22 O ye disobedient children, return and I will heal your rebellions. [a]Behold, we come unto thee, for thou art the Lord our God.

23 Truly the hope of the hills is but vain, nor the multitude of mountains: but in the Lord our God is the health of Israel.

24 For confusion hath devoured our [b]father’s labor, from our youth, their sheep and their bullocks, their sons and their daughters.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 3:22 This is spoken in the person of Israel to the shame of Judah, which stayed so long to turn unto God.
  2. Jeremiah 3:24 For their idolatry God’s vengeance hath light upon them and theirs.

22 “Return,(A) faithless people;
    I will cure(B) you of backsliding.”(C)

“Yes, we will come to you,
    for you are the Lord our God.
23 Surely the idolatrous commotion on the hills(D)
    and mountains is a deception;
surely in the Lord our God
    is the salvation(E) of Israel.
24 From our youth shameful(F) gods have consumed
    the fruits of our ancestors’ labor—
their flocks and herds,
    their sons and daughters.

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