3
"Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, "aReturn to Me," declares the Lord of hosts, "that I may return to you," says the Lord of hosts.
a
Isaiah 31:6, Isaiah 44:22, Malachi 3:7
Isaiah 31
6aReturn to Him from whom you have bdeeply defected, O sons of Israel.
Isaiah 44
22
"I have awiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud And your sins like a heavy mist. bReturn to Me, for I have credeemed you."
Malachi 3
7
"From the adays of your fathers you have turned aside from My statutes and have not kept them.bReturn to Me, and I will return to you," says the Lord of hosts. "But you say, 'How shall we return?'