65 I was ready to be sought out by those who did not ask,
    to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said, “Here I am, here I am,”
    to a nation that did not call on my name.^(A)
2 I held out my hands all day long
    to a rebellious people,
who walk in a way that is not good,
    following their own devices;^(B)

14 Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
    for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.^(A)
2 Take words with you
    and return to the Lord;
say to him,
    “Take away all guilt;
accept that which is good,
    and we will offer
    the fruit^[a] of our lips.^(B)
3 Assyria shall not save us;
    we will not ride upon horses;
we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
    to the work of our hands.
In you the orphan finds mercy.”^(C)

6 “Come, let us return to the Lord,
    for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us;
    he has struck down, and he will bind us up.^(A)

⁴⁴ Nevertheless, he regarded their distress
    when he heard their cry.^(A)