48 (A)if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and (B)pray to You toward their land which You have given to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your name;

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(A)Let the wicked forsake his way
And the unrighteous man his (B)thoughts;
And let him (C)return to the Lord,
And He will have (D)compassion on him,
And to our God,
For He will (E)abundantly pardon.

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The Response to God’s Rebuke

(A)Come, let us return to the Lord.
For (B)He has torn us, but (C)He will heal us;
He has [a]wounded us, but He will (D)bandage us.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 6:1 Lit struck

12 “Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
(A)Return to Me with all your heart,
And with (B)fasting, weeping and mourning;
13 And (C)rend your heart and not (D)your garments.”
Now return to the Lord your God,
For He is (E)gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness
And (F)relenting of evil.
14 Who knows (G)whether He will not turn and relent
And leave a (H)blessing behind Him,
Even (I)a grain offering and a drink offering
For the Lord your God?

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