1 “If you return, O Israel,declares the Lord, to me you should return.If you remove your detestable things from my presence, and do not waver,
2 and if you swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’in truth, in justice, and in righteousness,then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.”
3 For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your fallow ground,and sow not among thorns.
4 Circumcise yourselves to the Lord;remove the foreskin of your hearts,O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire,and burn with none to quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.”
5 Declare in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say, “Blow the trumpet through the land;cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble, and let us gointo the fortified cities!’