“O Israel, [a]you are destroyed,
But [b]your help is from Me.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:9 Lit. it or he destroyed you
  2. Hosea 13:9 Lit. in your help

“You are destroyed, Israel,
    because you are against me,(A) against your helper.(B)

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19 Your own wickedness will (A)correct you,
And your backslidings will rebuke you.
Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing
That you have forsaken the Lord your God,
And the [a]fear of Me is not in you,”
Says the Lord God of hosts.

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  1. Jeremiah 2:19 dread

19 Your wickedness will punish you;
    your backsliding(A) will rebuke(B) you.
Consider then and realize
    how evil and bitter(C) it is for you
when you forsake(D) the Lord your God
    and have no awe(E) of me,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

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17 (A)Have you not brought this on yourself,
In that you have forsaken the Lord your God
When (B)He led you in the way?

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17 Have you not brought this on yourselves(A)
    by forsaking(B) the Lord your God
    when he led you in the way?

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26 There is (A)no one like the God of (B)Jeshurun,
(C)Who rides the heavens to help you,
And in His excellency on the clouds.

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26 “There is no one like the God of Jeshurun,(A)
    who rides(B) across the heavens to help you(C)
    and on the clouds(D) in his majesty.(E)

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For (A)we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. But when (B)the kindness and the love of (C)God our Savior toward man appeared, (D)not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through (E)the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, (F)whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace (G)we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

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At one time(A) we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the kindness(B) and love of God our Savior(C) appeared,(D) he saved us,(E) not because of righteous things we had done,(F) but because of his mercy.(G) He saved us through the washing(H) of rebirth and renewal(I) by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us(J) generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace,(K) we might become heirs(L) having the hope(M) of eternal life.(N)

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Redemption in Christ

(A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as (B)He chose us in Him (C)before the foundation of the world, that we should (D)be holy and without blame before Him in love, (E)having predestined us to (F)adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, (G)according to the good pleasure of His will,

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Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,(A) who has blessed us in the heavenly realms(B) with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us(C) in him before the creation of the world(D) to be holy and blameless(E) in his sight. In love(F) he[a] predestined(G) us for adoption to sonship[b](H) through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure(I) and will—

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 1:5 Or sight in love. He
  2. Ephesians 1:5 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.

“But now entreat God’s favor,
That He may be gracious to us.
(A)While this is being done by your hands,
Will He accept you favorably?”
Says the Lord of hosts.

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“Now plead with God to be gracious to us. With such offerings(A) from your hands, will he accept(B) you?”—says the Lord Almighty.

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Israel Restored at Last

14 O Israel, (A)return to the Lord your God,
For you have stumbled because of your iniquity;

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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)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:1 In Hebrew texts 14:1-9 is numbered 14:2-10.

“Yet (A)I am the Lord your God
Ever since the land of Egypt,
And you shall know no God but Me;
For (B)there is no savior besides Me.

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“But I have been the Lord your God
    ever since you came out of Egypt.(A)
You shall acknowledge(B) no God but me,(C)
    no Savior(D) except me.

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25 (A)Your iniquities have turned these things away,
And your sins have withheld good from you.

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25 Your wrongdoings have kept these away;
    your sins have deprived you of good.(A)

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18 “Your(A) ways and your doings
Have procured these things for you.
This is your wickedness,
Because it is bitter,
Because it reaches to your heart.”

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18 “Your own conduct and actions(A)
    have brought this on you.(B)
This is your punishment.
    How bitter(C) it is!
    How it pierces to the heart!”

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11 Woe to the wicked! (A)It shall be ill with him,
For the reward of his hands shall be [a]given him.

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  1. Isaiah 3:11 done to him

11 Woe to the wicked!(A)
    Disaster(B) is upon them!
They will be paid back(C)
    for what their hands have done.(D)

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The look on their countenance witnesses against them,
And they declare their sin as (A)Sodom;
They do not hide it.
Woe to their soul!
For they have brought evil upon themselves.

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The look on their faces testifies(A) against them;
    they parade their sin like Sodom;(B)
    they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
    They have brought disaster(C) upon themselves.

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