New American Standard Bible 2020

Jeremiah 3:12-15

12Go and proclaim these words toward the north and say, ‘1Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the Lord; ‘2I will not 3look at you in anger. For I am 4gracious,’ declares the Lord; ‘I will not be angry forever.13Only 5 6acknowledge your wrongdoing, That you have revolted against the Lord your God, And have 7scattered your 8favors to the strangers 9under every leafy tree, And you have not obeyed My voice,’ declares the Lord.14‘Return, you faithless sons,’ declares the Lord; ‘For I am a 10master to you, And I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, And 11bring you to Zion.’

15“Then I will give you 12shepherds 13after My own heart, who will 14feed you knowledge and understanding.

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Notes

1. Jeremiah 3:12 Jer 3:14, 22; Ezek 33:11 ↩
2. Jeremiah 3:12 Jer 3:5 ↩
3. Jeremiah 3:12 Lit make My face fall ↩
4. Jeremiah 3:12 Ps 86:15; Jer 12:15; 31:20; 33:26 ↩
5. Jeremiah 3:13 Lit know ↩
6. Jeremiah 3:13 Deut 30:1-3; Jer 3:25; 14:20; 1 John 1:9 ↩
7. Jeremiah 3:13 Jer 2:20, 25; 3:2, 6 ↩
8. Jeremiah 3:13 Lit ways ↩
9. Jeremiah 3:13 Deut 12:2 ↩
10. Jeremiah 3:14 Jer 31:32; Hos 2:19 ↩
11. Jeremiah 3:14 Jer 31:6, 12 ↩
12. Jeremiah 3:15 Jer 23:4; 31:10; Ezek 34:23; Eph 4:11 ↩
13. Jeremiah 3:15 I.e., with hearts like Mine ↩
14. Jeremiah 3:15 Acts 20:28 ↩

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