Hosea 6:1
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A Call to Repentance
6 “Come, let us return to the Lord,
for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us;
he has struck down, and he will bind us up.(A)
Deuteronomy 32:39
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39 See now that I, even I, am he;
there is no god besides me.
I kill, and I make alive;
I wound, and I heal;
and no one can deliver from my hand.(A)
Job 5:18
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18 For he wounds, but he binds up;
he strikes, but his hands heal.(A)
Lamentations 3:40-41
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40 Let us test and examine our ways
and return to the Lord.(A)
41 Let us lift up our hearts as well as our hands
to God in heaven.(B)
1 Samuel 2:6
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6 The Lord kills and brings to life;
he brings down to Sheol and raises up.(A)
Hosea 14:4
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Assurance of Forgiveness
4 I will heal their disloyalty;
I will love them freely,
for my anger has turned from them.(A)
Isaiah 55:7
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7 let the wicked forsake their way
and the unrighteous their thoughts;
let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.(A)
Jeremiah 30:17
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17 For I will restore health to you,
and your wounds I will heal,
says the Lord,
because they have called you an outcast:
“It is Zion; no one cares for her!”(A)
Isaiah 2:3
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3 Many peoples shall come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us his ways
and that we may walk in his paths.”
For out of Zion shall go forth instruction
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.(A)
Job 34:29
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29 When he is quiet, who can condemn?
When he hides his face, who can behold him?
Whether nation or person, it is the same—(A)
Hosea 14:1
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A Plea for Repentance
14 Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.(A)
Hosea 13:7-9
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7 So I will become like a lion to them;
like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.(A)
8 I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs
and will tear open the covering of their heart;
there I will devour them like a lion,
as a wild animal would mangle them.
9 I will destroy you, O Israel;
who can help you?[a]
Footnotes
- 13.9 Gk Syr: Heb for in me is your help
Lamentations 3:32-33
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32 Although he causes grief, he will have compassion
according to the abundance of his steadfast love;(A)
33 for he does not willingly afflict
or grieve anyone.(B)
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