Condescension of God: Expostulates with Backsliding Israel

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  1. “Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob. …
  2. But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine! …
  3. “I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’ …
  4. “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD. …
  5. “If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares the LORD. “If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver, …
  6. This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, …
  7. Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust? …
  8. Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?’ …
  9. “Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’
  10. Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. …
  11. Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’ …