Isaiah 31:6

New International Reader's Version

People of Israel, return to the Lord. He’s the God you have so strongly opposed.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:14

And that’s not all. The people and all the leaders of the priests became more and more unfaithful. They followed all the practices of the nations. The Lord hated those practices. The people and leaders made the Lord’s temple “unclean.” The Lord had set the temple in Jerusalem apart in a special way for himself.

Job 22:23

If you return to the Mighty One, you will have what you had before. But first you must remove everything that is evil far from your tent.

Isaiah 1:2

Listen to me, you heavens! Pay attention to me, earth! The Lord has said, “I raised children. I brought them up. But they have refused to obey me.

Isaiah 29:15

How terrible it will be for people who try hard to hide their plans from the Lord! They do their work in darkness. They think, “Who sees us? Who will know?”

Isaiah 44:22

I will sweep your sins away as if they were a cloud. I will blow them away as if they were the morning mist. Return to me. Then I will set you free.”

Isaiah 48:8

You have not heard or understood what I said. Your ears have been plugged up for a long time. I knew very well that you would turn against me. From the day you were born, you have refused to obey me.

Isaiah 55:7

Let those who are evil stop doing evil things. And let them quit thinking evil thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord. The Lord will show them his tender love. Let them turn to our God. He is always ready to forgive.

Jeremiah 3:10

In spite of all this, their sister nation Judah did not come back to me. They were not faithful to me either. They did not return with all their heart. They only pretended to,” announces the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:12

Go. Announce this message to the people in the north. Tell them, “ ‘Israel, you have not been faithful,’ announces the Lord. ‘Return to me. Then I will do good things for you again. That’s because I am faithful,’ announces the Lord. ‘I will not be angry with you forever.

Jeremiah 3:14

“You people have not been faithful,” announces the Lord. “Return to me. I am your husband. I will choose one of you from each town. I will choose two from each territory. And I will bring you to the city of Zion.

Jeremiah 3:22

“You have not been faithful,” says the Lord. “Return to me. I will heal you. Then you will not turn away from me anymore.” “Yes,” the people say. “We will come to you. You are the Lord our God.

Jeremiah 5:23

But you people have stubborn hearts. You refuse to obey me. You have turned away from me. You have gone astray.

Ezekiel 18:31

Get rid of all the evil things you have done. Let me give you a new heart and a new spirit. Then you will be faithful to me. Why should you die, people of Israel?

Ezekiel 18:32

When anyone dies, it does not give me any joy,” announces the Lord and King. “So turn away from your sins. Then you will live!

Hosea 9:9

You have sunk very deep into sin, just as your people did at Gibeah long ago. God will remember the evil things they have done. He will punish them for their sins.

Zechariah 1:3

And now he says to us, “Return to me. Then I will return to you,” announces the Lord.

Acts 26:20

First I preached to people in Damascus. Then I preached in Jerusalem and in all Judea. And then I preached to the Gentiles. I told them to turn away from their sins to God. The way they live must show that they have turned away from their sins.

Acts 3:19

So turn away from your sins. Turn to God. Then your sins will be wiped away. The time will come when the Lord will make everything new.