I will givethem a heartto knowMe, for I am the LORD;and they will be My people,and I will be their God,for they will returnto Me with their wholeheart.
if they returnto You with alltheir heartand with alltheir soulin the landof their captivity,wherethey have been takencaptive,and praytowardtheir landwhichYou have givento their fathersand the citywhichYou have chosen,and toward the housewhichI have builtfor Your name,
How blessedare those who observeHis testimonies,Who seekHim with all[their] heart.
"I have putMy wordsin your mouthand have coveredyou with the shadowof My hand,to establishthe heavens,to foundthe earth,and to sayto Zion,'You are My people.'"
whichI commandedyour forefathersin the daythat I broughtthem out of the landof Egypt,from the ironfurnace,saying,Listento My voice,and doaccording to allwhichI commandyou; so you shall be My people,and I will be your God,'
"For thussaysthe LORD,'Whenseventyyearshave beencompletedfor Babylon,I will visityou and fulfillMy goodwordto you, to bringyou backto thisplace.
"Yetin spite of allthisher treacheroussisterJudahdid not returnto Me with allher heart,but ratherin deception,"declaresthe LORD.
You shall be My people,And I will be your God.'"
"But thisis whatI commandedthem, saying,ObeyMy voice,and I will be your God,and you will be My people;and you will walkin allthe waywhichI commandyou, that it may be wellwith you.'
"Thereforesay,'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"I will gatheryou from the peoplesand assembleyou out of the countriesamong whichyou have been scattered,and I will giveyou the landof Israel."'
in orderthat the houseof Israelmay nolongerstrayfrom Me and nolongerdefilethemselves with alltheir transgressions.Thus they will be My people,and I shall be their God,"' declaresthe LordGOD."
"Thus I will establishMy covenantwith you, and you shall knowthat I am the LORD,
"They will nolongerdefilethemselves with their idols,or with their detestablethings,or with anyof their transgressions;but I will deliverthem from alltheir dwellingplacesin whichthey have sinned,and will cleansethem. And they will be My people,and I will be their God.
"My dwellingplacealso will be with them; and I will be their God,and they will be My people.
"And the houseof Israelwill knowthat I am the LORDtheir Godfrom that dayonward.
And the earthwill respondto the grain,to the newwineand to the oil,And they will respondto Jezreel.
"And I will bringthe thirdpartthrough the fire,Refinethem as silveris refined,And testthem as goldis tested.They will callon My name,And I will answerthem; I will say,They are My people,'And they will say,'The LORDis my God.'"
and I will bringthem [back] and they will livein the midstof Jerusalem;and they shall be My people,and I will be their Godin truthand righteousness.'
But thanksbe to Godthat though you were slavesof sin,you became obedientfrom the heartto that formof teachingto whichyou were committed,
But as it is, they desirea better[country], that is, a heavenly one.ThereforeGodis not ashamedto be calledtheir God;for He has prepareda cityfor them.
"FOR THISIS THE COVENANTTHAT I WILL MAKEWITH THE HOUSEOF ISRAELAFTERTHOSEDAYS,SAYSTHE LORD:I WILL PUTMY LAWSINTO THEIR MINDS,AND I WILL WRITETHEM ON THEIR HEARTS.AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD,AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
Then Samuelspoketo allthe houseof Israel,saying,"Ifyou returnto the LORDwith allyour heart,removethe foreigngodsand the Ashtarothfrom amongyou and directyour heartsto the LORDand serveHim alone;and He will deliveryou from the handof the Philistines."
