Come Back to God

"God's Message came to me as follows:

'If a man's wife walks out on him and marries another man, can he take her back as if nothing had happened? Wouldn't that raise a huge stink in the land? And isn't that what you've done - "whored" your way with god after god? And now you want to come back as if nothing had happened.' God's Decree.

'Look around at the hills. Where have you not had sex? You've camped out like hunters stalking deer. You've solicited many lover-gods, like a streetwalking whore chasing after other gods. And so the rain has stopped. No more rain from the skies! But it doesn't even faze you. Brazen as whores, you carry on as if you've done nothing wrong. Then you have the nerve to call out, "My Father! You took care of me when I was a child. Why not now? Are You going to keep up your anger nonstop?" That's your line. Meanwhile you keep sinning nonstop.'"
Jeremiah 3:1-5

"Turn back fickle Israel. I'm not just hanging back to punish you. I'm committed in love to you. My anger doesn't seethe nonstop. Just admit your guilt. Admit your God-defiance. Admit to your promiscuous life with casual partners, pulling strangers into the sex-and-religion groves while turning a deaf ear to me." God's Decree. "Come back wandering children!" God's Decree. "I, yes, I, am your true husband. I'll pick you out one by one - this one from the city, these two from the country - and bring you to Zion. I'll give you good shepherd-rulers who rule my way, who rule you with intelligence and wisdom."
Jeremiah 3:12-15

"If you want to come back, O Israel, you must really come back to me. You must get rid of your stinking sin paraphernalia and not wander away from me anymore. Then you can say words like, 'As God lives...' and have them mean something true and just and right. And the godless nations will get caught up in the blessing and find something in Israel to write home about."
Jeremiah 4:1-2