Yesaya 55:3

55:3 Pay attention and come to me!

Listen, so you can live!¹

Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to² you,

just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.³

Mazmur 103:17

103:17 But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers,⁴

and is faithful to their descendants,⁵

31:3 In a far-off land the Lord will manifest himself to them.

He will say to them, ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love.

That is why I have continued to be faithful to you.⁶

Israel Will Be Restored and Join Judah in Worship

31:2 The Lord says,

“The people of Israel who survived

death at the hands of the enemy⁷

will find favor in the wilderness

as they journey to find rest for themselves.

2:16 Even the soldiers⁸ from Memphis and Tahpanhes

have cracked your skulls, people of Israel.⁹

The Lord Recalls Israel’s Earlier Faithfulness

2:1 The Lord spoke to me. He said:

1:16 They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.