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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