Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant

“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.

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Israel Unrepentant

“Come, let us return(A) to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces(B)
    but he will heal us;(C)
he has injured us
    but he will bind up our wounds.(D)

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39 “‘See now that (A)I, even I, am he,
    and there is no god beside me;
(B)I kill and I make alive;
    (C)I wound and I heal;
    and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

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18 For he wounds, but he (A)binds up;
    he (B)shatters, but his hands heal.

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18 For he wounds, but he also binds up;(A)
    he injures, but his hands also heal.(B)

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40 Let us test and examine our ways,
    (A)and return to the Lord!
41 (B)Let us lift up our hearts and hands
    to God in heaven:

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40 Let us examine our ways and test them,(A)
    and let us return to the Lord.(B)
41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands
    to God in heaven,(C) and say:

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(A)The Lord kills and brings to life;
    he brings down to Sheol and raises up.

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“The Lord brings death and makes alive;(A)
    he brings down to the grave and raises up.(B)

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

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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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let the wicked forsake his way,
    and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
    and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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Let the wicked forsake(A) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.(B)
Let them turn(C) to the Lord, and he will have mercy(D) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.(E)

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17 (A)For I will restore (B)health to you,
    and (C)your wounds I will heal,
declares the Lord,
because (D)they have called you an outcast:
    (E)‘It is Zion, for whom no one cares!’

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17 But I will restore you to health
    and heal(A) your wounds,’
declares the Lord,
‘because you are called an outcast,(B)
    Zion for whom no one cares.’(C)

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    and (A)many peoples shall come, and say:
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
    to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us his ways
    and that we may walk in his paths.”
For (B)out of Zion shall go forth the law,[a]
    and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:3 Or teaching

Many peoples(A) will come and say,

“Come, let us go(B) up to the mountain(C) of the Lord,
    to the temple of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways,
    so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law(D) will go out from Zion,
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.(E)

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29 When he is quiet, who can condemn?
    When he hides his face, who can behold him,
    whether it be a nation or a man?—

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29 But if he remains silent,(A) who can condemn him?(B)
    If he hides his face,(C) who can see him?
Yet he is over individual and nation alike,(D)

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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.

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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.

So (A)I am to them like a lion;
    (B)like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.
I will fall upon them (C)like a bear robbed of her cubs;
    I will tear open their breast,
and there I will devour them like a lion,
    (D)as a wild beast would rip them open.

He destroys[a] you, O Israel,
    for you are against me, against (E)your helper.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:9 Or I will destroy

So I will be like a lion(A) to them,
    like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
Like a bear robbed of her cubs,(B)
    I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion(C) I will devour them—
    a wild animal will tear them apart.(D)

“You are destroyed, Israel,
    because you are against me,(E) against your helper.(F)

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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;
33 (D)for he does not afflict from his heart
    or (E)grieve the children of men.

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32 Though he brings grief, he will show compassion,
    so great is his unfailing love.(A)
33 For he does not willingly bring affliction
    or grief to anyone.(B)

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