Deu 4:28-31, Neh 1:9, Isa 55:6-7, Lam 3:32, 40, Hos 3:5, 6:1-2, 14:1-3 | ESV | STEP | And there you will serve gods of wood and stone , the work of human hands , that neither see , nor hear , nor eat , nor smell .

Deuteronomy 4:28-31

28 And ^athere you will serve gods of wood and stone, the work of human hands, ^bthat neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 29 ^cBut from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you ^din the latter days, you will return to the Lord your God and obey his voice. 31 For the Lord your God is ^ea merciful God. ^fHe will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.

Nehemiah 1:9

9 ^gbut if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, ^hthough your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will gather them and bring them ⁱto the place that I have chosen, to make my name dwell there.’

Isaiah 55:6-7

6 ^j“Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;
7 let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Lamentations 3:32

32 but, though he ^kcause grief, ^lhe will have compassion
^maccording to the abundance of his steadfast love;

Lamentations 3:40

40 Let us test and examine our ways,
ⁿand return to the Lord!

Hosea 3:5

5 Afterward ^othe children of Israel shall return and ^pseek the Lord their God, and ^qDavid their king, ^rand they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the ^slatter days.

Hosea 6:1-2

Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant

1 “Come, let us ^treturn to the Lord;
for ^uhe has torn us, that he may heal us;
he has struck us down, and ^vhe will bind us up.
2 After two days ^whe will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.

Hosea 14:1-3

A Plea to Return to the Lord

1 ^xReturn, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
for ^yyou have stumbled because of your iniquity.
2 Take with you words
and return to the Lord;
say to him,
“Take away all iniquity;
accept ^zwhat is good,
and we will pay with bulls
^aathe vows ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac pay the fruit} of our lips.
3 ^acAssyria shall not save us;
^adwe will not ride on horses;
and ^aewe will say no more, ‘Our God,’
to the work of our hands.
^afIn you the orphan finds mercy.”