² and when you and your children return^(A) to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart^(B) and with all your soul according to everything I command you today,

Rend Your Heart

²⁸ There you will worship man-made gods^(A) of wood and stone,^(B) which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.^{(C) 29} But if from there you seek^(D) the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart^(E) and with all your soul.^{(F) 30} When you are in distress^(G) and all these things have happened to you, then in later days^(H) you will return^(I) to the Lord your God and obey him. ³¹ For the Lord your God is a merciful^(J) God; he will not abandon^(K) or destroy^(L) you or forget^(M) the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.

⁹ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins^(A) and purify us from all unrighteousness.^(B)

²⁴ Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.^[a]

¹⁶ But whenever anyone turns to the Lord,^(A) the veil is taken away.^(B)

Mourning for the One They Pierced

¹⁰ “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit^[a](A) of grace and supplication.^(B) They will look on^[b] me, the one they have pierced,^(C) and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child,^(D) and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.^(E)