Cross References Return, O ye revolting children, saith the Lord: for I am your I husband: and I will take you, one of a city, and two of a kindred, and will bring you into Sion. Isaiah 31:6 Return as you had deeply revolted, O children of Israel. Isaiah 54:5 For he that made thee shall rule over thee, the Lord of hosts is his name: and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, shall be called the God of all the earth. Isaiah 57:17 For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry, and I struck him: I hid my face from thee, and was angry: and he went away wandering in his own heart. Jeremiah 3:12 Go, and proclaim these words towards the north, and thou shalt say: Return, O rebellious Israel, saith the Lord, and I will not turn away my face from you: for I am holy, saith the Lord, and I will not be angry for ever. Jeremiah 29:14 And I will be found by you, saith the Lord: and I will bring back your captivity, and I will gather you out of all nations, and from all the places to which I have driven you out, saith the Lord: and I will bring you back from the place to which I caused you to be carried away captive. Jeremiah 31:6 For there shall be a day, in which the watchmen on mount Ephraim, shall cry: Arise, and let us go up to Sion to the Lord our God. Jeremiah 31:12 And they shall come, and shall give praise in mount Sion: and they shall flow together to the good things of the Lord, for the corn, and wine, and oil, and the increase of cattle and herds, and their soul shall be as a watered garden, and they shall be hungry no more. Jeremiah 31:32 Not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, the covenant which they made void, and I had dominion over them, saith the Lord. Hosea 2:19 And I will espouse thee to me for ever: and I will espouse thee to me in justice, and judgment, and in mercy, and in commiserations. Hosea 5:15 I will go and return to my place: until you are consumed, and seek my face. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Return, O ye revolting children, saith the Lord: for I am your I husband: and I will take you, one of a city, and two of a kindred, and will bring you into Sion. o backsliding Jeremiah 2:19 Thy own wickedness shall reprove thee, and thy apostasy shall rebuke thee. Know thou, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing for thee, to have left the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not with thee, saith the Lord the God of hosts. for I am married Jeremiah 3:1,8 It is commonly said: If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and marry another man, shall he return to her any more? shall not that woman be polluted, and defiled? but thou hast prostituted thyself to many lovers: nevertheless return to me, saith the Lord, and I will receive thee. . . . Jeremiah 2:2 Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith the Lord: I have remembered thee, pitying thy youth, and the love of thy espousals, when thou followedst me in the desert, in a land that is not sown. Jeremiah 31:32 Not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, the covenant which they made void, and I had dominion over them, saith the Lord. Isaiah 54:5 For he that made thee shall rule over thee, the Lord of hosts is his name: and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, shall be called the God of all the earth. Hosea 2:19,20 And I will espouse thee to me for ever: and I will espouse thee to me in justice, and judgment, and in mercy, and in commiserations. . . . one of a city Jeremiah 23:3 And I will gather together the remnant of my flock, out of all the lands into which I have cast them out: and I will make them return to their own fields, and they shall increase and be multiplied. Jeremiah 31:8-10 Behold I will bring them from the north country, and will gather them from the ends of the earth and among them shall be the blind, and the lame, the woman with child, and she that is bringing forth, together, a great company of them returning hither. . . . Isaiah 1:9 Except the Lord of hosts had left us seed, we had been as Sodom, and we should have been like to Gomorrha. Isaiah 6:13 And there shall be still a tithing therein, and she shall turn, and shall be made a show as a turpentine tree, and as an oak that spreadeth its branches: that which shall stand therein, shall be a holy seed. Isaiah 10:22 For if thy people, O Israel, shall be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them shall be converted, the consumption abridged shall overflow with justice. Isaiah 11:11,12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand the second time to possess the remnant of his people, which shall be left from the Assyrians, and from Egypt, and from Phetros, and from Ethiopia, and from Elam, and from Sennaar, and from Emath, and from the islands of the sea. . . . Isaiah 17:6 And the fruit thereof that shall be left upon it, shall be as one cluster of grapes, and as the shaking of the olive tree, two or three berries in the top of a bough, or four or five upon the top of the tree, saith the Lord the God of Israel. Isaiah 24:13-15 For it shall be thus in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the people, as if a few olives, that remain, should be shaken out of the olive tree: or grapes, when the vintage is ended. . . . Ezekiel 34:11-14 For thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself will seek my sheep, and will visit them. . . . Zechariah 13:7-9 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that cleaveth to me, saith the Lord of hosts: strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn my hand to the little ones. . . . Romans 9:27 And Isaias cried out concerning Israel: If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved. Romans 11:4-6 But what saith the divine answer to him? I have left me seven thousand men that have not bowed their knees to Baal. . . . Context Invitation to Repentance…13But yet acknowledge thy iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God: and thou hast scattered thy ways to strangers under every green tree, and hast not heard my voice, saith the Lord. 14Return, O ye revolting children, saith the Lord: for I am your I husband: and I will take you, one of a city, and two of a kindred, and will bring you into Sion.15And I will give you pastors according to my own heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and doctrine.… Lexicon “Return,שׁ֣וּבוּ (šū·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again O faithless שׁוֹבָבִים֙ (šō·w·ḇā·ḇîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7726: Turning back, recusant, apostate children,” בָנִ֤ים (ḇā·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 5002: An oracle the LORD, יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel “for כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction I אָנֹכִ֖י (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 595: I am your master, בָּעַ֣לְתִּי (bā·‘al·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 1166: To be master, to marry and I will take וְלָקַחְתִּ֨י (wə·lā·qaḥ·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take you— אֶתְכֶ֜ם (’eṯ·ḵem) Direct object marker | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case one אֶחָ֣ד (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first from a city מֵעִ֗יר (mê·‘îr) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement and two וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ (ū·šə·na·yim) Conjunctive waw | Number - md Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number) from a family— מִמִּשְׁפָּחָ֔ה (mim·miš·pā·ḥāh) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4940: A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people and bring וְהֵבֵאתִ֥י (wə·hê·ḇê·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go you אֶתְכֶ֖ם (’eṯ·ḵem) Direct object marker | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case to Zion. צִיּֽוֹן׃ (ṣî·yō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6726: Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem Additional Translations “Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.Turn, O backsliding children, said the LORD; for I am married to you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: Return, O backsliding children, saith Jehovah; for I am a husband unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: Turn, ye children that have revolted, saith the Lord; for I will rule over you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you in to Sion: Return, backsliding children, saith Jehovah; for I am a husband unto you, and I will take you, one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion. Return, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am a husband unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married to you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: "Return, backsliding children," says Yahweh; "for I am a husband to you. I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion. Turn back, O backsliding sons, An affirmation of Jehovah. For I have ruled over you, And taken you one of a city, and two of a family, And have brought you to Zion, Jump to Previous Affirmation Backsliding Children Choose City Clan Declares Faithless Family Husband Married Master Ruled Turn Turned ZionJump to Next Affirmation Backsliding Children Choose City Clan Declares Faithless Family Husband Married Master Ruled Turn Turned ZionExternal Links Jeremiah 3:14 NIVJeremiah 3:14 NLT Jeremiah 3:14 ESV Jeremiah 3:14 NASB Jeremiah 3:14 ASV Jeremiah 3:14 Bible Apps Jeremiah 3:14 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 3:14 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 3:14 French Bible Jeremiah 3:14 German Bible Alphabetical: a am and bring choose city clan declares faithless family for from husband I LORD master O one people Return sons take the to town two will you your Zion Zion' OT Prophets: Jeremiah 3:14 Return backsliding children says Yahweh (Jer.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |