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Jeremiah 3:12
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Jeremiah 3:12
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12 Go and proclaim these words toward (A)the north, and say:
‘Return, backsliding Israel,’ says the Lord;
‘I will not cause My anger to fall on you.
For I am (B)merciful,’ says the Lord;
‘I will not remain angry forever.
Ezekiel 33:11
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Ezekiel 33:11
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11 Say to them: ‘As I live,’ says the Lord God, (A)‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked (B)turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For (C)why should you die, O house of Israel?’
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Ezekiel 33:11
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Ezekiel 33:11
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11 Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live.(A) Turn!(B) Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?’(C)
Psalm 86:15
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Psalm 86:15
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15 But (A)You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious,
Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.
Psalm 86:15
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Psalm 86:15
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Deuteronomy 4:29-31
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Deuteronomy 4:29-31
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29 (A)But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in [a]distress, and all these things come upon you in the (B)latter days, when you (C)turn to the Lord your God and obey His voice 31 (for the Lord your God is a merciful God), He will not forsake you nor (D)destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them.
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- Deuteronomy 4:30 tribulation
Deuteronomy 4:29-31
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Deuteronomy 4:29-31
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29 But if from there you seek(A) the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart(B) and with all your soul.(C) 30 When you are in distress(D) and all these things have happened to you, then in later days(E) you will return(F) to the Lord your God and obey him. 31 For the Lord your God is a merciful(G) God; he will not abandon(H) or destroy(I) you or forget(J) the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.
Micah 7:18-20
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Micah 7:18-20
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18 (A)Who is a God like You,
(B)Pardoning iniquity
And passing over the transgression of (C)the remnant of His heritage?
(D)He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in (E)mercy.[a]
19 He will again have compassion on us,
And will subdue our iniquities.
You will cast all [b]our sins
Into the depths of the sea.
20 (F)You will give truth to Jacob
And [c]mercy to Abraham,
(G)Which You have sworn to our fathers
From days of old.
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- Micah 7:18 Or lovingkindness
- Micah 7:19 Lit. their
- Micah 7:20 Or lovingkindness
Micah 7:18-20
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Micah 7:18-20
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18 Who is a God(A) like you,
who pardons sin(B) and forgives(C) the transgression
of the remnant(D) of his inheritance?(E)
You do not stay angry(F) forever
but delight to show mercy.(G)
19 You will again have compassion on us;
you will tread our sins underfoot
and hurl all our iniquities(H) into the depths of the sea.(I)
20 You will be faithful to Jacob,
and show love to Abraham,(J)
as you pledged on oath to our ancestors(K)
in days long ago.(L)
Hosea 14:1-3
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Hosea 14:1-3
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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;
2 Take words with you,
And return to the Lord.
Say to Him,
“Take away all iniquity;
Receive us graciously,
For we will offer the (B)sacrifices[a] of our lips.
3 Assyria shall (C)not save us,
(D)We will not ride on horses,
Nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands, ‘You are our gods.’
(E)For in You the fatherless finds mercy.”
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- Hosea 14:2 Lit. bull calves; LXX fruit
Hosea 14:1-3
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Hosea 14:1-3
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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)
2 Take 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)
3 Assyria 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.”
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- 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
Jeremiah 33:26
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Jeremiah 33:26
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26 (A)then I will (B)cast away the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will cause their captives to return, and will have mercy on them.’ ”
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Jeremiah 33:26
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Jeremiah 33:26
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26 then I will reject(A) the descendants of Jacob(B) and David my servant and will not choose one of his sons to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes[a](C) and have compassion(D) on them.’”
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- Jeremiah 33:26 Or will bring them back from captivity
Jeremiah 31:20
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Jeremiah 31:20
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20 Is Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a pleasant child?
For though I spoke against him,
I earnestly remember him still;
(A)Therefore My [a]heart yearns for him;
(B)I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.
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- Jeremiah 31:20 Lit. inward parts
Jeremiah 31:20
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Jeremiah 31:20
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Jeremiah 3:22
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Jeremiah 3:22
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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.
Jeremiah 3:22
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Jeremiah 3:22
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“Yes, we will come to you,
for you are the Lord our God.
Jeremiah 3:18
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Jeremiah 3:18
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18 “In those days (A)the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of (B)the north to (C)the land that I have given as an inheritance to your fathers.
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Jeremiah 3:18
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Jeremiah 3:18
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18 In those days the people of Judah will join the people of Israel,(A) and together(B) they will come from a northern(C) land to the land(D) I gave your ancestors as an inheritance.
Jeremiah 30:11
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Jeremiah 30:11
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11 For I am with (A)you,’ says the Lord, ‘to save you;
(B)Though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you,
(C)Yet I will not make a complete end of you.
But I will correct you (D)in justice,
And will not let you go altogether unpunished.’
Jeremiah 30:11
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Jeremiah 30:11
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Jeremiah 23:8
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Jeremiah 23:8
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8 but, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the north country (A)and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ And they shall dwell in their own (B)land.”
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Jeremiah 23:8
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Jeremiah 23:8
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8 but they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’ Then they will live in their own land.”(A)
Jeremiah 4:1
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Jeremiah 4:1
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Jeremiah Laments over Judah
4 “If you will return, O Israel,” says the Lord,
(A)“Return to Me;
And if you will put away your abominations out of My sight,
Then you shall not be moved.
Jeremiah 4:1
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Jeremiah 4:1
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