My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.
Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return
Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!
But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carv
And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.
Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on e
They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of
The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?
Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we h
Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them