Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.
Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit
Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways
We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that
Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will retur
Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
Then the LORD said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear
Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compas
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on y
But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole hous
“This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and stand at the gate of the people, through which the kings of Judah go in and ou
For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces aw
Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.
Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am plann
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not lis
“Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has
Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from
But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of
From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and prie
These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.
First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared
Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for
“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LOR
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then
“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
Do not be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their fathers, so that He made them
and if you do not listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and again even though you
“Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from th
But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, w
Now suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:
Nevertheless, the LORD sent prophets to bring the people back to Him and to testify against them, but they would not lis
And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile
“Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”