10 He found him in a desolate land,
in a barren, howling wilderness;
He surrounded him, cared for him,
and protected him as the pupil of His eye.(A)

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19 Look, I am about to do something new;(A)
even now it is coming. Do you not see it?
Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness,(B)
rivers[a] in the desert.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:19 DSS read paths

Israel’s Adultery Forgiven

14 Therefore, I am going to persuade her,
lead her to the wilderness,(A)
and speak tenderly to her.[a]
15 There I will give her vineyards back to her(B)
and make the Valley of Achor[b](C)
into a gateway of hope.
There she will respond as she did
in the days of her youth,(D)
as in the day she came out of the land of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:14 Lit speak to her heart
  2. Hosea 2:15 = Trouble

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