Bible Cross References
Turn thou
2 Kings 17:13
The LORD had sent his messengers and prophets to warn Israel and Judah: "Abandon your evil ways and obey my commands, which are contained in the Law I gave to your ancestors and which I handed on to you through my servants the prophets."
2 Kings 17:14
But they would not obey; they were stubborn like their ancestors, who had not trusted in the LORD their God.
2 Chronicles 30:6-12
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Messengers went out at the command of the king and his officials through all Judah and Israel with the following invitation: "People of Israel, you have survived the Assyrian conquest of the land. Now return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and he will return to you.
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Do not be like your ancestors and your Israelite relatives who were unfaithful to the LORD their God. As you can see, he punished them severely.
8
Do not be stubborn as they were, but obey the LORD. Come to the Temple in Jerusalem, which the LORD your God has made holy forever, and worship him so that he will no longer be angry with you.
9
If you return to the LORD, then those who have taken your relatives away as prisoners will take pity on them and let them come back home. The LORD your God is kind and merciful, and if you return to him, he will accept you."
10
The messengers went to every city in the territory of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far north as the tribe of Zebulun, but people laughed at them and made fun of them.
11
Still, there were some from the tribes of Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun who were willing to come to Jerusalem.
12
God was also at work in Judah and united the people in their determination to obey his will by following the commands of the king and his officials.
Hosea 6:1-4
1
The people say, "Let's return to the LORD! He has hurt us, but he will be sure to heal us; he has wounded us, but he will bandage our wounds, won't he?
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In two or three days he will revive us, and we will live in his presence.
3
Let us try to know the LORD. He will come to us as surely as the day dawns, as surely as the spring rains fall upon the earth."
4
But the LORD says, "Israel and Judah, what am I going to do with you? Your love for me disappears as quickly as morning mist; it is like dew, that vanishes early in the day.
Hosea 14:1
Return to the LORD your God, people of Israel. Your sin has made you stumble and fall.
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Jeremiah 3:8-11
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Judah also saw that I divorced Israel and sent her away because she had turned from me and had become a prostitute. But Judah, Israel's unfaithful sister, was not afraid. She too became a prostitute
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and was not at all ashamed. She defiled the land, and she committed adultery by worshiping stones and trees.
10
And after all this, Judah, Israel's unfaithful sister, only pretended to return to me; she was not sincere. I, the LORD, have spoken."
11
Then the LORD told me that, even though Israel had turned away from him, she had proved to be better than unfaithful Judah.
Ezekiel 16:46
"Your older sister, with her villages, is Samaria, in the north. Your younger sister, with her villages, is Sodom, in the south.
Ezekiel 23:2-4
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"Mortal man," he said, "there were once two sisters.
3
When they were young, living in Egypt, they lost their virginity and became prostitutes.
4
The older one was named Oholah (she represents Samaria), and the younger one was named Oholibah (she represents Jerusalem). I married both of them, and they bore me children.