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


In Context

19 "I myself said, " 'How gladly would I treat you like sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.' I thought you would call me 'Father' and not turn away from following me.

20 But like a woman unfaithful to her husband, so you have been unfaithful to me, O house of Israel," declares the Lord .

21 A cry is heard on the barren heights, the weeping and pleading of the people of Israel, because they have perverted their ways and have forgotten the Lord their God.

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

23 Surely the idolatrous commotion on the hills and mountains is a deception; surely in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

24 From our youth shameful gods have consumed the fruits of our fathers' labor- their flocks and herds, their sons and 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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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