Lev 26:40-45, Deu 4:29-31, Neh 1:8-9, Isa 40:1-2, 44:21-22, 54:7-8 | ESV | STEP | But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery that they committed against me, and also in walking contrary to me,

40 “But if ^athey confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery that they ^bcommitted against me, and also in walking contrary to me, 41 so that I walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies—if then their ^cuncircumcised heart is ^dhumbled and they make amends for their iniquity, 42 then I will ^eremember my covenant with Jacob, and I will remember my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will ^fremember the land. 43 But ^gthe land shall be abandoned by them and enjoy its Sabbaths while it lies desolate without them, and they shall make amends for their iniquity, because they spurned my rules and their soul abhorred my statutes. 44 Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, ^hI will not spurn them, neither will I abhor them so as to destroy them utterly and ⁱbreak my covenant with them, for I am the Lord their God. 45 But I will for their sake remember the covenant with their forefathers, ^jwhom I brought out of the land of Egypt ^kin the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am the Lord.”

Deuteronomy 4:29-31

29 ^lBut from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you ^min the latter days, you will return to the Lord your God and obey his voice. 31 For the Lord your God is ⁿa merciful God. ^oHe will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.

Nehemiah 1:8-9

8 Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, ^pI will scatter you among the peoples, 9 ^qbut if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, ^rthough your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will gather them and bring them ^sto the place that I have chosen, to make my name dwell there.’

Isaiah 40:1-2

Comfort for God’s People

1 ^tComfort, comfort my people, says your God.
2 ^uSpeak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that ^vher warfare ^{▼▼Or hardship} is ended,
that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.

Isaiah 44:21-22

The Lord Redeems Israel

21 Remember these things, O Jacob,
and Israel, for you are ^xmy servant;
I formed you; you are my servant;
^yO Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
22 ^zI have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud
and your sins like mist;
return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Isaiah 54:7-8

7 ^aaFor a brief moment I deserted you,
but with great compassion I will gather you.
8 ^abIn overflowing anger for a moment
I hid my face from you,
^acbut with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,”
says the Lord, your Redeemer.