2Ch 36:15, Jer 31:20, Hos 6:4-5, 11:8-9, Zec 1:14-16 | ESV | STEP | The Lord , the God of their fathers , sent persistently to them by his messengers , because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place .

15 The Lord, the God of their fathers, ^asent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place.

Jeremiah 31:20

20 ^bIs Ephraim my dear son?
^cIs he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I do remember him still.
^dTherefore my heart ^{▼▼Hebrew bowels} yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,

declares the Lord.

Hosea 6:4-5

4 What shall I do with you, ^fO ^gEphraim?
What shall I do with you, O ^hJudah?
Your love is ⁱlike a morning cloud,
^jlike the dew that goes early away.
5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;
I have slain them ^kby the words of my mouth,
and my judgment goes forth as the light.

Hosea 11:8-9

8 How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
^lHow can I make you ^mlike Admah?
How can I treat you ⁿlike Zeboiim?
^oMy heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.
9 I will not execute my burning anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim;
^pfor I am God and not a man,
^qthe Holy One in your midst,
and I will not come in wrath. ^{▼▼Or into the city}

Zechariah 1:14-16

14 So ^sthe angel who talked with me said to me, ‘Cry out, Thus says the Lord of hosts: ^tI am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion. 15 ^uAnd I am exceedingly angry with the nations that are ^vat ease; ^wfor while I was angry but a little, ^xthey furthered the disaster. 16 Therefore, thus says the Lord, ^yI have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; ^zmy house shall be built in it, declares the Lord of hosts, and ^aathe measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.