Deu 30:2-6, Jer 29:12-14, Hos 14:1-4, Joe 2:12-13 | ESV | STEP | and return to the Lord your God , you and your children , and obey his voice in all that I command you today , with all your heart and with all your soul ,

Deuteronomy 30:2-6

2 and ^areturn to the Lord your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul, 3 then the Lord your God ^bwill restore your fortunes and have mercy on you, and he will ^cgather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you. 4 ^dIf your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there he will take you. 5 And the Lord your God will bring you into the land that your fathers possessed, that you may possess it. ^eAnd he will make you more prosperous and numerous than your fathers. 6 And ^fthe Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, ^gso that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.

Jeremiah 29:12-14

12 ^hThen you will call upon me and come and pray to me, ⁱand I will hear you. 13 ^jYou will seek me and find me, when you seek me ^kwith all your heart. 14 I will be found by you, declares the Lord, ^land I will restore your fortunes and ^mgather you from all the nations and all the places ⁿwhere I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.

Hosea 14:1-4

A Plea to Return to the Lord

1 ^oReturn, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
for ^pyou have stumbled because of your iniquity.
2 Take with you words
and return to the Lord;
say to him,
“Take away all iniquity;
accept ^qwhat is good,
and we will pay with bulls
^rthe vows ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac pay the fruit} of our lips.
3 ^tAssyria shall not save us;
^uwe will not ride on horses;
and ^vwe will say no more, ‘Our God,’
to the work of our hands.
^wIn you the orphan finds mercy.”
4 I ^xwill heal their apostasy;
^yI will love them freely,
for my anger has turned from them.

Joel 2:12-13

Return to the Lord

12 “Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
^z“return to me with all your heart,
^aawith fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
13 and ^abrend your hearts and not ^acyour garments.”
Return to the Lord your God,
^adfor he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
^aeand he relents over disaster.