Jer 31:18-20, Eze 18:27-32, Act 3:19, 2Ti 2:25, Heb 6:6 | 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.
19 For after ^cI had turned away, I relented,
and after I was instructed, ^dI struck my thigh;
^eI was ashamed, and I was confounded,
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
20 ^fIs Ephraim my dear son?
^gIs he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I do remember him still.
^hTherefore my heart ^{▼▼Hebrew bowels} yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,

declares the Lord.

Ezekiel 18:27-32

27 Again, ^jwhen a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life. 28 Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions that he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 29 Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, are my ways not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?

30 “Therefore ^kI will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. ^lRepent and turn from all your transgressions, ^mlest iniquity be your ruin. ^{▼▼Or lest iniquity be your stumbling block} 31 ^oCast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and ^pmake yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! ^qWhy will you die, O house of Israel? 32 ^rFor I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; ^sso turn, and live.”

Acts 3:19

19 ^tRepent therefore, and ^uturn back, that ^vyour sins may be blotted out,

2 Timothy 2:25

25 correcting his opponents ^wwith gentleness. God ^xmay perhaps grant them repentance ^yleading to a knowledge of the truth,

Hebrews 6:6

6 and ^zthen have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since ^aathey are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.