Jeremiah 4:1
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Jeremiah Laments over Judah
4 “If you will return, O Israel,” says the Lord,
(A)“Return to Me;
And if you will put away your abominations out of My sight,
Then you shall not be moved.
Joel 2:12
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A Call to Repentance
12 “Now, therefore,” says the Lord,
(A)“Turn to Me with all your heart,
With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”
Jeremiah 3:22
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22 “Return, you backsliding children,
And I will (A)heal your backslidings.”
“Indeed we do come to You,
For You are the Lord our God.
Ephesians 4:22-31
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22 that you (A)put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and (B)be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you (C)put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
Do Not Grieve the Spirit
25 Therefore, putting away lying, (D)“Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for (E)we are members of one another. 26 (F)“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27 (G)nor give [a]place to the devil. 28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather (H)let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something (I)to give him who has need. 29 (J)Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but (K)what is good for necessary [b]edification, (L)that it may impart grace to the hearers. 30 And (M)do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 (N)Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, [c]clamor, and (O)evil speaking be put away from you, (P)with all malice.
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- Ephesians 4:27 an opportunity
- Ephesians 4:29 building up
- Ephesians 4:31 loud quarreling
Ezekiel 43:9
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9 Now let them put their harlotry and the carcasses of their kings far away from Me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.
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Jeremiah 25:5
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5 They said, (A)‘Repent now everyone of his evil way and his evil doings, and dwell in the land that the Lord has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.
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Jeremiah 3:12
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12 Go and proclaim these words toward (A)the north, and say:
‘Return, backsliding Israel,’ says the Lord;
‘I will not cause My anger to fall on you.
For I am (B)merciful,’ says the Lord;
‘I will not remain angry forever.
Jeremiah 3:1
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Israel Is Shameless
3 “They say, ‘If a man divorces his wife,
And she goes from him
And becomes another man’s,
(A)May he return to her again?’
Would not that (B)land be greatly polluted?
But you have (C)played the harlot with many lovers;
(D)Yet return to Me,” says the Lord.
Genesis 35:2
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2 And Jacob said to his (A)household and to all who were with him, “Put away (B)the foreign gods that are among you, (C)purify yourselves, and change your garments.
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Hosea 14:1
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Israel Restored at Last
14 O Israel, (A)return to the Lord your God,
For you have stumbled because of your iniquity;
Hosea 7:16
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16 They return, but not [a]to the Most High;
(A)They are like a treacherous bow.
Their princes shall fall by the sword
For the (B)cursings of their tongue.
This shall be their derision (C)in the land of Egypt.
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- Hosea 7:16 Or upward
Hosea 2:2
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God’s Unfaithful People
2 “Bring[a] charges against your mother, [b]bring charges;
For (A)she is not My wife, nor am I her Husband!
Let her put away her (B)harlotries from her sight,
And her adulteries from between her breasts;
Ezekiel 20:7-8
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7 Then I said to them, ‘Each of you, (A)throw away (B)the abominations which are before his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with (C)the idols of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.’ 8 But they rebelled against Me and would not [a]obey Me. They did not all cast away the abominations which were before their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said, ‘I will (D)pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.’
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- Ezekiel 20:8 Lit. listen to
Ezekiel 18:13
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13 If he has exacted usury
Or taken increase—
Shall he then live?
He shall not live!
If he has done any of these abominations,
He shall surely die;
(A)His blood shall be upon him.
Ezekiel 11:18
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18 And they will go there, and they will take away all its (A)detestable things and all its abominations from there.
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Jeremiah 36:3
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3 It (A)may be that the house of Judah will hear all the adversities which I purpose to bring upon them, that everyone may (B)turn from his evil way, that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.”
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Jeremiah 35:15
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15 I have also sent to you all My (A)servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, (B)‘Turn now everyone from his evil way, amend your doings, and do not go after other gods to serve them; then you will (C)dwell in the land which I have given you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear, nor obeyed Me.
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Jeremiah 24:9
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9 I will deliver them to (A)trouble into all the kingdoms of the earth, for their harm, (B)to be a reproach and a byword, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.
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Jeremiah 22:3-5
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3 Thus says the Lord: (A)“Execute[a] judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the (B)fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place. 4 For if you indeed do this thing, (C)then shall enter the gates of this house, riding on horses and in chariots, accompanied by servants and people, kings who sit on the throne of David. 5 But if you will not [b]hear these words, (D)I swear by Myself,” says the Lord, “that this house shall become a desolation.” ’ ”
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- Jeremiah 22:3 Dispense justice
- Jeremiah 22:5 Obey
Jeremiah 15:4
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4 I will hand them over to (A)trouble, to all kingdoms of the earth, because of (B)Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.
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Jeremiah 4:4
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4 (A)Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
And take away the foreskins of your hearts,
You men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Lest My fury come forth like fire,
And burn so that no one can quench it,
Because of the evil of your doings.”
Jeremiah 3:14
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14 “Return, O backsliding children,” says the Lord; (A)“for I am married to you. I will take you, (B)one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to (C)Zion.
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Isaiah 31:6
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6 Return to Him against whom the children of Israel have (A)deeply revolted.
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2 Chronicles 33:8
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8 (A)and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers—only if they are careful to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.”
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2 Chronicles 15:8
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8 And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of [a]Oded the prophet, he took courage, and removed the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities (A)which he had taken in the mountains of Ephraim; and he restored the altar of the Lord that was before the vestibule of the Lord.
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- 2 Chronicles 15:8 So with MT, LXX; Syr., Vg. Azariah the son of Oded (cf. v. 1)
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