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13 Yet (A)Yahweh warned Israel and Judah (B)by the hand of all His prophets and (C)every seer, saying, “(D)Turn from your evil ways and keep My commandments, My statutes according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by the hand of My slaves the prophets.”

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(A)Seek Yahweh while He may be found;
(B)Call upon Him while He is near.
(C)Let the wicked forsake his way
And the unrighteous man his (D)thoughts;
And let him (E)return to Yahweh,
And He will have (F)compassion on him,
And to our God,
For He will (G)abundantly pardon.

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Yahweh Calls Israel to Return to Him

“If you will (A)return, O Israel,” declares Yahweh,
Then you should return to Me.
And (B)if you will put away your detested things from My presence
And will not waver

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15 Also I have sent to you all My (A)slaves the prophets, rising up early and sending, saying: ‘(B)Turn now every man from his evil way and make good your deeds, and (C)do not walk after other gods to [a]serve them. Then you will (D)inhabit the land which I have given to you and to your fathers; but you have not (E)inclined your ear or listened to Me.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 35:15 Or be a slave for

30 “Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each according to his way,” declares Lord Yahweh. “[a](A)Turn back and turn away from all your transgressions, so that iniquity may not become a stumbling block to you.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 18:30 Or Repent

But both man and [a]animal must be covered with sackcloth; and let [b]men (A)call on God with their strength that each may (B)turn from his evil way and from the violence which is in [c]his hands.

(C)Who knows, God may turn and relent and turn away from His burning anger so that we will not perish.”

10 Then God saw their works, that they (D)turned from their evil way, so (E)God [d]relented concerning the evil which He had spoken He would [e]bring upon them. And He did not [f]bring it upon them.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 3:8 Lit beast, cattle
  2. Jonah 3:8 Lit them
  3. Jonah 3:8 Lit their
  4. Jonah 3:10 Or regretted, cf. 1 Sam 15:11, 29, 35
  5. Jonah 3:10 Lit do
  6. Jonah 3:10 Lit do