Jer 31:6-9, 50:4-5, Lam 3:18-22, 29, 40, Hos 2:6-7, 14:1-3, Jon 2:4, 3:9 | ESV | STEP | For there shall be a day when watchmen will call in the hill country of Ephraim : Arise , and let us go up to Zion , to the Lord our God .

6 For there shall be a day when watchmen will call
in ^athe hill country of Ephraim:
^b‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
to the Lord our God.’”
7 For thus says the Lord:
^c“Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,
and raise shouts for ^dthe chief of the nations;
proclaim, give praise, and say,
^e‘O Lord, save your people,
the remnant of Israel.’
8 Behold, I will bring them ^ffrom the north country
and ^ggather them from ^hthe farthest parts of the earth,
among them ⁱthe blind and the lame,
the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together;
a great company, they shall return here.
9 ^jWith weeping they shall come,
^kand with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them ^lwalk by brooks of water,
^min a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for ⁿI am a father to Israel,
and Ephraim is ^omy firstborn.

Jeremiah 50:4-5

4 ^p“In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, ^qthe people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, ^rweeping as they come, and they ^sshall seek the Lord their God. 5 ^tThey shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, ^usaying, ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an ^veverlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.’

Lamentations 3:18-22

18 ^wso I say, “My endurance has perished;
so has my hope from the Lord.”
19 ^xRemember my affliction and my wanderings,
^ythe wormwood and ^zthe gall!
20 My soul continually remembers it
^aaand is bowed down within me.
21 But this I call to mind,
and ^abtherefore I have hope:
22 ^acThe steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; ^{▼▼Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Because of the steadfast love of the Lord, we are not cut off}
^aehis mercies never come to an end;

Lamentations 3:29

29 ^aflet him put his mouth in the dust—
there may yet be hope;

Lamentations 3:40

40 Let us test and examine our ways,
^agand return to the Lord!

Hosea 2:6-7

6 Therefore ^ahI will hedge up her ^{▼▼Hebrew your} way with thorns,
and ^ajI will build a wall against her,
so that she cannot find her paths.
7 She shall pursue her lovers
but not overtake them,
and she shall seek them
but shall not find them.
^akThen she shall say,
‘I will go and return to ^almy first husband,
^amfor it was better for me then than now.’

Hosea 14:1-3

A Plea to Return to the Lord

1 ^anReturn, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
for ^aoyou have stumbled because of your iniquity.
2 Take with you words
and return to the Lord;
say to him,
“Take away all iniquity;
accept ^apwhat is good,
and we will pay with bulls
^aqthe vows ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac pay the fruit} of our lips.
3 ^asAssyria shall not save us;
^atwe will not ride on horses;
and ^auwe will say no more, ‘Our God,’
to the work of our hands.
^avIn you the orphan finds mercy.”

Jonah 2:4

4 ^awThen I said, ‘I am driven away
from your sight;
^axyet I shall again look
upon your holy temple.’

Jonah 3:9

9 ^ayWho knows? God may turn and relent ^azand turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”