Jeremiah 3:12

“Go and shout this message to my people in the countries in the north. ¹  Tell them, ‘Come back to me, wayward Israel,’ says the Lord. ‘I will not continue to look on you with displeasure. ²  For I am merciful,’ says the Lord. ‘I will not be angry with you forever.

De 4:29-31; 2Ki 15:29; 2Ki 17:6,23; 2Ki 18:1; 2Ch 30:9; Ps 79:5; Ps 86:5,15; Ps 103:8,17; Ps 145:8; Isa 44:22; Jer 3:1,7,22; Jer 3:5; Jer 3:18; Jer 4:1; Jer 23:8; Jer 30:11; Jer 31:8; Jer 31:20; Jer 33:26; Eze 33:11; Eze 39:25; Ho 6:1; Ho 11:8,9; Ho 14:1-3; Mic 7:18-20; Ro 5:20,21

¹ tn Heb “Go and proclaim these words to the north.” The translation assumes that the message is directed toward the exiles of northern Israel who have been scattered in the provinces of Assyria to the north.

² tn Heb “I will not cause my face to fall on you.”