Jeremiah 3:12-19

12Go, 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.
15“‘And iI will give you shepherds after my own heart, jwho will feed you with knowledge and understanding. 16And when you have multiplied and been fruitful in the land, in those days, declares the Lord, they shall no more say, “The ark of the covenant of the Lord.” It shall not come to mind or be remembered or missed; it shall not be made again. 17At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the Lord, kand all nations shall gather to it, lto the presence of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they shall no more stubbornly follow their own evil heart. 18 mIn those days the house of Judah shall join the house of Israel, and together they shall come from the land nof the north to othe land that I gave your fathers for a heritage.

19 “‘I said,
How I would set you among my sons,
and give you a pleasant land,
a heritage most beautiful of all nations.
And I thought you would pcall me, My Father,
and would not turn from following me.
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