12 Go and proclaim these words to the north:+
“‘“Return, O renegade Israel,” declares Jehovah.’+ ‘“I will not look down angrily on you,+ for I am loyal,” declares Jehovah.’ ‘“I will not stay resentful forever.
... 5 They would say, ‘Turn back, please, each of you from your evil ways and your evil deeds;+ then you will continue dwelling for a long time to come in the land that Jehovah long ago gave to you and to your forefathers.