And come, let us reason together, says the Lord; and though your sins be as purple, I will make them white as snow; and though they be as scarlet, I will make [them] white as wool.

Neither have you purchased for Me victims for silver, neither have I desired the fat of your sacrifices; but you stood before Me in your sins, and in your iniquities.

I, [even] I, am He that blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and your sins; and I will remember [them] no more.

You have neither known, nor understood, neither from the beginning have I opened your ears; for I knew that you would surely deal treacherously, and would be called a transgressor even from the womb.

Behold, I have sold you, [but] not for silver; but I have rescued you from the furnace of affliction.

I have heard the sound of Ephraim lamenting, [and saying], You have chastened me, and I was chastened; I as a calf was not [willingly] taught: turn me, and I shall turn; for You [are] the Lord my God.

Ephraim is a beloved son, a pleasing child to Me: for because My words are in him, I will surely remember him. Therefore I made haste [to help] him. I will surely have mercy upon him, says the Lord.

And I will remember My covenant, [made] with you in the days of your infancy, and I will establish to you an everlasting covenant.

And I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall know that I am the Lord,

Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord: I do not do this, O house of Israel, for your sakes, but because of My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations, among whom you went.

And I will take you out from the nations, and will gather you out of all the lands, and will bring you into your own land;

And I will give you a new heart, and will put a new spirit in you: and I will take away the heart of stone out of your flesh, and will give you a heart of flesh.

And you shall dwell upon the land which I gave to your fathers; and you shall be to Me a people, and I will be to you a God.

And I will multiply the fruit of the trees, and the produce of the field, that you may not bear the reproach of famine among the nations.

Not for your sakes do I do [this], says the Lord God, [as] it is known to you; be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.

and the desolate land shall be cultivated, whereas it was desolate in the eyes of everyone that passed by.

And the nations, as many as shall have been left round about you, shall know that I the Lord have built the ruined [cities] and planted what was desolate. I the Lord have spoken, and will do [it].

as holy sheep, as the sheep of Jerusalem in her feasts; thus shall the desert cities be full of flocks of men. And they shall know that I [am] the Lord.

And he arose and went to his father. But when he was still far off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and he ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.

But [the] law came in alongside, so that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace superabounded,

Turn, you children that are given to turning, and I will heal your bruises. Behold, we will be Your servants; for You are the Lord our God.

The Lord appeared to him from afar, [saying], I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn you.

Behold, I bring upon her healing and cure, and I will show [Myself] to them, and will heal her, and make both peace and security.

I will restore their dwellings, I will love them truly: for he has turned away My wrath from him.

His branches shall spread, and he shall be as a fruitful olive, and his smell shall be as [the smell] of Lebanon.

What [has] he to do anymore with idols? I have afflicted him, and I will strengthen him. I am as a leafy juniper tree. From Me is your fruit found.

They shall not hunger, neither shall they thirst; neither shall the heat nor the sun strike them; but He that has mercy on them shall comfort [them], and by fountains of waters shall He lead them.

In a place of green grass, there He has made me dwell; He has nourished me by the water of rest.

because the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shepherds them, and He leads them to [the] springs of [the] waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

Thus says the Most High, who dwells on high forever, Holy in the holies is His name, the Most High resting in the holies, and giving patience to the faint-hearted, and giving life to the broken-hearted;

And in that day you shall say, I [will] bless You, O Lord; for You were angry with me, but You have turned aside Your wrath, and have pitied me.

to declare the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of recompense; to comfort all that mourn;

that there should be given to them that mourn in Zion glory instead of ashes, the oil of joy to the mourners, the garment of glory for the spirit of heaviness; and they shall be called generations of righteousness, the planting of the Lord for glory.

Rejoice, O Jerusalem, and all you that love her hold in her a general assembly; rejoice greatly with her, all that [now] mourn over her;

For thus says the Lord: Behold, I turn toward them as a river of peace, and as a torrent bringing upon them in a flood the glory of the Gentiles; their children shall be borne upon the shoulders, and comforted on the knees.

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation; establish me with Your directing Spirit.

But if you will not hear it, your soul shall weep in secret because of pride, and your eyes shall pour down tears, because the Lord's flock is sorely bruised.

For who is he that has fellowship with all the living? There is hope [for him]; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.