¹⁰ And after all this, Judah, Israel's unfaithful sister, only pretended to return to me; she was not sincere. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

¹¹ Then the Lord told me that, even though Israel had turned away from him, she had proved to be better than unfaithful Judah. ¹² He told me to go and say to Israel, “Unfaithful Israel, come back to me. I am merciful and will not be angry; I will not be angry with you forever.