Jer 31:18, Hos 7:1, 9-16, Amo 4:6-12, Zep 3:2, 7, Mat 23:37-38 | ESV | STEP | I have heard Ephraim grieving , You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined , like an untrained calf ; bring me back that I may be restored , for you are the Lord my God .

18 I have heard ^aEphraim grieving,
‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
like an untrained calf;
^bbring me back that I may be restored,
for you are the Lord my God.

Hosea 7:1

1 ^cwhen I would heal Israel,
the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed,
and the evil deeds of ^dSamaria,
for ^ethey deal falsely;
the thief breaks in,
and the bandits raid outside.

Hosea 7:9-16

9 ^fStrangers devour his strength,
and ^ghe knows it not;
gray hairs are sprinkled upon him,
and ^hhe knows it not.
10 ⁱThe pride of Israel testifies to his face; ^{▼▼Or in his presence}
^kyet they do not return to the Lord their God,
nor seek him, for all this.
11 Ephraim is like a dove,
^lsilly and without sense,
calling to ^mEgypt, going to ⁿAssyria.
12 As they go, ^oI will spread over them my net;
I will bring them down like birds of the heavens;
^pI will discipline them ^qaccording to the report made to their congregation.
13 ^rWoe to them, for they have strayed from me!
Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me!
^sI would redeem them,
but ^tthey speak lies against me.
14 ^uThey do not cry to me from the heart,
but ^vthey wail upon their beds;
for grain and wine they gash themselves;
they rebel against me.
15 Although ^wI trained and strengthened their arms,
yet they devise evil against me.
16 They ^xreturn, but not upward; ^{▼▼Or to the Most High}
they are ^zlike a treacherous bow;
their princes shall fall by the sword
because of ^aathe insolence of their tongue.
This shall be their derision ^abin the land of Egypt.

Amos 4:6-12

Israel Has Not Returned to the Lord

6 “I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
and ^aclack of bread in all your places,
^adyet you did not return to me,”

declares the Lord.
7 “I also ^aewithheld the rain from you
when there were yet three months to the harvest;
^afI would send rain on one city,
and send no rain on another city;
one field would have rain,
and the field on which it did not rain would wither;
8 so two or three cities ^agwould wander to another city
to drink water, and would not be satisfied;
^ahyet you did not return to me,”

declares the Lord.
9 ^ai“I struck you with blight and mildew;
your many gardens and your vineyards,
your fig trees and your olive trees ^ajthe locust devoured;
^akyet you did not return to me,”

declares the Lord.
10 “I sent among you a pestilence ^alafter the manner of Egypt;
I killed your young men with the sword,
and ^amcarried away your horses, ^{▼▼Hebrew along with the captivity of your horses}
and ^aoI made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils;
^apyet you did not return to me,”

declares the Lord.
11 “I overthrew some of you,
^aqas when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
and you were ^aras a brand ^{▼▼That is, a burning stick} plucked out of the burning;
^atyet you did not return to me,”

declares the Lord.
12 “Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel;
because I will do this to you,
prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”

Zephaniah 3:2

2 She listens to no voice;
^aushe accepts no correction.
^avShe does not trust in the Lord;
she does not draw near to her God.

Zephaniah 3:7

7 ^awI said, ‘Surely you will fear me;
^axyou will accept correction.
Then your ^{▼▼Hebrew her} dwelling would not be cut off
according to all that I have appointed against you.’ ^{▼▼Hebrew her}
But ^baall the more they were eager
to make all their deeds corrupt.

Matthew 23:37-38

Lament over Jerusalem

37 ^bb“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that ^bckills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have ^bdgathered ^beyour children together ^bfas a hen gathers her brood ^bgunder her wings, and ^bhyou were not willing! 38 See, ^biyour house is left to you desolate.