Jeremiah 3:22
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Return, you rebellious children, and I will heal your rebellions. Behold we come to thee: for thou art the Lord our God.

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Hosea 6:1 In their affliction they will rise early to me: Come, and let us return to the Lord.

Hosea 14:1,4 Return, O Israel, to the Lord thy God: for thou hast fallen down by thy iniquity. . . .

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Jeremiah 31:18 Hearing I heard Ephraim when he went into captivity: thou hast chastised me, and I was instructed, as a young bullock unaccustomed to the yoke. Convert me, and I shall be converted, for thou art the Lord my God.

Isaiah 27:8 In measure against measure, when it shall be cast off, thou shalt judge it. He hath meditated with his severe spirit in the day of heat.

Songs 1:4 I am black but beautiful, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Cedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

Hosea 3:5 And after this the children of Israel shall return and shall seek the Lord, their God, and David, their king: and they shall fear the Lord, and his goodness, in the last days.

Hosea 6:1,2 In their affliction they will rise early to me: Come, and let us return to the Lord. . . .

Hosea 13:4 But I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt: and thou shalt know no God but me, and there is no saviour beside me.

Hosea 14:8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I will hear him, and I will make him flourish like a green fir tree: from me is thy fruit found.

Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined: and I will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: Thou art my people: and they shall say: The Lord is my God.

Context
Invitation to Repentance
21A voice was heard in the highways, weeping and howling of the children of Israel: because they have made their way wicked, they have forgotten the Lord their God. 22Return, you rebellious children, and I will heal your rebellions. Behold we come to thee: for thou art the Lord our God.23In very deed the hills were liars, and the multitude of the mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.…
Cross References
Isaiah 1:2
Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath spoken. I have brought up children, and exalted them: but they have despised me.

Isaiah 57:17
For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry, and I struck him: I hid my face from thee, and was angry: and he went away wandering in his own heart.

Jeremiah 3:12
Go, and proclaim these words towards the north, and thou shalt say: Return, O rebellious Israel, saith the Lord, and I will not turn away my face from you: for I am holy, saith the Lord, and I will not be angry for ever.

Jeremiah 4:1
If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord, return to me: if thou wilt take away thy stumblingblocks out of my sight, thou shalt not be moved.

Jeremiah 30:17
For I will close up thy scar, and will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord. Because they have called thee, O Sion, an outcast: This is she that hath none to seek after her.

Jeremiah 33:6
Behold I will close their wounds and give them health, and I will cure them: and I will reveal to them the prayer of peace and truth.

Ezekiel 33:11
Say to them: As I live, saith the Lord God, I desire not the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way, and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways: and why will you die, O house of Israel?

Hosea 6:1
In their affliction they will rise early to me: Come, and let us return to the Lord.

Hosea 14:4
I will heal their breaches, I will love them freely: for my wrath is turned away from them.

Lexicon
“Return,
שׁ֚וּבוּ (ū·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

O faithless
שׁוֹבָבִ֔ים (šō·w·ḇā·ḇîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7726: Turning back, recusant, apostate

children,
בָּנִ֣ים (bā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

[and] I will heal
אֶרְפָּ֖ה (’er·pāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7495: To mend, to cure

your faithlessness.”
מְשׁוּבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם (mə·šū·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4878: Turning back, apostasy

“Here we are.
הִנְנוּ֙ (hin·nū)
Interjection | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2005: Lo! behold!

We come to You,
אָתָ֣נוּ (’ā·ṯā·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 857: To arrive

for
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

You
אַתָּ֖ה (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

are the LORD
יְהֹוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

our God.
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


Additional Translations
“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come to you; for you are the LORD our God.

Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.

Turn, ye children that are given to turning, and I will heal your bruises. Behold, we will be thy servants; for thou art the Lord our God.

-- Return, backsliding children; I will heal your backslidings. ... Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.

Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings, Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.

Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come to thee; for thou art the LORD our God.

Return, you backsliding children, I will heal your backsliding. "Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.

Turn back, O backsliding sons, I cause your backslidings to cease. -- Behold us, we have come to Thee, For Thou art Jehovah our God.
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