Jeremiah 3:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Jeremiah, look toward the north and speak this message: “‘Come back, you faithless people of Israel.’ This message is from the Lord. ‘I will stop frowning at you. I am full of mercy.’ The Lord says, ‘I will not be angry with you forever.

Cross References

Ezekiel 33:11

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

Psalm 86:15

My Lord, you are a kind and merciful God. You are patient, loyal, and full of love.

Jeremiah 33:26

Then maybe I would turn away from Jacob’s descendants. 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. I will again cause good things to happen to them.”

Jeremiah 31:20

The Lord says, “You know that Ephraim is my dear son. I love that child. Yes, I often criticized Ephraim, but I still think about him. I love him very much, and I really do want to comfort him.

Jeremiah 3:22

“People of Israel, you are unfaithful to me, but come back to me. Come back and I will forgive you for being unfaithful. “Just say, ‘Yes, we will come back, because you are the Lord our God.

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 to the land I gave to their ancestors.”

Jeremiah 30:11

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

Jeremiah 23:8

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

Jeremiah 4:1

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

Jeremiah 3:5

You also said, ‘God will not always be angry with me. His anger will not continue forever.’ “Judah, you say that, but you do as much evil as you can.”

Psalm 145:8

The Lord is kind and merciful, patient and full of love.

Psalm 86:5

My Lord, you are good and merciful. You love all those who call to you for help.

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 Kings 17:23

until the Lord took Israel away from his sight. And he 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.

Deuteronomy 30:2

Then you and your descendants will turn back 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.

Hosea 6:1

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

Ezekiel 39:25

So this is what the Lord GOD says: “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.

Jeremiah 31:8

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

Jeremiah 3:14

The Lord says, “You people are unfaithful, but come back to me because I am your master. I will take one person from every city and two people from every family and bring you to Zion.

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 3:1

“If a man divorces his wife and she goes and marries someone else, the first husband cannot take her back. If he did, it would make the land unclean. Judah, you and all your false gods are like a prostitute with many lovers! So why do you think you can come back to me?” This message is from the Lord.

Isaiah 44:22

Your sins were like a big cloud, but I wiped them all away. Your sins are gone, like a cloud that disappeared into thin air. I rescued and protected you, so come back to me.”

Proverbs 28:13

Whoever hides their sins will not be successful, but whoever confesses their sins and stops doing wrong will receive mercy.

Psalm 103:17

But the Lord has always loved his followers, and he will continue to love them forever and ever! He will be good to all their descendants,

Psalm 103:8

The Lord is kind and merciful. He is patient and full of love.

Psalm 79:5

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

2 Chronicles 30:9

If you come back and obey the Lord, your relatives and your children will find mercy from the people who 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.”

2 Kings 17:6

The king of Assyria took Samaria during the ninth year that Hoshea was king of Israel. He 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 15:29

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

Genesis 4:7

You know that if you do what is right, I will accept you. But if you don’t, sin is ready to attack you. That sin will want to control you, but you must control it.”

Leviticus 26:40

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

Psalm 103:9

He does not always criticize. He does not stay angry with us forever.

Jeremiah 11:6

The Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, tell this message in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: ‘Listen to the words of this agreement, and then obey these laws.

Jeremiah 12:15

But after I pull them up 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.

Lamentations 3:22

We are still alive because the Lord’s faithful love never ends.

Ezekiel 11:17

But you must tell those people that the Lord GOD 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.

2 Chronicles 29:10

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

Isaiah 31:6

People of Israel, you should come back to the God you turned away from.

Jeremiah 31:21

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

Zechariah 1:4

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