Deu 4:30, 2Ch 30:6, 9, Isa 55:7, Hos 6:1, 12:6, 14:1-3, Joe 2:12-13 | ESV | STEP | When you are in tribulation , and all these things come upon you in the latter days , you will return to the Lord your God and obey his voice .

6 ^bSo couriers went throughout all Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his princes, as the king had commanded, saying, “O people of Israel, ^creturn to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may turn again to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of ^dthe kings of Assyria.

2 Chronicles 30:9

9 For ^eif you return to the Lord, your brothers and your children ^fwill find compassion with their captors and return to this land. For ^gthe Lord your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you, ^hif you return to him.”

Isaiah 55:7

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.

Hosea 6:1

Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant

1 “Come, let us ⁱreturn to the Lord;
for ^jhe has torn us, that he may heal us;
he has struck us down, and ^khe will bind us up.

Hosea 12:6

6 “So you, ^lby the help of your God, return,
^mhold fast to love and justice,
and wait continually for your God.”

Hosea 14:1-3

A Plea to Return to the Lord

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

Joel 2:12-13

Return to the Lord

12 “Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
^w“return to me with all your heart,
^xwith fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
13 and ^yrend your hearts and not ^zyour garments.”
Return to the Lord your God,
^aafor he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
^aband he relents over disaster.