Isa 18:4, 57:17-18, Jer 31:18-20, Hos 5:15-6:2, 11:8-9, Jon 3:4-10 | ESV | STEP | For thus the Lord said to me: I will quietly look from my dwelling like clear heat in sunshine , like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest .

17 Because of the iniquity of his ^bunjust gain I was angry,
I struck him; I hid my face and was angry,
but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.
18 I have seen his ways, ^cbut I will heal him;
I will lead him ^dand restore comfort to him and his mourners,

Jeremiah 31:18-20

18 I have heard ^eEphraim grieving,
‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
like an untrained calf;
^fbring me back that I may be restored,
for you are the Lord my God.
19 For after ^gI had turned away, I relented,
and after I was instructed, ^hI struck my thigh;
ⁱI was ashamed, and I was confounded,
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
20 ^jIs Ephraim my dear son?
^kIs he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I do remember him still.
^lTherefore my heart ^{▼▼Hebrew bowels} yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,

declares the Lord.

Hosea 5:15

15 ⁿI will return again to my place,
until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face,
and ^oin their distress earnestly seek me.

Hosea 6:1-2

Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant

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

Hosea 11:8-9

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

Jonah 3:4-10

4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day’s journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” 5 ^aaAnd the people of Nineveh believed God. ^abThey called for a fast and ^acput on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.

The People of Nineveh Repent

6 The word reached ^{▼▼Or had reached} the king of Nineveh, and ^aehe arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, ^afand sat in ashes. 7 And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, ^ag“By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor ^ahbeast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, 8 but let man and ^aibeast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. ^ajLet everyone turn from his evil way and from ^akthe violence that is in his hands. 9 ^alWho knows? God may turn and relent ^amand turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”

10 When God saw what they did, ^anhow they turned from their evil way, ^aoGod relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.