Jeremiah 31:18
New King James Version
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.
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.
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.
Isaiah 9:13
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13 For the people do not turn to Him who strikes them,
Nor do they seek the Lord of hosts.
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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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
Lamentations 5:21
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Footnotes
- Lamentations 5:21 returned
Lamentations 3:27-30
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27 (A)It is good for a man to bear
The yoke in his youth.
28 (B)Let him sit alone and keep silent,
Because God has laid it on him;
29 (C)Let him put his mouth in the dust—
There may yet be hope.
30 (D)Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him,
And be full of reproach.
Jeremiah 50:4-5
New King James Version
4 “In those days and in that time,” says the Lord,
“The children of Israel shall come,
(A)They and the children of Judah together;
(B)With continual weeping they shall come,
(C)And seek the Lord their God.
5 They shall ask the way to Zion,
With their faces toward it, saying,
‘Come and let us join ourselves to the Lord
In (D)a perpetual covenant
That will not be forgotten.’
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