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29 I will save you from all your uncleannesses, and I will summon the grain and make it abundant and lay no famine upon you.(A)

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29 I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and make it plentiful and will not bring famine(A) upon you.

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He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light. The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.[a](A)

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  1. 1.9 Or He was the true light that enlightens everyone coming into the world

He came as a witness to testify(A) concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.(B) He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

The true light(C) that gives light to everyone(D) was coming into the world.

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21 She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”(A)

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21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,[a](A) because he will save his people from their sins.”(B)

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  1. Matthew 1:21 Jesus is the Greek form of Joshua, which means the Lord saves.

21 On that day I will answer, says the Lord,
    I will answer the heavens,
    and they shall answer the earth,
22 and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil,
    and they shall answer Jezreel,[a](A)
23     and I will sow him[b] for myself in the land.
And I will have pity on Lo-ruhamah,[c]
    and I will say to Lo-ammi,[d] “You are my people,”
    and he shall say, “You are my God.”(B)

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  1. 2.22 That is, God sows
  2. 2.23 Cn: Heb her
  3. 2.23 That is, not pitied
  4. 2.23 That is, not my people

21 “In that day I will respond,”
    declares the Lord
“I will respond(A) to the skies,
    and they will respond to the earth;
22 and the earth will respond to the grain,
    the new wine and the olive oil,(B)
    and they will respond to Jezreel.[a](C)
23 I will plant(D) her for myself in the land;
    I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.[b](E)
I will say to those called ‘Not my people,[c]’ ‘You are my people’;(F)
    and they will say, ‘You are my God.(G)’”

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  1. Hosea 2:22 Jezreel means God plants.
  2. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ruhamah (see 1:6)
  3. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ammi (see 1:9)

14 He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.(A)

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14 who gave himself for us(A) to redeem us from all wickedness(B) and to purify(C) for himself a people that are his very own,(D) eager to do what is good.(E)

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26 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written,

“Out of Zion will come the Deliverer;
    he will banish ungodliness from Jacob.”(A)

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26 and in this way[a] all Israel will be saved.(A) As it is written:

“The deliverer will come from Zion;
    he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.

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  1. Romans 11:26 Or and so

14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.(A)

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14 For sin shall no longer be your master,(A) because you are not under the law,(B) but under grace.(C)

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33 But seek first the kingdom of God[a] and his[b] righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.(A)

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  1. 6.33 Other ancient authorities lack of God
  2. 6.33 Or its

33 But seek first his kingdom(A) and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.(B)

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13 On that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.(A)

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Cleansing From Sin

13 “On that day a fountain(A) will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse(B) them from sin and impurity.

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19 He will again have compassion upon us;
    he will tread our iniquities under foot.
You will cast all our[a] sins
    into the depths of the sea.(A)

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  1. 7.19 Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb their

19 You will again have compassion on us;
    you will tread our sins underfoot
    and hurl all our iniquities(A) into the depths of the sea.(B)

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21 I will avenge their blood, and I will not clear the guilty,[a]
    for the Lord dwells in Zion.(A)

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  1. 3.21 Gk Syr: Heb I will hold innocent their blood that I have not held innocent

21 Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged?(A)
    No, I will not.(B)

The Lord dwells in Zion!(C)

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O Ephraim, what have I[a] to do with idols?
    It is I who answer and look after you.[b]
I am like an evergreen cypress;
    your fruit comes from me.(A)

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  1. 14.8 Or What more has Ephraim
  2. 14.8 Heb him

Ephraim, what more have I[a] to do with idols?(A)
    I will answer him and care for him.
I am like a flourishing juniper;(B)
    your fruitfulness comes from me.”

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  1. Hosea 14:8 Or Hebrew; Septuagint What more has Ephraim

Assurance of Forgiveness

I will heal their disloyalty;
    I will love them freely,
    for my anger has turned from them.(A)

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“I will heal(A) their waywardness(B)
    and love them freely,(C)
    for my anger has turned away(D) from them.

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