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18 I have heard Israel[a] saying,
‘You disciplined me severely,
    like a calf that needs training for the yoke.
Turn me again to you and restore me,
    for you alone are the Lord my God.

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Footnotes

  1. 31:18 Hebrew Ephraim, referring to the northern kingdom of Israel; also in 31:20.

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.

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18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.

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Tears of joy will stream down their faces,
    and I will lead them home with great care.
They will walk beside quiet streams
    and on smooth paths where they will not stumble.
For I am Israel’s father,
    and Ephraim is my oldest child.

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They will come with weeping;(A)
    they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead(B) them beside streams of water(C)
    on a level(D) path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father,(E)
    and Ephraim is my firstborn son.

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They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

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Turn us again to yourself, O God.
    Make your face shine down upon us.
    Only then will we be saved.

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Restore(A) us,(B) O God;
    make your face shine on us,
    that we may be saved.(C)

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Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

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14 O Lord, if you heal me, I will be truly healed;
    if you save me, I will be truly saved.
    My praises are for you alone!

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14 Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed;(A)
    save(B) me and I will be saved,
    for you are the one I praise.(C)

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14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

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21 Voices are heard high on the windswept mountains,
    the weeping and pleading of Israel’s people.
For they have chosen crooked paths
    and have forgotten the Lord their God.

22 “My wayward children,” says the Lord,
    “come back to me, and I will heal your wayward hearts.”

“Yes, we’re coming,” the people reply,
    “for you are the Lord our God.

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21 A cry is heard on the barren heights,(A)
    the weeping(B) and pleading of the people of Israel,
because they have perverted their ways
    and have forgotten(C) the Lord their God.

22 “Return,(D) faithless people;
    I will cure(E) you of backsliding.”(F)

“Yes, we will come to you,
    for you are the Lord our God.

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21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the Lord their God.

22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.

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13 For after all this punishment, the people will still not repent.
    They will not seek the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

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13 But the people have not returned(A) to him who struck(B) them,
    nor have they sought(C) the Lord Almighty.

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13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts.

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17 “But consider the joy of those corrected by God!
    Do not despise the discipline of the Almighty when you sin.

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17 “Blessed is the one whom God corrects;(A)
    so do not despise the discipline(B) of the Almighty.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:17 Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job

17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

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19 I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.

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19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.(A) So be earnest and repent.(B)

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19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

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26 When God raised up his servant, Jesus, he sent him first to you people of Israel, to bless you by turning each of you back from your sinful ways.”

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26 When God raised up(A) his servant, he sent him first(B) to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

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26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

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