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

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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(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 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 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 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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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 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 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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22 “Return,(A) faithless people;
    I will cure(B) you of backsliding.”(C)

“Yes, we will come to you,
    for you are the Lord our God.

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12 I am like a moth(A) to Ephraim,
    like rot(B) to the people of Judah.

13 “When Ephraim(C) saw his sickness,
    and Judah his sores,
then Ephraim turned to Assyria,(D)
    and sent to the great king for help.(E)
But he is not able to cure(F) you,
    not able to heal your sores.(G)
14 For I will be like a lion(H) to Ephraim,
    like a great lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces(I) and go away;
    I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.(J)
15 Then I will return to my lair(K)
    until they have borne their guilt(L)
    and seek my face(M)
in their misery(N)
    they will earnestly seek me.(O)

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“In those days, at that time,”
    declares the Lord,
“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together(A)
    will go in tears(B) to seek(C) the Lord their God.

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in the fight with the Babylonians[a]: ‘They will be filled with the dead bodies of the people I will slay in my anger and wrath.(A) I will hide my face(B) from this city because of all its wickedness.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 33:5 Or Chaldeans

26 The moon will shine like the sun,(A) and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the Lord binds up the bruises of his people and heals(B) the wounds he inflicted.

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Lord, when you favored me,
    you made my royal mountain[a] stand firm;
but when you hid your face,(A)
    I was dismayed.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 30:7 That is, Mount Zion

12 “This is what the Lord says:

“‘Your wound(A) is incurable,
    your injury beyond healing.(B)

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22 Then you will desecrate your idols(A) overlaid with silver and your images covered with gold;(B) you will throw them away like a menstrual(C) cloth and say to them, “Away with you!(D)

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Judah and Jerusalem Judged Along With the Nations

Judah Summoned to Repent

Gather together,(A) gather yourselves together,
    you shameful(B) nation,

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