1"If you will return, O Israel, return to me," declares the Lord . "If you put your detestable idols out of my sight and no longer go astray,


In Context

1 "If you will return, O Israel, return to me," declares the Lord . "If you put your detestable idols out of my sight and no longer go astray,

2 and if in a truthful, just and righteous way you swear, 'As surely as the Lord lives,' then the nations will be blessed by him and in him they will glory."

3 This is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: "Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns.

Jeremiah 4:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:1If 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:1If 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:1If 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;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:1If 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;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:1If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, unto me shalt thou return: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not be removed;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:1If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return to me: and if thou wilt put away thy abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:1|If you will return, Israel,| says Yahweh, |if you will return to me, and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight; then you shall not be removed;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:1If 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:1If 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.