that is done in your house.

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 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 25:5

They told you to turn from your wicked way of life and from the evil things you are doing, so that you could go on living in the land that the Lord gave you and your ancestors as a permanent possession.

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 3:22

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 35:15

I have continued to send you all my servants the prophets, and they have told you to give up your evil ways and to do what is right. They warned you not to worship and serve other gods, so that you could go on living in the land that I gave you and your ancestors. But you would not listen to me or pay any attention to me.

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,

Ezekiel 18:19

“But you ask, ‘Why shouldn't the son suffer because of his father's sins?’ The answer is that the son did what was right and good. He kept my laws and followed them carefully, and so he will certainly live.

Ezekiel 18:31

Give up all the evil you have been doing, and get yourselves new minds and hearts. Why do you Israelites want to die?

Ezekiel 18:32

I do not want anyone to die,” says the Sovereign Lord. “Turn away from your sins and live.”

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?

Hosea 14:1

Return to the Lord your God, people of Israel. Your sin has made you stumble and fall.

Hosea 14:4

The Lord says, “I will bring my people back to me. I will love them with all my heart; no longer am I angry with them.

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?

Joel 2:12

“But even now,” says the Lord, “repent sincerely and return to me with fasting and weeping and mourning.

Malachi 3:7

You, like your ancestors before you, have turned away from my laws and have not kept them. Turn back to me, and I will turn to you. But you ask, ‘What must we do to turn back to you?’