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Deuteronomy 30:2
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Deuteronomy 30:2
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2 and (A)return to the Lord your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul,
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Deuteronomy 30:2
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Deuteronomy 30:2
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2 and when you and your children return(A) to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart(B) and with all your soul according to everything I command you today,
Joel 2:12-13
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Joel 2:12-13
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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.
Joel 2:12-13
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Joel 2:12-13
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Rend Your Heart
Nehemiah 1:9
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Nehemiah 1:9
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9 (A)but if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, (B)though your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will gather them and bring them (C)to the place that I have chosen, to make my name dwell there.’
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Nehemiah 1:9
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Nehemiah 1:9
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Deuteronomy 4:28-31
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Deuteronomy 4:28-31
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28 And (A)there you will serve gods of wood and stone, the work of human hands, (B)that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 29 (C)But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you (D)in the latter days, you will return to the Lord your God and obey his voice. 31 For the Lord your God is (E)a merciful God. (F)He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.
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Deuteronomy 4:28-31
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Deuteronomy 4:28-31
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28 There you will worship man-made gods(A) of wood and stone,(B) which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.(C) 29 But if from there you seek(D) the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart(E) and with all your soul.(F) 30 When you are in distress(G) and all these things have happened to you, then in later days(H) you will return(I) to the Lord your God and obey him. 31 For the Lord your God is a merciful(J) God; he will not abandon(K) or destroy(L) you or forget(M) the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.
Lamentations 3:40
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Lamentations 3:40
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40 Let us test and examine our ways,
(A)and return to the Lord!
Lamentations 3:40
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Lamentations 3:40
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1 John 1:9
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1 John 1:9
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9 (A)If we confess our sins, he is (B)faithful and just to forgive us our sins and (C)to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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1 John 1:9
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1 John 1:9
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9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins(A) and purify us from all unrighteousness.(B)
Ephesians 6:24
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Ephesians 6:24
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24 Grace be with all who (A)love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible.
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Ephesians 6:24
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Ephesians 6:24
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24 Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.[a]
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- Ephesians 6:24 Or Grace and immortality to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 3:16
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2 Corinthians 3:16
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16 But when (A)one[a] turns to the Lord, (B)the veil is removed.
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- 2 Corinthians 3:16 Greek he
2 Corinthians 3:16
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2 Corinthians 3:16
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Zechariah 12:10
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Zechariah 12:10
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Him Whom They Have Pierced
10 “And (A)I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and (B)pleas for mercy, so that, (C)when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, (D)they shall mourn for him, (E)as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
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Zechariah 12:10
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Zechariah 12:10
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Mourning for the One They Pierced
10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit[a](A) of grace and supplication.(B) They will look on[b] me, the one they have pierced,(C) and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child,(D) and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.(E)
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- Zechariah 12:10 Or the Spirit
- Zechariah 12:10 Or to
Hosea 14:1-3
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Hosea 14:1-3
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A Plea to Return to the Lord
14 (A)Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
for (B)you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
2 Take with you words
and return to the Lord;
say to him,
“Take away all iniquity;
accept (C)what is good,
and we will pay with bulls
(D)the vows[a] of our lips.
3 (E)Assyria shall not save us;
(F)we will not ride on horses;
and (G)we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
to the work of our hands.
(H)In you the orphan finds mercy.”
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- Hosea 14:2 Septuagint, Syriac pay the fruit
Hosea 14:1-3
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Hosea 14:1-3
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Repentance to Bring Blessing
14 [a]Return,(A) Israel, to the Lord your God.
Your sins(B) have been your downfall!(C)
2 Take words with you
and return to the Lord.
Say to him:
“Forgive(D) all our sins
and receive us graciously,(E)
that we may offer the fruit of our lips.[b](F)
3 Assyria cannot save us;(G)
we will not mount warhorses.(H)
We will never again say ‘Our gods’(I)
to what our own hands have made,(J)
for in you the fatherless(K) find compassion.”
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- Hosea 14:1 In Hebrew texts 14:1-9 is numbered 14:2-10.
- Hosea 14:2 Or offer our lips as sacrifices of bulls
Hosea 6:1-2
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Hosea 6:1-2
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Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant
6 “Come, let us (A)return to the Lord;
for (B)he has torn us, that he may heal us;
he has struck us down, and (C)he will bind us up.
2 After two days (D)he will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.
Hosea 6:1-2
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Hosea 6:1-2
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Hosea 3:5
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Hosea 3:5
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5 Afterward the Israelites will return and seek(A) the Lord their God and David their king.(B) They will come trembling(C) to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.(D)
Lamentations 3:32
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Lamentations 3:32
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32 but, though he (A)cause grief, (B)he will have compassion
(C)according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
Lamentations 3:32
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Lamentations 3:32
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32 Though he brings grief, he will show compassion,
so great is his unfailing love.(A)
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