Jer 3:21, 4:31, 6:24, 30:5-6, 50:4-5, Hos 5:15-6:1, 7:14 | ESV | STEP | A voice on the bare heights is heard , the weeping and pleading of Israel’s sons because they have perverted their way ; they have forgotten the Lord their God .

Jeremiah 3:21

21 A voice on the ^abare heights is heard,
^bthe weeping and pleading of Israel’s sons
because they have perverted their way;
they have forgotten the Lord their God.

Jeremiah 4:31

31 For I heard ^ca cry as of a woman in labor,
anguish as of one giving birth to her first child,
the cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath,
^dstretching out her hands,
“Woe is me! I am fainting before murderers.”

Jeremiah 6:24

24 We have heard the report of it;
^eour hands fall helpless;
anguish has taken hold of us,
^fpain as of a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 30:5-6

5 “Thus says the Lord:
We have heard a cry of panic,
of terror, and no peace.
6 Ask now, and see,
can a man bear a child?
^gWhy then do I see every man
with his hands on his stomach ^hlike a woman in labor?
ⁱWhy has every face turned pale?

Jeremiah 50:4-5

4 ^j“In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, ^kthe people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, ^lweeping as they come, and they ^mshall seek the Lord their God. 5 ⁿThey shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, ^osaying, ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an ^peverlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.’

Hosea 5:15

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

Hosea 6:1

Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant

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

Hosea 7:14

14 ^vThey do not cry to me from the heart,
but ^wthey wail upon their beds;
for grain and wine they gash themselves;
they rebel against me.