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Jeremiah 3:4
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Jeremiah 3:4
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4 Have you not just now called to me,
“My Father, you are the friend of my youth—(A)
Jeremiah 3:4
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Jeremiah 3:4
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Jeremiah 2:2
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Jeremiah 2:2
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2 Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord:
I remember the devotion of your youth,
your love as a bride,
how you followed me in the wilderness,
in a land not sown.(A)
Jeremiah 2:2
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Jeremiah 2:2
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2 “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem:
“This is what the Lord says:
Jeremiah 3:19
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Jeremiah 3:19
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19 I thought
how I would set you among my children
and give you a pleasant land,
the most beautiful heritage of all the nations.
And I thought you would call to me, “My Father,”
and would not turn from following me.(A)
Jeremiah 3:19
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Jeremiah 3:19
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19 “I myself said,
Hosea 2:15
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Hosea 2:15
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15 From there I will give her her vineyards
and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope.
There she shall respond as in the days of her youth,
as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.(A)
Hosea 2:15
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Hosea 2:15
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Jeremiah 31:9
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Jeremiah 31:9
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9 With weeping they shall come,
and with consolations[a] I will lead them back;
I will let them walk by brooks of water,
in a straight path where they shall not stumble,
for I have become a father to Israel,
and Ephraim is my firstborn.(A)
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- 31.9 Gk: Heb supplications
Proverbs 2:17
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Proverbs 2:17
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17 who forsakes the partner of her youth
and forgets her sacred covenant,
Proverbs 2:17
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Proverbs 2:17
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- Proverbs 2:17 Or covenant of her God
Psalm 71:17
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Psalm 71:17
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17 O God, from my youth you have taught me,
and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.(A)
Psalm 71:17
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Psalm 71:17
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Malachi 2:14
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Malachi 2:14
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14 You ask, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord was a witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.(A)
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Malachi 2:14
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Malachi 2:14
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14 You ask,(A) “Why?” It is because the Lord is the witness(B) between you and the wife of your youth.(C) You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.(D)
Hosea 14:1-3
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Hosea 14:1-3
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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)
2 Take words with you
and return to the Lord;
say to him,
“Take away all guilt;
accept that which is good,
and we will offer
the fruit[a] of our lips.(B)
3 Assyria shall not save us;
we will not ride upon horses;
we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
to the work of our hands.
In you the orphan finds mercy.”(C)
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- 14.2 Gk Syr: Heb bulls
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 31:18-20
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Jeremiah 31:18-20
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18 Indeed, I heard Ephraim pleading:
“You disciplined me, and I took the discipline;
I was like an untrained calf.
Bring me back; let me come back,
for you are the Lord my God.(A)
19 For after I had turned away I repented,
and after I was discovered, I struck my thigh;
I was ashamed, and I was dismayed
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.”(B)
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.(C)
Jeremiah 31:18-20
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Jeremiah 31:18-20
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18 “I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:
‘You disciplined(A) me like an unruly calf,(B)
and I have been disciplined.
Restore(C) me, and I will return,
because you are the Lord my God.
19 After I strayed,(D)
I repented;
after I came to understand,
I beat(E) my breast.
I was ashamed(F) and humiliated
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’(G)
20 Is not Ephraim my dear son,
the child(H) in whom I delight?
Though I often speak against him,
I still remember(I) him.
Therefore my heart yearns for him;
I have great compassion(J) for him,”
declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 2:27
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Jeremiah 2:27
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27 who say to a tree, “You are my father,”
and to a stone, “You gave me birth.”
For they have turned their backs to me
and not their faces.
But in the time of their trouble they say,
“Come and save us!”(A)
Proverbs 1:4
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Proverbs 1:4
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4 to teach shrewdness to the simple,
knowledge and prudence to the young—(A)
Proverbs 1:4
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- Proverbs 1:4 The Hebrew word rendered simple in Proverbs denotes a person who is gullible, without moral direction and inclined to evil.
Psalm 119:9
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Psalm 119:9
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9 How can young people keep their way pure?
By guarding it according to your word.(A)
Psalm 119:9
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Psalm 119:9
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