18 I have heard (A)Ephraim grieving,
‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
    like an untrained calf;
(B)bring me back that I may be restored,
    for you are the Lord my God.

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(A)With weeping they shall come,
    (B)and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them (C)walk by brooks of water,
    (D)in a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for (E)I am a father to Israel,
    and Ephraim is (F)my firstborn.

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(A)Restore us,[a] O God;
    (B)let your face shine, that we may be saved!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 80:3 Or Turn us again; also verses 7, 19

21 A voice on the (A)bare heights is heard,
    (B)the weeping and pleading of Israel's sons
because they have perverted their way;
    they have forgotten the Lord their God.
22 (C)“Return, O faithless sons;
    (D)I will heal your faithlessness.”
“Behold, we come to you,
    for you are the Lord our God.

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13 The people (A)did not turn to him who struck them,
    nor inquire of the Lord of hosts.

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17 “Behold, (A)blessed is the one whom God reproves;
    therefore (B)despise not the discipline of the (C)Almighty.

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19 (A)Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.

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26 (A)God, (B)having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, (C)to bless you (D)by turning every one of you from your wickedness.”

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20 And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and (A)ran and (B)embraced him and (C)kissed him.

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15 (A)I will return again to my place,
    until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face,
    and (B)in their distress earnestly seek me.

Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant

“Come, let us (C)return to the Lord;
    for (D)he has torn us, that he may heal us;
    he has struck us down, and (E)he will bind us up.
After two days (F)he will revive us;
    on the third day he will raise us up,
    that we may live before him.

21 (A)Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored!
    Renew our days as of old—

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27 (A)It is good for a man that he bear
    the yoke (B)in his youth.

28 Let him (C)sit alone in silence
    when it is laid on him;
29 (D)let him put his mouth in the dust—
    there may yet be hope;
30 (E)let him give his cheek to the one who strikes,
    and let him be filled with insults.

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(A)“In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, (B)the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, (C)weeping as they come, and they (D)shall seek the Lord their God. (E)They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, (F)saying, ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an (G)everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.’

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Jeremiah Prays for Deliverance

14 (A)Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;
    save me, and I shall be saved,
    for (B)you are my praise.

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15 For thus says (A)the One who is high and lifted up,
    who inhabits eternity, whose name is (B)Holy:
(C)“I dwell in the high and holy place,
    and also (D)with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
(E)to revive the spirit of the lowly,
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.
16 (F)For I will not contend forever,
    nor will I always be angry;
for the spirit would grow faint before me,
    and the breath of life that I made.
17 Because of the iniquity of his (G)unjust gain I was angry,
    I struck him; I hid my face and was angry,
    but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.
18 I have seen his ways, (H)but I will heal him;
    I will lead him (I)and restore comfort to him and his mourners,

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12 (A)Blessed is the man whom you (B)discipline, O Lord,
    and whom you teach out of your law,

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19 (A)Restore us, O Lord God of hosts!
    Let your face shine, that we may be saved!

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(A)Restore us, O God of hosts;
    let your face shine, that we may be saved!

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(A)Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
    which must be curbed with (B)bit and bridle,
    or it will not stay near you.

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27     He sings before men and says:
‘I (A)sinned and perverted what was right,
    and it was not repaid to me.
28 He has redeemed my (B)soul from going down (C)into the pit,
    and my life shall (D)look upon the light.’

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16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 (A)Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from (B)the Father of lights, (C)with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.[a] 18 (D)Of his own will he (E)brought us forth by the word of truth, (F)that we should be a kind of (G)firstfruits of his creatures.

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Footnotes

  1. James 1:17 Some manuscripts variation due to a shadow of turning

And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

(A)“My son, (B)do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
    nor be weary when reproved by him.

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13 for (A)it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for (B)his good pleasure.

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17 and (A)he will go before him (B)in the spirit and power of Elijah, (C)to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and (D)the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, (E)to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”

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And he will (A)turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and (B)strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 4:6 The Hebrew term rendered decree of utter destruction refers to things devoted (or set apart) to the Lord (or by the Lord) for destruction

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