Description

1. Brokenness (vv. 1-2) Will the people be broken or not?
1. Pagan King (v. 1)
2. Broken Covenant (v. 2)
2. Pattern (vv. 3-4) Will the pattern be broken or not?
1. Hope (v. 3)

Have the people returned? 

Application: God is not satisfied with religious motions.

Application: God does not demand of us that which is in our power to perform.

Application: Repentance’s turning from sin and turning to God because of the beauty of God and the ugliness of sin.

2. History (v. 4)
3. Perseverance (vv. 5-6) Will the people persist in returning to God or not?
1. Gone (v. 5)
2. Vindication (v. 6a)
3. Repentance (v. 6b)