A Call to Repentance

Come,(A) and let us return to the Lord;
For (B)He has torn, but (C)He will heal us;
He has stricken, but He will [a]bind us up.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 6:1 Bandage

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 ‘Now see that (A)I, even I, am He,
And (B)there is no God besides Me;
(C)I kill and I make alive;
I wound and I heal;
Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand.

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18 (A)For He bruises, but He binds up;
He wounds, but His hands make whole.

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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 search out and examine our ways,
And turn back to the Lord;
41 (A)Let us lift 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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“The(A) Lord kills and makes alive;
He brings down to the grave and brings 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 will heal their (A)backsliding,
I will (B)love them freely,
For My anger has turned away from him.

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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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(A)Let the [a]wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man (B)his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
(C)And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 55:7 Lit. man of iniquity

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 health to you
And heal you of your wounds,’ says the Lord,
‘Because they called you an outcast saying:
“This is Zion;
No one seeks her.” ’

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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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Many people shall come and say,
(A)“Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house of the God of Jacob;
He will teach us His ways,
And we shall walk in His paths.”
(B)For out of Zion shall go forth the law,
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

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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 gives quietness, who then can make trouble?
And when He hides His face, who then can see Him,
Whether it is against a nation or a man alone?—

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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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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.

“So (A)I will be to them like a lion;
Like (B)a leopard by the road I will lurk;
I will meet them (C)like a bear deprived of her cubs;
I will tear open their rib cage,
And there I will devour them like a lion.
The [a]wild beast shall tear them.

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

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  1. Hosea 13:8 Lit. beast of the field
  2. Hosea 13:9 Lit. it or he destroyed you
  3. Hosea 13:9 Lit. in your help

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 Though He causes grief,
Yet He will show compassion
According to the multitude of His mercies.
33 For (A)He does not afflict [a]willingly,
Nor grieve the children of men.

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  1. Lamentations 3:33 Lit. from His heart

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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