Jeremiah 31:18
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18 “I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself:
‘You have (A)chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like an untrained bull;
(B)Restore me, and I will return,
For You are the Lord my God.
Psalm 80:3
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Jeremiah 3:21-22
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21 A voice was heard on (A)the desolate heights,
Weeping and supplications of the children of Israel.
For they have perverted their way;
They have forgotten the Lord their God.
22 “Return, you backsliding children,
And I will (B)heal your backslidings.”
“Indeed we do come to You,
For You are the Lord our God.
Job 5:17
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17 “Behold,(A) happy is the man whom God corrects;
Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
Revelation 3:19
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19 (A)As many as I love, I rebuke and (B)chasten.[a] Therefore be [b]zealous and repent.
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- Revelation 3:19 discipline
- Revelation 3:19 eager
Acts 3:26
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26 To you (A)first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, (B)in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.”
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Luke 15:20
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20 “And he arose and came to his father. But (A)when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.
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Lamentations 5:21
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Footnotes
- Lamentations 5:21 returned
Jeremiah 31:9
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9 (A)They shall come with weeping,
And with supplications I will lead them.
I will cause them to walk (B)by the rivers of waters,
In a straight way in which they shall not stumble;
For I am a Father to Israel,
And Ephraim is My (C)firstborn.
Jeremiah 17:14
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Jeremiah Prays for Deliverance
14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;
Save me, and I shall be saved,
For (A)You are my praise.
Psalm 94:12
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12 Blessed is the man whom You (A)instruct, O Lord,
And teach out of Your law,
Psalm 80:19
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19 Restore us, O Lord God of hosts;
Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!
Psalm 80:7
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7 Restore us, O God of hosts;
Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!
James 1:16-18
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16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. 17 (A)Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, (B)with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. 18 (C)Of His own will He brought us forth by the (D)word of truth, (E)that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
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Hebrews 12:5
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5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons:
(A)“My son, do not despise the [a]chastening of the Lord,
Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him;
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- Hebrews 12:5 discipline
Philippians 2:13
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13 for (A)it is God who works in you both to will and to do (B)for His good pleasure.
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Luke 1:17
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17 (A)He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
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Malachi 4:6
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6 And (A)he will turn
The hearts of the fathers to the children,
And the hearts of the children to their fathers,
Lest I come and (B)strike the earth with (C)a curse.”
Zephaniah 3:2
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2 She has not obeyed His voice,
She has not received correction;
She has not trusted in the Lord,
She has not drawn near to her God.
Hosea 14:4-8
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4 “I will heal their (A)backsliding,
I will (B)love them freely,
For My anger has turned away from him.
5 I will be like the (C)dew to Israel;
He shall [a]grow like the lily,
And [b]lengthen his roots like Lebanon.
6 His branches shall [c]spread;
(D)His beauty shall be like an olive tree,
And (E)his fragrance like Lebanon.
7 (F)Those who dwell under his shadow shall return;
They shall be revived like grain,
And [d]grow like a vine.
Their [e]scent shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
8 “Ephraim shall say, ‘What have I to do anymore with idols?’
I have heard and observed him.
I am like a green cypress tree;
(G)Your fruit is found in Me.”
Footnotes
- Hosea 14:5 Lit. bud or sprout
- Hosea 14:5 Lit. strike
- Hosea 14:6 Lit. go
- Hosea 14:7 Lit. bud or sprout
- Hosea 14:7 Lit. remembrance
Hosea 11:8-9
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8 “How(A) can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I make you like (B)Admah?
How can I set you like Zeboiim?
My heart [a]churns within Me;
My sympathy is stirred.
9 I will not execute the fierceness of My anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim.
(C)For I am God, and not man,
The Holy One in your midst;
And I will not [b]come with terror.
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- Hosea 11:8 Lit. turns over
- Hosea 11:9 Or enter a city
Hosea 10:11
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11 Ephraim is (A)a trained heifer
That loves to thresh grain;
But I harnessed her fair neck,
I will make Ephraim [a]pull a plow.
Judah shall plow;
Jacob shall break his clods.”
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- Hosea 10:11 Lit. to ride
Hosea 5:15-6:2
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15 I will return again to My place
Till they [a]acknowledge their offense.
Then they will seek My face;
In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
A Call to Repentance
6 Come,(A) and let us return to the Lord;
For (B)He has torn, but (C)He will heal us;
He has stricken, but He will [b]bind us up.
2 (D)After two days He will revive us;
On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight.
Footnotes
- Hosea 5:15 Lit. become guilty or bear punishment
- Hosea 6:1 Bandage
Hosea 5:12-13
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12 Therefore I will be to Ephraim like a moth,
And to the house of Judah (A)like rottenness.
13 “When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah saw his (B)wound,
Then Ephraim went (C)to Assyria
And sent to King Jareb;
Yet he cannot cure you,
Nor heal you of your wound.
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