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Eternal One: O Israel if you turn, turn home to Me.
        Just turn away from the vile worship of those things,
        those idols that repulse Me.
    Put them out of My sight for good.
        Come home to Me and never stray.
    If you make a promise in My name, saying, “As the Eternal lives,”
        and do so in truth, justice, and righteousness,
    Then the nations will discover true blessing in Me
        and give Me the praise I deserve.

This is what the Eternal now says to the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem.

Eternal One: Break up the hard, untilled soil!
        It is a waste to plant seeds among thorns.

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“If you, Israel, will return,(A)
    then return to me,”
declares the Lord.
“If you put your detestable idols(B) out of my sight
    and no longer go astray,
and if in a truthful, just and righteous way
    you swear,(C) ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’(D)
then the nations will invoke blessings(E) by him
    and in him they will boast.(F)

This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem:

“Break up your unplowed ground(G)
    and do not sow among thorns.(H)

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