⁶ At the king’s command, couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and from his officials, which read:

⁶ Return,^(A) you Israelites, to the One you have so greatly revolted^(B) against.

¹² Go, proclaim this message toward the north:^(A)

¹⁴ “Return,^(A) faithless people,” declares the Lord, “for I am your husband.^(B) I will choose you—one from a town and two from a clan—and bring you to Zion.

Israel Unrepentant