If you will return, O Israel, said the LORD, return to me: and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight, then shall you not remove. Treasury of Scripture wilt return Jeremiah 4:4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem... Jeremiah 3:12,22 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, said the LORD... return Jeremiah 3:1,14 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return to her again... Isaiah 31:6 Turn you to him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted. Hosea 7:16 They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow... Hosea 14:1 O Israel, return to the LORD your God; for you have fallen by your iniquity. Joel 2:12 Therefore also now, said the LORD, turn you even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: put away Genesis 35:2 Then Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean... Deuteronomy 27:15 Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman... Joshua 24:14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth... Judges 10:16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. 1 Samuel 7:3 And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you do return to the LORD with all your hearts... 2 Kings 23:13,24 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption... 2 Chronicles 15:8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage... Ezekiel 11:18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from there. Ezekiel 18:13 Has given forth on usury, and has taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he has done all these abominations... Ezekiel 20:7,8 Then said I to them, Cast you away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt... Ezekiel 43:9 Now let them put away their prostitution, and the carcasses of their kings, far from me... Hosea 2:2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband... Ephesians 4:22-31 That you put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts... then shalt Jeremiah 15:4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah... Jeremiah 22:3-5 Thus said the LORD; Execute you judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong... Jeremiah 24:9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb... Jeremiah 25:5 They said, Turn you again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings... Jeremiah 36:3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do to them; that they may return every man from his evil way... 2 Chronicles 33:8 Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers...
Context God Calls Israel by His Promise
1If you will return, O Israel, said the LORD, return to me: and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight, then shall you not remove. 2And you shall swear, The LORD lives, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. 3For thus said the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. 4Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith Jehovah, if thou wilt return unto me, and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight; then shalt thou not be removed;
Douay-Rheims Bible
If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord, return to me: if thou wilt take away thy stumblingblocks out of my sight, thou shalt not be moved.
Darby Bible Translation
If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith Jehovah, return unto me; and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not be a wanderer;
King James Bible
If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.
Young's Literal Translation
If thou dost turn back, O Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah, unto Me turn back, And if thou dost turn aside Thine abominations from My face, Then thou dost not bemoan.
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