Jeremiah 3:12
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12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say:
Return, faithless Israel,
says the Lord.
I will not look on you in anger,
for I am merciful,
says the Lord;
I will not be angry forever.(A)
Psalm 86:15
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15 But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.(A)
Psalm 86:15
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Ezekiel 33:11
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11 Say to them: As I live, says the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked but that the wicked turn from their ways and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?(A)
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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)
Deuteronomy 4:29-31
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29 From there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find him if you search after him with all your heart and soul.(A) 30 In your distress, when all these things have happened to you in time to come, you will return to the Lord your God and heed him. 31 Because the Lord your God is a merciful God, he will neither abandon you nor destroy you; he will not forget the covenant with your ancestors that he swore to them.(B)
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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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God’s Compassion and Steadfast Love
18 Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
and passing over the transgression
of the remnant of his possession?
He does not retain his anger forever
because he delights in showing steadfast love.(A)
19 He will again have compassion upon us;
he will tread our iniquities under foot.
You will cast all our[a] sins
into the depths of the sea.(B)
20 You will show faithfulness to Jacob
and steadfast love to Abraham,
as you have sworn to our ancestors
from the days of old.(C)
Footnotes
- 7.19 Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb their
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)
Jeremiah 33:26
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26 would I reject the offspring of Jacob and of my servant David and not choose any of his descendants as rulers over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy upon them.(A)
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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.’”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 33:26 Or will bring them back from captivity
Jeremiah 31:20
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20 Is Ephraim my dear son?
Is he the child in whom I delight?
As often as I speak against him,
I still remember him.
Therefore I am deeply moved for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,
says the Lord.(A)
Jeremiah 31:20
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Jeremiah 3:22
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22 Return, O faithless children,
I will heal your faithlessness.
“Here we come to you,
for you are the Lord our God.(A)
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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18 In those days the house of Judah shall join the house of Israel, and together they shall come from the land of the north to the land that I gave your ancestors for a heritage.(A)
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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 3:5
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5 will he be angry forever,
will he be indignant to the end?”
This is how you have spoken,
but you have done all the evil that you could.(A)
Jeremiah 3:5
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5 will you always be angry?(A)
Will your wrath continue forever?’
This is how you talk,
but you do all the evil you can.”
Psalm 145:8
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8 The Lord is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.(A)
Psalm 145:8
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Psalm 86:5
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5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,
abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you.(A)
Psalm 86:5
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5 You, Lord, are forgiving and good,
abounding in love(A) to all who call to you.
Romans 5:20-21
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20 But law came in, so that the trespass might increase, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,(A) 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so grace might also reign through justification leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Romans 5:20-21
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