Verse 12

Go{H1980}{(H8800)} and proclaim{H7121}{(H8804)} these words{H1697} toward the north{H6828}, and say{H559}{(H8804)}, Return{H7725}{(H8798)}, thou backsliding{H4878} Israel{H3478}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}; and I will not cause mine anger{H6440} to fall{H5307}{(H8686)} upon you: for I am merciful{H2623}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, and I will not keep{H5201}{(H8799)} anger for ever{H5769}.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 86:15 : 15 But thou, O Lord{H136}, art a God{H410} full of compassion{H7349}, and gracious{H2587}, longsuffering{H750}{H639}, and plenteous{H7227} in mercy{H2617} and truth{H571}.
  • Ezek 33:11 : 11 Say{H559}{(H8798)} unto them, As I live{H2416}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}, I have no pleasure{H2654}{(H8799)} in the death{H4194} of the wicked{H7563}; but that the wicked{H7563} turn{H7725}{(H8800)} from his way{H1870} and live{H2421}{(H8804)}: turn{H7725}{(H8798)} ye, turn{H7725}{(H8798)} ye from your evil{H7451} ways{H1870}; for why will ye die{H4191}{(H8799)}, O house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}?
  • Jer 31:20 : 20 Is Ephraim{H669} my dear{H3357} son{H1121}? is he a pleasant{H8191} child{H3206}? for since{H1767} I spake{H1696}{(H8763)} against him, I do earnestly{H2142}{(H8800)} remember{H2142}{(H8799)} him still: therefore my bowels{H4578} are troubled{H1993}{(H8804)} for him; I will surely{H7355}{(H8763)} have mercy{H7355}{(H8762)} upon him, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.
  • Jer 33:26 : 26 Then{H1571} will I cast away{H3988}{(H8799)} the seed{H2233} of Jacob{H3290}, and David{H1732} my servant{H5650}, so that I will not take{H3947}{(H8800)} any of his seed{H2233} to be rulers{H4910}{(H8802)} over the seed{H2233} of Abraham{H85}, Isaac{H3446}, and Jacob{H3290}: for I will cause their captivity{H7622} to return{H7725}{(H8686)}{(H8675)}{H7725}{(H8799)}, and have mercy{H7355}{(H8765)} on them.
  • Ps 86:5 : 5 For thou, Lord{H136}, art good{H2896}, and ready to forgive{H5546}; and plenteous{H7227} in mercy{H2617} unto all them that call{H7121}{H8802)} upon thee.
  • 2 Kgs 17:6 : 6 In the ninth{H8671} year{H8141} of Hoshea{H1954} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} took{H3920}{(H8804)} Samaria{H8111}, and carried{H1540} Israel{H3478} away{H1540}{(H8686)} into Assyria{H804}, and placed{H3427}{(H8686)} them in Halah{H2477} and in Habor{H2249} by the river{H5104} of Gozan{H1470}, and in the cities{H5892} of the Medes{H4074}.
  • Deut 4:29-31 : 29 But if from thence thou shalt seek{H1245}{(H8765)} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, thou shalt find{H4672}{(H8804)} him, if thou seek{H1875}{(H8799)} him with all thy heart{H3824} and with all thy soul{H5315}. 30 When thou art in tribulation{H6862}, and all these things{H1697} are come{H4672}{(H8804)} upon thee, even in the latter{H319} days{H3117}, if thou turn{H7725}{(H8804)} to the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, and shalt be obedient{H8085}{(H8804)} unto his voice{H6963}; 31 (For the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} is a merciful{H7349} God{H410};) he will not forsake{H7503}{(H8686)} thee, neither destroy{H7843}{(H8686)} thee, nor forget{H7911}{(H8799)} the covenant{H1285} of thy fathers{H1} which he sware{H7650}{(H8738)} unto them.
  • Jer 3:5 : 5 Will he reserve{H5201}{(H8799)} his anger for ever{H5769}? will he keep{H8104}{(H8799)} it to the end{H5331}? Behold, thou hast spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} and done{H6213}{(H8799)} evil things{H7451} as thou couldest{H3201}{(H8799)}.
  • Jer 3:18 : 18 In those days{H3117} the house{H1004} of Judah{H3063} shall walk{H3212}{(H8799)} with the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, and they shall come{H935}{(H8799)} together{H3162} out of the land{H776} of the north{H6828} to the land{H776} that I have given for an inheritance{H5157}{(H8689)} unto your fathers{H1}.
  • Jer 3:22 : 22 Return{H7725}{(H8798)}, ye backsliding{H7726} children{H1121}, and I will heal{H7495}{(H8799)} your backslidings{H4878}. Behold, we come{H857}{(H8804)} unto thee; for thou art the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}.
  • Jer 4:1 : 1 If thou wilt return{H7725}{(H8799)}, O Israel{H3478}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, return{H7725}{(H8799)} unto me: and if thou wilt put away{H5493}{(H8686)} thine abominations{H8251} out of my sight{H6440}, then shalt thou not remove{H5110}{(H8799)}.
  • Jer 23:8 : 8 But, The LORD{H3068} liveth{H2416}, which brought up{H5927}{(H8689)} and which led{H935}{(H8689)} the seed{H2233} of the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} out of the north{H6828} country{H776}, and from all countries{H776} whither I had driven{H5080}{(H8689)} them; and they shall dwell{H3427}{(H8804)} in their own land{H127}.
  • Jer 30:11 : 11 For I am with thee, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, to save{H3467}{(H8687)} thee: though I make{H6213}{(H8799)} a full end{H3617} of all nations{H1471} whither I have scattered{H6327}{(H8689)} thee, yet will I not make{H6213}{(H8799)} a full end{H3617} of thee: but I will correct{H3256}{(H8765)} thee in measure{H4941}, and will not leave thee altogether{H5352}{(H8763)} unpunished{H5352}{(H8762)}.
  • Jer 31:8 : 8 Behold, I will bring{H935}{(H8688)} them from the north{H6828} country{H776}, and gather{H6908}{(H8765)} them from the coasts{H3411} of the earth{H776}, and with them the blind{H5787} and the lame{H6455}, the woman with child{H2030} and her that travaileth with child{H3205}{(H8802)} together{H3162}: a great{H1419} company{H6951} shall return{H7725}{(H8799)} thither.
  • Jer 3:7 : 7 And I said{H559}{(H8799)} after{H310} she had done{H6213}{(H8800)} all these things, Turn{H7725}{(H8799)} thou unto me. But she returned{H7725}{(H8804)} not. And her treacherous{H901} sister{H269} Judah{H3063} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} it.
  • Jer 3:14 : 14 Turn{H7725}{(H8798)}, O backsliding{H7726} children{H1121}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}; for I am married{H1166}{(H8804)} unto you: and I will take{H3947}{(H8804)} you one{H259} of a city{H5892}, and two{H8147} of a family{H4940}, and I will bring{H935}{(H8689)} you to Zion{H6726}:
  • Deut 30:2 : 2 And shalt return{H7725}{(H8804)} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, and shalt obey{H8085}{(H8804)} his voice{H6963} according to all that I command{H6680}{(H8764)} thee this day{H3117}, thou and thy children{H1121}, with all thine heart{H3824}, and with all thy soul{H5315};
  • 2 Kgs 15:29 : 29 In the days{H3117} of Pekah{H6492} king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} came{H935}{(H8804)} Tiglathpileser{H8407} king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}, and took{H3947}{(H8799)} Ijon{H5859}, and Abelbethmaachah{H62}, and Janoah{H3239}, and Kedesh{H6943}, and Hazor{H2674}, and Gilead{H1568}, and Galilee{H1551}, all the land{H776} of Naphtali{H5321}, and carried them captive{H1540}{(H8686)} to Assyria{H804}.
  • 2 Kgs 17:23 : 23 Until the LORD{H3068} removed{H5493}{(H8689)} Israel{H3478} out of his sight{H6440}, as he had said{H1696}{(H8765)} by{H3027} all his servants{H5650} the prophets{H5030}. So was Israel{H3478} carried away{H1540}{(H8799)} out of their own land{H127} to Assyria{H804} unto this day{H3117}.
  • 2 Kgs 18:1 : 1 Now it came to pass in the third{H7969} year{H8141} of Hoshea{H1954} son{H1121} of Elah{H425} king{H4428} of Israel{H3478}, that Hezekiah{H2396} the son{H1121} of Ahaz{H271} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} began to reign{H4427}{(H8804)}.
  • 2 Chr 30:9 : 9 For if ye turn again{H7725}{(H8800)} unto the LORD{H3068}, your brethren{H251} and your children{H1121} shall find compassion{H7356} before{H6440} them that lead them captive{H7617}{(H8802)}, so that they shall come again{H7725}{(H8800)} into this land{H776}: for the LORD{H3068} your God{H430} is gracious{H2587} and merciful{H7349}, and will not turn away{H5493}{(H8686)} his face{H6440} from you, if ye return{H7725}{(H8799)} unto him.
  • Ps 79:5 : 5 How long, LORD{H3068}? wilt thou be angry{H599}{H8799)} for ever{H5331}? shall thy jealousy{H7068} burn{H1197}{H8799)} like fire{H784}?
  • Ps 103:8 : 8 The LORD{H3068} is merciful{H7349} and gracious{H2587}, slow{H750} to anger{H639}, and plenteous{H7227} in mercy{H2617}.
  • Ps 103:17 : 17 But the mercy{H2617} of the LORD{H3068} is from everlasting{H5769} to{H5704} everlasting{H5769} upon them that fear{H3373} him, and his righteousness{H6666} unto children's{H1121} children{H1121};
  • Ps 145:8 : 8 The LORD{H3068} is gracious{H2587}, and full of compassion{H7349}; slow{H750} to anger{H639}, and of great{H1419} mercy{H2617}.
  • Prov 28:13 : 13 He that covereth{H3680}{(H8764)} his sins{H6588} shall not prosper{H6743}{(H8686)}: but whoso confesseth{H3034}{(H8688)} and forsaketh{H5800}{(H8802)} them shall have mercy{H7355}{(H8792)}.
  • Isa 44:22 : 22 I have blotted out{H4229}{(H8804)}, as a thick cloud{H5645}, thy transgressions{H6588}, and, as a cloud{H6051}, thy sins{H2403}: return{H7725}{(H8798)} unto me; for I have redeemed{H1350}{(H8804)} thee.
  • Jer 3:1 : 1 They say{H559}{(H8800)}, If a man{H376} put away{H7971}{(H8762)} his wife{H802}, and she go{H1980}{(H8804)} from him, and become another{H312} man's{H376}, shall he return unto her again{H7725}{(H8799)}? shall not that land{H776} be greatly{H2610}{(H8800)} polluted{H2610}{(H8799)}? but thou hast played the harlot{H2181}{(H8804)} with many{H7227} lovers{H7453}; yet return again{H7725}{(H8800)} to me, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.
  • Ezek 39:25 : 25 Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; Now will I bring again{H7725}{(H8686)} the captivity{H7622}{(H8675)}{H7622} of Jacob{H3290}, and have mercy{H7355}{(H8765)} upon the whole house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, and will be jealous{H7065}{(H8765)} for my holy{H6944} name{H8034};
  • Hos 6:1 : 1 Come{H3212}{(H8798)}, and let us return{H7725}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068}: for he hath torn{H2963}{(H8804)}, and he will heal{H7495}{(H8799)} us; he hath smitten{H5221}{(H8686)}, and he will bind us up{H2280}{(H8799)}.
  • Hos 11:8-9 : 8 How shall I give thee up{H5414}{(H8799)}, Ephraim{H669}? how shall I deliver{H4042}{(H8762)} thee, Israel{H3478}? how shall I make{H5414}{(H8799)} thee as Admah{H126}? how shall I set{H7760}{(H8799)} thee as Zeboim{H6636}? mine heart{H3820} is turned{H2015}{(H8738)} within me, my repentings{H5150} are kindled{H3648}{(H8738)} together{H3162}. 9 I will not execute{H6213}{(H8799)} the fierceness{H2740} of mine anger{H639}, I will not return{H7725}{(H8799)} to destroy{H7843}{(H8763)} Ephraim{H669}: for I am God{H410}, and not man{H376}; the Holy One{H6918} in the midst{H7130} of thee: and I will not enter{H935}{(H8799)} into the city{H5892}.
  • Hos 14:1-3 : 1 O Israel{H3478}, return{H7725}{(H8798)} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}; for thou hast fallen{H3782}{(H8804)} by thine iniquity{H5771}. 2 Take{H3947}{(H8798)} with you words{H1697}, and turn{H7725}{(H8798)} to the LORD{H3068}: say{H559}{(H8798)} unto him, Take away{H5375}{(H8799)} all iniquity{H5771}, and receive{H3947}{(H8798)} us graciously{H2896}: so will we render{H7999}{(H8762)} the calves{H6499} of our lips{H8193}. 3 Asshur{H804} shall not save{H3467}{(H8686)} us; we will not ride{H7392}{(H8799)} upon horses{H5483}: neither will we say{H559}{(H8799)} any more to the work{H4639} of our hands{H3027}, Ye are our gods{H430}: for in thee the fatherless{H3490} findeth mercy{H7355}{(H8792)}.
  • Mic 7:18-20 : 18 Who is a God{H410} like unto thee, that pardoneth{H5375}{(H8802)} iniquity{H5771}, and passeth by{H5674}{(H8802)} the transgression{H6588} of the remnant{H7611} of his heritage{H5159}? he retaineth{H2388}{(H8689)} not his anger{H639} for ever{H5703}, because he delighteth{H2654}{(H8804)} in mercy{H2617}. 19 He will turn again{H7725}{(H8799)}, he will have compassion{H7355}{(H8762)} upon us; he will subdue{H3533}{(H8799)} our iniquities{H5771}; and thou wilt cast{H7993}{(H8686)} all their sins{H2403} into the depths{H4688} of the sea{H3220}. 20 Thou wilt perform{H5414}{(H8799)} the truth{H571} to Jacob{H3290}, and the mercy{H2617} to Abraham{H85}, which thou hast sworn{H7650}{(H8738)} unto our fathers{H1} from the days{H3117} of old{H6924}.
  • Rom 5:20-21 : 20 Moreover{G1161} the law{G3551} entered{G3922}{(G5627)}, that{G2443} the offence{G3900} might abound{G4121}{(G5661)}. But{G1161} where{G3757} sin{G266} abounded{G4121}{(G5656)}, grace{G5485} did much more abound{G5248}{(G5656)}: 21 That{G2443} as{G5618} sin{G266} hath reigned{G936}{(G5656)} unto{G1722} death{G2288}, even{G2532} so{G3779} might{G936} grace{G5485} reign{G936}{(G5661)} through{G1223} righteousness{G1343} unto{G1519} eternal{G166} life{G2222} by{G1223} Jesus{G2424} Christ{G5547} our{G2257} Lord{G2962}.