9 Heb “oracle of the Lord.”
10 Heb “and the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together. They shall go, weeping as they go, and they will seek the Lord their God.” The concept of “seeking” the Lord often has to do with seeking the Lord in worship (by sacrifice [Hos 5:6; 2 Chr 11:16]; prayer [Zech 8:21, 22; 2 Sam 12:16; Isa 65:1; 2 Chr 15:4]). In Hos 7:10 it is in parallel with returning to the Lord. In Ps 69:6 it is in parallel with hoping in or trusting in the Lord. Perhaps the most helpful parallels here, however, are Hos 3:5 (in comparison with Jer 30:9) and 2 Chr 15:15 where it is in the context of a covenant commitment to be loyal to the Lord which is similar to the context here (see the next verse). The translation is admittedly paraphrastic but “seeking the Lord” does not mean here looking for God as though he were merely a person to be found.
11 The translation here assumes that the Hebrew בֹּאוּ (bo’u; a Qal imperative masculine plural) should be read בָּאוּ (ba’u; a Qal perfect third plural). This reading is presupposed by the Greek version of Aquila, the Latin version, and the (see note a, which mistakenly assumes that the form must be imperfect).
12 See Jer 32:40 and the study note there for the nature of this lasting agreement.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, weeping as they come, and they shall seek the Lord their God. They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, saying, ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“In those days, at that time,”

declares the Lord,

“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together

will go in tears to seek the Lord their God.

They will ask the way to Zion

and turn their faces toward it.

They will come and bind themselves to the Lord

in an everlasting covenant

that will not be forgotten.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In those days and at that time—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

the Israelites and Judeans will come together,

weeping as they come,

and will seek the Lord their God.

They will ask about Zion,

turning their faces to this road.

They will come and join themselves to the Lord

in a permanent covenant that will never be forgotten.

NLTNew Living Translation

“In those coming days,”

says the Lord,

“the people of Israel will return home

together with the people of Judah.

They will come weeping

and seeking the Lord their God.

They will ask the way to Jerusalem

and will start back home again.

They will bind themselves to the Lord

with an eternal covenant that will never be forgotten.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

In those days and in that time,’ ” declares Yahweh,

“the people of Israel will come,

they and the people of Judah together.

Weeping as they go, they will go,

and Yahweh their God they will seek.

They will ask the way to Zion,

turning their faces there.

They will come and join themselves to Yahweh

by an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.

KJV 1900King James Version

In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord,

The children of Israel shall come,

They and the children of Judah together,

Going and weeping: they shall go,

And seek the Lord their God.

They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying,

Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord

In a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.

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