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)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

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

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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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  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

She listens to no voice;
    (A)she accepts no correction.
(B)She does not trust in the Lord;
    she does not draw near to her God.

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I (A)will heal their apostasy;
    (B)I will love them freely,
    for my anger has turned from them.
(C)I will be like the dew to Israel;
    (D)he shall blossom like the lily;
    he shall take root like the trees (E)of Lebanon;
his shoots shall spread out;
    his beauty shall be (F)like the olive,
    and his fragrance like Lebanon.
They shall return and (G)dwell beneath my[a] shadow;
    they shall flourish like the grain;
they shall blossom like the vine;
    their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

O (H)Ephraim, what have I to do with idols?
    It is I who answer and look after you.[b]
I am like an evergreen cypress;
    (I)from me comes your fruit.

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  1. Hosea 14:7 Hebrew his
  2. Hosea 14:8 Hebrew him

How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
    How can I hand you over, O Israel?
(A)How can I make you (B)like Admah?
    How can I treat you (C)like Zeboiim?
(D)My heart recoils within me;
    my compassion grows warm and tender.
I will not execute my burning anger;
    I will not again destroy Ephraim;
(E)for I am God and not a man,
    (F)the Holy One in your midst,
    and I will not come in wrath.[a]

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  1. Hosea 11:9 Or into the city

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