3:1 “If a man divorces his wife
and she leaves him and becomes another man’s wife,
he may not take her back again.
Doing that would utterly defile the land.
But you, Israel, have given yourself as a prostitute to many gods.
So what makes you think you can return to me?”
says the Lord.
3:14 “Come back to me, my wayward sons,” says the Lord, “for I am your true master.
31:6 You Israelites! Return to the one against whom you have so blatantly rebelled!
7:16 They turn to Baal;
they are like an unreliable bow.
Their leaders will fall by the sword
because their prayers to Baal
So people will disdain them in the land of Egypt.
14:1 Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
for your sin has been your downfall!
2:12 “Yet even now,” the Lord says,
“return to me with all your heart –
with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
Tear your hearts,
not just your garments!”