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

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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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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“The(A) Lord kills and makes alive;
He brings down to the grave and brings up.

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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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(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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  1. Isaiah 55:7 Lit. man of iniquity

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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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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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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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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“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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Footnotes

  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

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

22 “Return, you backsliding children,
And I will (A)heal your backslidings.”

“Indeed we do come to You,
For You are the Lord our God.

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12 Therefore I will be to Ephraim like a moth,
And to the house of Judah (A)like rottenness.

13 “When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah saw his (B)wound,
Then Ephraim went (C)to Assyria
And sent to King Jareb;
Yet he cannot cure you,
Nor heal you of your wound.
14 For (D)I will be like a lion to Ephraim,
And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
(E)I, even I, will tear them and go away;
I will take them away, and no one shall rescue.
15 I will return again to My place
Till they [a]acknowledge their offense.
Then they will seek My face;
In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 5:15 Lit. become guilty or bear punishment

“In those days and in that time,” says the Lord,
“The children of Israel shall come,
(A)They and the children of Judah together;
(B)With continual weeping they shall come,
(C)And seek the Lord their God.

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‘They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but only to (A)fill their places with the dead bodies of men whom I will slay in My anger and My fury, all for whose wickedness I have hidden My face from this city.

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26 Moreover (A)the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun,
And the light of the sun will be sevenfold,
As the light of seven days,
In the day that the Lord binds up the bruise of His people
And heals the stroke of their wound.

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Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong;
(A)You hid Your face, and I was troubled.

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12 “For thus says the Lord:

(A)‘Your affliction is incurable,
Your wound is severe.

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22 (A)You will also defile the covering of your images of silver,
And the ornament of your molded images of gold.
You will throw them away as an unclean thing;
(B)You will say to them, “Get away!”

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A Call to Repentance

Gather(A) yourselves together, yes, gather together,
O [a]undesirable nation,

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:1 Or shameless

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