Hosea 14

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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)
²Take words with you
    and return to the Lord.
Say to him:
    “Forgive^(D) all our sins
and receive us graciously,^(E)
    that we may offer the fruit of our lips.^[b]^(F)
³Assyria cannot save us;^(G)
    we will not mount warhorses.^(H)
We will never again say ‘Our gods’^(I)
    to what our own hands have made,^(J)
    for in you the fatherless^(K) find compassion.”

⁴“I will heal^(L) their waywardness^(M)
    and love them freely,^(N)
    for my anger has turned away^(O) from them.
⁵I will be like the dew^(P) to Israel;
    he will blossom like a lily.^(Q)
Like a cedar of Lebanon^(R)
    he will send down his roots;^(S)
⁶    his young shoots will grow.
His splendor will be like an olive tree,^(T)
    his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.^(U)
⁷People will dwell again in his shade;^(V)
    they will flourish like the grain,
they will blossom^(W) like the vine—
    Israel’s fame will be like the wine^(X) of Lebanon.^(Y)
⁸Ephraim, what more have I^[c] to do with idols?^(Z)
    I will answer him and care for him.
I am like a flourishing juniper;^(AA)
    your fruitfulness comes from me.”

⁹Who is wise?^(AB) Let them realize these things.
    Who is discerning? Let them understand.^(AC)
The ways of the Lord are right;^(AD)
    the righteous walk^(AE) in them,
    but the rebellious stumble in them.

Footnotes

Hosea 14:1 In Hebrew texts 14:1-9 is numbered 14:2-10.
Hosea 14:2 Or offer our lips as sacrifices of bulls
Hosea 14:8 Or Hebrew; Septuagint What more has Ephraim

Jeremiah 42:1-12

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42 Then all the army officers, including Johanan^(A) son of Kareah and Jezaniah^[a] son of Hoshaiah,^(B) and all the people from the least to the greatest^(C) approached ²Jeremiah the prophet and said to him, “Please hear our petition and pray^(D) to the Lord your God for this entire remnant.^(E) For as you now see, though we were once many, now only a few^(F) are left. ³Pray that the Lord your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do.”^(G)

⁴“I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will certainly pray^(H) to the Lord your God as you have requested; I will tell^(I) you everything the Lord says and will keep nothing back from you.”^(J)

⁵Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true^(K) and faithful^(L) witness^(M) against us if we do not act in accordance with everything the Lord your God sends you to tell us. ⁶Whether it is favorable or unfavorable, we will obey the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you, so that it will go well^(N) with us, for we will obey^(O) the Lord our God.”

⁷Ten days later the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah. ⁸So he called together Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers^(P) who were with him and all the people from the least to the greatest.^(Q) ⁹He said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition,^(R) says:^(S) ¹⁰‘If you stay in this land,^(T) I will build^(U) you up and not tear you down; I will plant^(V) you and not uproot you,^(W) for I have relented concerning the disaster I have inflicted on you.^(X) ¹¹Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon,^(Y) whom you now fear.^(Z) Do not be afraid of him, declares the Lord, for I am with you and will save^(AA) you and deliver you from his hands.^(AB) ¹²I will show you compassion^(AC) so that he will have compassion on you and restore you to your land.’^(AD)

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 42:1 Hebrew; Septuagint (see also 43:2) Azariah

Luke 19:29-47

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²⁹As he approached Bethphage and Bethany^(A) at the hill called the Mount of Olives,^(B) he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, ³⁰“Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. ³¹If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it.’”

³²Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them.^(C) ³³As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?”

³⁴They replied, “The Lord needs it.”

³⁵They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. ³⁶As he went along, people spread their cloaks^(D) on the road.

³⁷When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives,^(E) the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:

³⁸“Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!”^[a]^(F)

“Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”^(G)

³⁹Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”^(H)

⁴⁰“I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”^(I)

⁴¹As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it^(J) ⁴²and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. ⁴³The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.^(K) ⁴⁴They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls.^(L) They will not leave one stone on another,^(M) because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming^(N) to you.”

Jesus at the Temple^(O)

⁴⁵When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling. ⁴⁶“It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be a house of prayer’^[b];^(P) but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’^[c]”^(Q)

⁴⁷Every day he was teaching at the temple.^(R) But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him.^(S)

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