⁵ Jehovah of Hosts will defend Jerusalem like a hovering bird. He will defend it and rescue it. He will pass over it and protect it. ⁶ Return to Him from whom you have deeply defected, O sons of Israel. ⁷ When that day comes, all of you will reject the worthless gods of silver and gold, the idols that your sinful hands have made.

Phrases

Children of Israel

My People

People of Israel

Return to the Lord

Sons of Israel

To the Lord

Turn to the Lord

Names

Israel

Israelites

Cross References

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to Jehovah, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

Jeremiah 3:10

Even after all this, Israel's treacherous sister Judah did not return to me with all her heart. She was deceitful, says Jehovah.

Jeremiah 3:14

Return, you disobedient people, proclaims Jehovah. I am your husband. I will take you, one from every city and two from every family, and bring you to Zion.'

Jeremiah 3:22

Return you backsliding children, and I will forgive you for being unfaithful. See, we have come to you because you are Jehovah our God.

2 Chronicles 33:9-16

Manasseh misled Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem so that they did more evil things than the nations that Jehovah destroyed when the Israelites arrived in the land.

2 Chronicles 36:14

All the officials, the priests, and the people became increasingly unfaithful and followed all the disgusting practices of the nations. Although Jehovah made the Temple in Jerusalem holy, they made the Temple unclean.

Isaiah 1:4-5

Woe to the sinful nation, people heavy with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, sons who are corrupt! They have forsaken Jehovah! They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They have turned away from him.

Isaiah 29:15

You are in for trouble, if you try to hide your plans from Jehovah! You think what you do in the dark cannot be seen. So you ask: Who sees us, who knows us?

Isaiah 48:8

You have never heard about them. You have never known about them. Your ears have never been open to hear them before. I know that you have acted very treacherously and that you have been called a rebel since you were born.

Jeremiah 5:23

These people are stubborn and rebellious. They have turned aside and departed from me.

Jeremiah 31:18-20

I hear the people of Israel say in grief, 'Jehovah, we were like an untamed animal, but you taught us to obey. Bring us back for we are ready to return to you, Jehovah our God.

Hosea 9:9

They have gone deep in depravity as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity. He will punish their sins.

Hosea 14:1-3

Return, O Israel, to Jehovah your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.

Joel 2:12-13

Even now, said Jehovah, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning!

Acts 3:19

Repent therefore, and turn around, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times (seasons) of refreshing shall come from the presence of Jehovah. (Deuteronomy 18:18, 19)

Acts 26:20

I preached first to Damascus, and to Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the people of the nations, that they should repent and turn to God, and prove their repentance by deeds.