Jeremiah 3:14-15

Faithless Israel Called to Repentance

14 e Return, O faithless children,
declares the Lord;
f for I am your master;
I will take you, one from a city and two from a family,
and I will bring you to Zion.

15 "'And g I will give you shepherds after my own heart, h who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

  1. Cross References
    Jeremiah 3:22
    Return, O faithless sons; I will heal your faithlessness." "Behold, we come to you, for you are the Lord our God.
    Hosea 14:1
    Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 54:5
    For your Maker is your husband, the Lord of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called.
    Isaiah 62:5
    For as a young man marries a young woman, so shall your sons marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.
    Hosea 2:19 - 20
    And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy.
    Malachi 2:11
    Judah has been faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
  3. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:4
    I will set shepherds over them who will care for them, and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be missing, declares the Lord.
    Ezekiel 34:23
    And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.
    John 10:11
    I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
  4. Cross References
    Acts 20:28
    Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
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