Israel Has Not Returned to the Lord

“I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
    and (A)lack of bread in all your places,
(B)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.

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“I gave you empty stomachs in every city
    and lack of bread in every town,
    yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.(A)

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17 (A)I struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with hail, (B)yet you did not turn to me, declares the Lord.

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17 I struck all the work of your hands(A) with blight,(B) mildew and hail,(C) yet you did not return(D) to me,’ declares the Lord.(E)

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O Lord, do not your eyes look for truth?
(A)You have struck them down,
    but they felt no anguish;
you have consumed them,
    but they refused to take correction.
(B)They have made their faces harder than rock;
    they have refused to repent.

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Lord, do not your eyes(A) look for truth?
    You struck(B) them, but they felt no pain;
    you crushed them, but they refused correction.(C)
They made their faces harder than stone(D)
    and refused to repent.(E)

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10 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on (A)the throne of the beast, and (B)its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in anguish 11 and cursed (C)the God of heaven for their pain and (D)sores. (E)They did not repent of their deeds.

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10 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast,(A) and its kingdom was plunged into darkness.(B) People gnawed their tongues in agony 11 and cursed(C) the God of heaven(D) because of their pains and their sores,(E) but they refused to repent of what they had done.(F)

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13 The people (A)did not turn to him who struck them,
    nor inquire of the Lord of hosts.

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13 But the people have not returned(A) to him who struck(B) them,
    nor have they sought(C) the Lord Almighty.

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21 I gave her time to repent, but (A)she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.

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21 I have given her time(A) to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.(B)

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26 (A)When I break your supply[a] of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in a single oven and shall dole out your bread again by weight, and (B)you shall eat and not be satisfied.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 26:26 Hebrew staff

26 When I cut off your supply of bread,(A) ten women will be able to bake your bread in one oven, and they will dole out the bread by weight. You will eat, but you will not be satisfied.

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20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, (A)did not repent of (B)the works of their hands nor give up worshiping (C)demons (D)and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk, 21 nor did they repent of their murders or their (E)sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

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20 The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent(A) of the work of their hands;(B) they did not stop worshiping demons,(C) and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk.(D) 21 Nor did they repent(E) of their murders, their magic arts,(F) their sexual immorality(G) or their thefts.

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Therefore say to them, Thus declares the Lord of hosts: (A)Return to me, says the Lord of hosts, and (B)I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. (C)Do not be like your fathers, (D)to whom the former prophets cried out, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, (E)Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.’ But (F)they did not hear or pay attention to me, declares the Lord. Your fathers, where are they? And (G)the prophets, do they live forever? (H)But my words and my statutes, which I commanded (I)my servants the prophets, did they not (J)overtake your fathers? So they repented and said, (K)‘As the Lord of hosts purposed to deal with us for (L)our ways and (M)deeds, so has he dealt with us.’”

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Therefore tell the people: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Return(A) to me,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will return to you,’(B) says the Lord Almighty. Do not be like your ancestors,(C) to whom the earlier prophets(D) proclaimed: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Turn from your evil ways(E) and your evil practices.’ But they would not listen or pay attention to me,(F) declares the Lord.(G) Where are your ancestors now? And the prophets, do they live forever? But did not my words(H) and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, overtake your ancestors?(I)

“Then they repented and said, ‘The Lord Almighty has done to us what our ways and practices deserve,(J) just as he determined to do.’”(K)

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so two or three cities (A)would wander to another city
    to drink water, and would not be satisfied;
(B)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.

(C)“I struck you with blight and mildew;
    your many gardens and your vineyards,
    your fig trees and your olive trees (D)the locust devoured;
(E)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.

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People staggered from town to town for water(A)
    but did not get enough(B) to drink,
    yet you have not returned(C) to me,”
declares the Lord.(D)

“Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards,
    destroying them with blight and mildew.(E)
Locusts(F) devoured your fig and olive trees,(G)
    yet you have not returned(H) to me,”
declares the Lord.

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Return to the Lord

12 “Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
    (A)“return to me with all your heart,
(B)with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
13     and (C)rend your hearts and not (D)your garments.”
Return to the Lord your God,
    (E)for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
    (F)and he relents over disaster.
14 (G)Who knows whether he will not turn and relent,
    and (H)leave a blessing behind him,
(I)a grain offering and a drink offering
    for the Lord your God?

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Rend Your Heart

12 “Even now,” declares the Lord,
    “return(A) to me with all your heart,(B)
    with fasting and weeping and mourning.”

13 Rend your heart(C)
    and not your garments.(D)
Return(E) to the Lord your God,
    for he is gracious and compassionate,(F)
slow to anger and abounding in love,(G)
    and he relents from sending calamity.(H)
14 Who knows? He may turn(I) and relent(J)
    and leave behind a blessing(K)
grain offerings and drink offerings(L)
    for the Lord your God.

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14 (A)They do not cry to me from the heart,
    but (B)they wail upon their beds;
for grain and wine they gash themselves;
    they rebel against me.
15 Although (C)I trained and strengthened their arms,
    yet they devise evil against me.
16 They (D)return, but not upward;[a]
    they are (E)like a treacherous bow;
their princes shall fall by the sword
    because of (F)the insolence of their tongue.
This shall be their derision (G)in the land of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:16 Or to the Most High

14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts(A)
    but wail on their beds.
They slash themselves,[a] appealing to their gods
    for grain and new wine,(B)
    but they turn away from me.(C)
15 I trained(D) them and strengthened their arms,
    but they plot evil(E) against me.
16 They do not turn to the Most High;(F)
    they are like a faulty bow.(G)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
    because of their insolent(H) words.
For this they will be ridiculed(I)
    in the land of Egypt.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:14 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts They gather together

15 (A)I will return again to my place,
    until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face,
    and (B)in their distress earnestly seek me.

Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant

“Come, let us (C)return to the Lord;
    for (D)he has torn us, that he may heal us;
    he has struck us down, and (E)he will bind us up.

15 Then I will return to my lair(A)
    until they have borne their guilt(B)
    and seek my face(C)
in their misery(D)
    they will earnestly seek me.(E)

Israel Unrepentant

“Come, let us return(F) to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces(G)
    but he will heal us;(H)
he has injured us
    but he will bind up our wounds.(I)