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


In Context

19 |But I said, 'How I would put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!' and I said, 'You shall call me |My Father,| and shall not turn away from following me.'

20 |Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,| says Yahweh.

21 A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their God.

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

23 Truly in vain is the help that is looked for from the hills, the tumult on the mountains. Truly the salvation of Israel is in Yahweh our God.

24 But the shameful thing 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 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.