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Jeremiah 3:12

Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.

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ASV

Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah; I will not look in anger upon you; for I am merciful, saith Jehovah, I will not keep anger for ever.

KJV

Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הָלֹ֡ךְha.LokhgoH1980 →
וְקָֽרָאתָ֩ve.ka.ra.Taand you will proclaimH7121 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַדְּבָרִ֨יםha.de.va.Rimthe wordsH1697 →
הָאֵ֜לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428 →
צָפ֗וֹנָהtza.Fo.nahnorth -wardH6828 →
וְ֠אָמַרְתָּVe.'a.mar.taand you will sayH559 →
שׁ֣וּבָהShu.vahreturn !H7725 →
מְשֻׁבָ֤הme.shu.VahO apostate oneH4878 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לֽוֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
אַפִּ֥יל'a.PilI will make fallH5307 →
פָּנַ֖יpa.Naiface myH6440 →
בָּכֶ֑םba.Khemon <the> you
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
חָסִ֤ידcha.Sid[am] faithfulH2623 →
אֲנִי֙'a.NiIH589 →
נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
אֶטּ֖וֹר'e.TorI will maintainH5201 →
לְעוֹלָֽם׃le.'o.Lamfor everH5769 →

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Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?Ezekiel 33:11Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’Psalms 86:15But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.Deuteronomy 4:29–31But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.Hosea 14:1–3Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.Micah 7:18–20Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?Jeremiah 3:22“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.Psalms 103:9He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.Jeremiah 31:20Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 33:26then I would also reject the descendants of Jacob and of My servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore them from captivity and will have compassion on them.”Jeremiah 3:18In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave to your fathers as an inheritance.Psalms 145:8The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.Jeremiah 23:8Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ Then they will dwell once more in their own land.”Jeremiah 30:11For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”2 Kings 17:23Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.2 Kings 18:1In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.Jeremiah 4:1“If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares the LORD. “If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver,Deuteronomy 30:2and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,

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