Jer 3:12-14, 31:18-20, Dan 9:5-11, Luk 15:18-19 | ESV | STEP | Go , and proclaim these words toward the north , and say , Return , faithless Israel , declares the Lord . I will not look on you in anger , for I am merciful , declares the Lord ; I will not be angry forever .

12 Go, and proclaim these words toward ^athe north, and say,

^b“‘Return, faithless Israel,

declares the Lord.
I will not look on you in anger,
for ^cI am merciful,

declares the Lord;
^dI will not be angry forever.
13 ^eOnly acknowledge your guilt,
that you rebelled against the Lord your God
and scattered your favors among foreigners under ^fevery green tree,
and that you have not obeyed my voice,

declares the Lord.
14 ^gReturn, O faithless children,

declares the Lord;
^hfor I am your master;
I will take you, one from a city and two from a family,
and I will bring you to Zion.

Jeremiah 31:18-20

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

declares the Lord.

Daniel 9:5-11

5 ^rwe have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly ^sand rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. 6 ^tWe have not listened to ^uyour servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to ^vour kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7 To you, ^wO Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, ^xthose who are near and ^ythose who are far away, in ^zall the lands to which you have driven them, because of ^aathe treachery that they have committed against you. 8 To us, O Lord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because ^abwe have sinned against you. 9 ^acTo the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him 10 ^adand have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by ^aehis servants the prophets. 11 ^afAll Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, ^agrefusing to obey your voice. ^ahAnd the curse and oath ^aithat are written in the Law of ^ajMoses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because ^akwe have sinned against him.

Luke 15:18-19

18 I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, ^alI have sinned against ^amheaven and before you. 19 ^anI am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.”’