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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 3:22 - King James

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Jer 3:22 King James Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Jehovah's renewed invitation (Jer 3:12, Jer 3:14) and their immediate response.

heal--forgive (Ch2 30:18, Ch2 30:20; Hos 14:4).

unto thee--rather, "in obedience to thee"; literally, "for thee" [ROSENMULLER].
 
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4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
20 And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one
14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.
21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.