Jer 14:7-9, 13-18, 15:1, 18:20, Joe 2:17, Rom 10:1, 11:14, 2Pe 3:9 | ESV | STEP | Though our iniquities testify against us, act , O Lord , for your name’s sake ; for our backslidings are many ; we have sinned against you.

7 “Though our iniquities testify against us,
act, O Lord, ^afor your name’s sake;
^bfor our backslidings are many;
^cwe have sinned against you.
8 ^dO you hope of Israel,
its savior in time of trouble,
why should you be like a stranger in the land,
like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?
9 Why should you be like a man confused,
^elike a mighty warrior who cannot save?
Yet ^fyou, O Lord, are in the midst of us,
and ^gwe are called by your name;
^hdo not leave us.”

Jeremiah 14:13-18

Lying Prophets

13 Then I said: “Ah, Lord God, behold, the prophets ⁱsay to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.’” 14 And the Lord said to me: “The ^jprophets are prophesying lies in my name. ^kI did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, ^lworthless divination, and ^mthe deceit of their own minds. 15 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name although ⁿI did not send them, and who say, ^o‘Sword and famine shall not come upon this land’: ^pBy sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed. 16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and sword, ^qwith none to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out their evil upon them.

17 “You shall say to them this word:
^r‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day,
and let them not cease,
for the virgin ^sdaughter of my people is shattered with a great wound,
^twith a very grievous blow.
18 ^uIf I go out into the field,
behold, those pierced by the sword!
^vAnd if I enter the city,
behold, the diseases of famine!
^wFor both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land
and have no knowledge.’”

Jeremiah 15:1

The Lord Will Not Relent

1 Then the Lord said to me, ^x“Though ^yMoses ^zand Samuel ^aastood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go!

Jeremiah 18:20

20 ^abShould good be repaid with evil?
Yet ^acthey have dug a pit for my life.
^adRemember how I stood before you
to speak good for them,
to turn away your wrath from them.

Joel 2:17

17 ^aeBetween the ^afvestibule and the ^agaltar
^ahlet the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep
and say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
and make not your heritage a reproach,
a byword among the nations. ^{▼▼Or reproach, that the nations should rule over them}
^ajWhy should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’”

Romans 10:1

1 Brothers, ^{▼▼Or Brothers and sisters} my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.

Romans 11:14

14 in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and ^althus save some of them.

2 Peter 3:9

9 ^amThe Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise ^anas some count slowness, but ^aois patient toward you, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts on your account} ^aqnot wishing that any should perish, but ^arthat all should reach repentance.