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2 Samuel 7:14
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14 (A) I will be his father, and he will be my son.

When he does wrong, I'll see that he is corrected, just as children are corrected by their parents.

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Listen to 2 Samuel 7:14, 1 Chronicles 17:13, Isaiah 43:6, Jeremiah 31:9
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2 Samuel 7:14
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14 I will be his father, and he will be my son.(A) When he does wrong, I will punish him(B) with a rod(C) wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands.

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1 Chronicles 17:13
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13 (A) I will be like a father to him, and he will be like a son to me. I will never put an end to my agreement with him, as I put an end to my agreement with Saul, who was king before you.

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1 Chronicles 17:13
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13 I will be his father,(A) and he will be my son.(B) I will never take my love away from him, as I took it away from your predecessor.

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Isaiah 43:6
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6 I will say to the north
    and to the south,
“Free my sons and daughters!
Let them return
    from distant lands.

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Isaiah 43:6
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6 I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’
    and to the south,(A) ‘Do not hold them back.’
Bring my sons from afar
    and my daughters(B) from the ends of the earth(C)—

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Jeremiah 31:9
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9 They will weep and pray
    as I bring them home.
I will lead them
    to streams of water.
They will walk on a level[a] road
    and not stumble.
I am a father to Israel,[b]
    my favorite children.

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Footnotes

  1. 31.9 level: Or “straight.”
  2. 31.9 Israel: The Hebrew text also has “Ephraim,” the leading tribe of the northern kingdom of Israel, which sometimes stands for the whole northern kingdom.
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Jeremiah 31:9
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9 They will come with weeping;(A)
    they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead(B) them beside streams of water(C)
    on a level(D) path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father,(E)
    and Ephraim is my firstborn son.

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