A Call to Repentance
(Jeremiah 3:11–25; Zechariah 1:1–6)
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, Hos 6:1Jol 2:12-13Hos 12:62Ch 30:6-9Zec 1:3-4Act 26:18-20Isa 55:6-7Jer 4:1
for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
Bring your confessions Heb 13:15Psa 51:2-10Job 34:31-32Job 7:21Mic 7:18-191Jn 3:5Psa 69:30-312Sa 12:13
and return to the LORD.
Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity
and receive us graciously,
that we may present
the fruit of our lips. 1
Assyria will not save us, Psa 10:14Psa 68:5Isa 31:1Jhn 14:18Hos 14:8Hos 2:17Hos 5:13Isa 30:16
nor will we ride on horses.
We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’
to the work of our own hands.
For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
A Promise of God’s Blessing
I will heal their apostasy; Isa 57:18Jer 3:22Isa 12:1Eph 2:4-9Zep 3:17Hos 6:12Co 5:19-21Exo 15:26
I will freely love them,
for My anger has turned away from them.
I will be like the dew to Israel; Isa 35:2Eph 3:17Isa 27:6Mat 6:28Isa 26:19Isa 44:3Job 29:19Mic 5:7
he will blossom like the lily
and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
His shoots will sprout, Psa 52:8Psa 128:3Php 4:18Rom 11:16-242Co 2:14-15Dan 4:10-15Ezk 17:5-8Ezk 31:3-10
and his splendor will be like the olive tree,
his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.
They will return and dwell in his shade; Psa 91:1Jhn 11:251Co 15:36-38Ezk 17:23Hos 14:5Hos 2:22Hos 6:2Isa 32:1-2
they will grow grain and blossom like the vine.
His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.
O Ephraim, 2 what have I to do Job 34:32Jas 1:171Pe 4:3-4Isa 41:19Isa 55:13Luk 15:20Php 2:131Pe 1:14-16
anymore with idols?
It is I who answer and watch over him.
I am like a flourishing cypress; 3
your fruit comes from Me.
Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; Pro 10:29Psa 107:43Jhn 8:47Dan 12:10Pro 1:5-6Psa 19:7-8Jer 9:12Deu 32:4
whoever is discerning, let him know them.
For the ways of the LORD are right,
and the righteous walk in them
but the rebellious stumble in them.