^4 (A)“In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, ^(B)the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, ^(C)weeping as they come, and they ^(D)shall seek the Lord their God. ^5 (E)They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, ^(F)saying, ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an ^(G)everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.’

^6 (H)“My people have been lost sheep. ^(I)Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold.

^17 (A)“Israel is a hunted sheep ^(B)driven away by lions. ^(C)First the king of Assyria ^(D)devoured him, and now at last ^(E)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ^(F)has gnawed his bones. ¹⁸ Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, ^(G)I am bringing punishment on the king of Babylon and his land, ^(H)as I punished the king of Assyria. ^19 (I)I will restore Israel to his pasture, and ^(J)he shall feed on ^(K)Carmel and in ^(L)Bashan, and his desire shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in ^(M)Gilead. ²⁰ In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, ^(N)iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for ^(O)I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.

³³ “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ^(A)The people of Israel are oppressed, and the people of Judah with them. All who took them captive have held them fast; ^(B)they refuse to let them go.