² ‘Speak tenderly to^[a] Jerusalem,
and announce to her
that her time of hard service is over,
her iniquity^(A) has been pardoned,^(B)
and she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.’^(C)

²² I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud,^(A)
and your sins like a mist.
Return to me,^(B)
for I have redeemed you.^(C)

²⁰ In those days and at that time –
this is the Lord’s declaration –
one will search for Israel’s iniquity,
but there will be none,
and for Judah’s sins,
but they will not be found,
for I will forgive^(A) those I leave as a remnant.^(B)