Hosea 13:9
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9 “You are about to be destroyed, O Israel—
yes, by me, your only helper.
Jeremiah 2:19
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19 Your wickedness will bring its own punishment.
Your turning from me will shame you.
You will see what an evil, bitter thing it is
to abandon the Lord your God and not to fear him.
I, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!
Jeremiah 2:17
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17 And you have brought this upon yourselves
by rebelling against the Lord your God,
even though he was leading you on the way!
Deuteronomy 33:26
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26 “There is no one like the God of Israel.[a]
He rides across the heavens to help you,
across the skies in majestic splendor.
Footnotes
- 33:26 Hebrew of Jeshurun, a term of endearment for Israel.
Hosea 14:1
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Healing for the Repentant
14 [a]Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
for your sins have brought you down.
Footnotes
- 14:1 Verses 14:1-9 are numbered 14:2-10 in Hebrew text.
Jeremiah 5:25
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25 Your wickedness has deprived you of these wonderful blessings.
Your sin has robbed you of all these good things.
Titus 3:3-7
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3 Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled and became slaves to many lusts and pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy, and we hated each other. 4 But—
When God our Savior revealed his kindness and love, 5 he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.[a] 6 He generously poured out the Spirit upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior. 7 Because of his grace he made us right in his sight and gave us confidence that we will inherit eternal life.
Footnotes
- 3:5 Greek He saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 1:3-5
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Spiritual Blessings
3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. 4 Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. 5 God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.
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Malachi 1:9
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9 “Go ahead, beg God to be merciful to you! But when you bring that kind of offering, why should he show you any favor at all?” asks the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
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Hosea 13:4
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4 “I have been the Lord your God
ever since I brought you out of Egypt.
You must acknowledge no God but me,
for there is no other savior.
Isaiah 3:11
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11 But the wicked are doomed,
for they will get exactly what they deserve.
Isaiah 3:9
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9 The very look on their faces gives them away.
They display their sin like the people of Sodom
and don’t even try to hide it.
They are doomed!
They have brought destruction upon themselves.
Proverbs 8:36
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36 But those who miss me injure themselves.
All who hate me love death.”
Proverbs 6:32
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32 But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool,
for he destroys himself.
Psalm 146:5
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5 But joyful are those who have the God of Israel[a] as their helper,
whose hope is in the Lord their God.
Psalm 121:1-2
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Psalm 121
A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.
1 I look up to the mountains—
does my help come from there?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth!
Psalm 46:1
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Psalm 46
For the choir director: A song of the descendants of Korah, to be sung by soprano voices.[a]
1 God is our refuge and strength,
always ready to help in times of trouble.
Footnotes
- 46:Title Hebrew according to alamoth.
Psalm 33:20
New Living Translation
20 We put our hope in the Lord.
He is our help and our shield.
2 Kings 17:7-17
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7 This disaster came upon the people of Israel because they worshiped other gods. They sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them safely out of Egypt and had rescued them from the power of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. 8 They had followed the practices of the pagan nations the Lord had driven from the land ahead of them, as well as the practices the kings of Israel had introduced. 9 The people of Israel had also secretly done many things that were not pleasing to the Lord their God. They built pagan shrines for themselves in all their towns, from the smallest outpost to the largest walled city. 10 They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles at the top of every hill and under every green tree. 11 They offered sacrifices on all the hilltops, just like the nations the Lord had driven from the land ahead of them. So the people of Israel had done many evil things, arousing the Lord’s anger. 12 Yes, they worshiped idols,[a] despite the Lord’s specific and repeated warnings.
13 Again and again the Lord had sent his prophets and seers to warn both Israel and Judah: “Turn from all your evil ways. Obey my commands and decrees—the entire law that I commanded your ancestors to obey, and that I gave you through my servants the prophets.”
14 But the Israelites would not listen. They were as stubborn as their ancestors who had refused to believe in the Lord their God. 15 They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and they despised all his warnings. They worshiped worthless idols, so they became worthless themselves. They followed the example of the nations around them, disobeying the Lord’s command not to imitate them.
16 They rejected all the commands of the Lord their God and made two calves from metal. They set up an Asherah pole and worshiped Baal and all the forces of heaven. 17 They even sacrificed their own sons and daughters in the fire.[b] They consulted fortune-tellers and practiced sorcery and sold themselves to evil, arousing the Lord’s anger.
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Deuteronomy 33:29
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29 How blessed you are, O Israel!
Who else is like you, a people saved by the Lord?
He is your protecting shield
and your triumphant sword!
Your enemies will cringe before you,
and you will stomp on their backs!”
Jeremiah 4:18
New Living Translation
18 “Your own actions have brought this upon you.
This punishment is bitter, piercing you to the heart!”
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