22Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come to you; for you are the LORD our God.


In Context

19 But I said, How shall I put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, You shall call me, My father; and shall not turn away from me.

20 Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so have you dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, said the LORD.

21 A voice was heard on the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.

22 Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come to you; for you are the LORD our God.

23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

24 For shame has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

Jeremiah 3:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:22Return, ye backsliding children, [and] I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou [art] the LORD our God.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:22"Return, faithless people; I will cure you of backsliding." "Yes, we will come to you, for you are the Lord our God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:22Return, you rebellious children, and I will heal your rebellions. Behold we come to thee: for thou art the Lord our God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:22Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:22Return, backsliding children; I will heal your backslidings. ... Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:22Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings, Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:22Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come to thee; for thou art the LORD our God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:22Return, you backsliding children, I will heal your backsliding. |Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:22Turn back, O backsliding sons, I cause your backslidings to cease. — Behold us, we have come to Thee, For Thou art Jehovah our God.