before I depart, never to return, ¹  to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow, ² 

If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; ¹  if you remove wicked behavior far from your tent,

Their young grow strong, and grow up in the open; ¹  they go off, and do not return to them.

Yet even after she had done all that, I thought that she might come back to me. ¹  But she did not. Her sister, unfaithful Judah, saw what she did. ² 

Moreover, he must not accumulate horses for himself or allow the people to return to Egypt to do so, ¹  for the Lord has said you must never again return that way.

Then the king of the north ¹  will return to his own land with much property. His mind will be set against the holy covenant. He will take action, and then return to his own land.

Return it to its sheath! ¹  In the place where you were created, ²  in your native land, I will judge you.

He will go back the way he came – he will not enter this city,’ says the Lord.

all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust.

They repay my love with accusations, ¹  but I continue to pray. ² 

Rest once more, my soul, ¹  for the Lord has vindicated you. ² 

נ (Nun) Let us carefully examine our ways, ¹  and let us return to the Lord.

For if you return to the Lord, your brothers and sons will be shown mercy by their captors and return to this land. The Lord your God is merciful and compassionate; he will not reject you ¹  if you return to him.”

but then ¹  he may go free, ²  he and his children with him, and may return to his family and to the property of his ancestors. ³ 

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life’s breath ¹  returns to God who gave it.

None of the Judean remnant who have come to live in the land of Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah. Though they long to return and live there, none of them shall return except a few fugitives.’” ¹ 

“If you, Israel, want to come back,” says the Lord, “if you want to come back to me ¹  you must get those disgusting idols ²  out of my sight and must no longer go astray. ³ 

Therefore say to the people: ¹  The Lord who rules over all ²  says, “Turn ³  to me,” says the Lord who rules over all, “and I will turn to you,” says the Lord who rules over all.

Then the Lord’s angel said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit ¹  to her authority.

In fact, if they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.