16 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and (A)he became impatient over the misery of Israel.

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(A)In all their affliction he was afflicted,[a]
    and the angel of his presence saved them;
(B)in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;
    (C)he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

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  1. Isaiah 63:9 Or he did not afflict

44 Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress,
    when he (A)heard their cry.
45 For their sake he (B)remembered his covenant,
    and (C)relented according to (D)the abundance of his steadfast love.

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15 For we do not have a high priest (A)who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been (B)tempted as we are, (C)yet without sin.

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10 Therefore I was provoked with that generation,
and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart;
    they have not known my ways.’

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32 (A)Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, (B)forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

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34 And he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.”

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Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

41 (A)And when he drew near and saw the city, (B)he wept over it,

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

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  1. Hosea 14:8 Hebrew him

A Plea to Return to the Lord

14 (A)Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
    for (B)you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
Take with you words
    and return to the Lord;
say to him,
    “Take away all iniquity;
accept (C)what is good,
    and we will pay with bulls
    (D)the vows[a] of our lips.
(E)Assyria shall not save us;
    (F)we will not ride on horses;
and (G)we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
    to the work of our hands.
(H)In you the orphan finds mercy.”

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  1. Hosea 14:2 Septuagint, Syriac pay the fruit

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.

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30 “Therefore (A)I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. (B)Repent and turn from all your transgressions, (C)lest iniquity be your ruin.[a] 31 (D)Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and (E)make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! (F)Why will you die, O house of Israel? 32 (G)For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; (H)so turn, and live.”

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  1. Ezekiel 18:30 Or lest iniquity be your stumbling block

20 (A)Is Ephraim my dear son?
    (B)Is he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
    I do remember him still.
(C)Therefore my heart[a] yearns for him;
    I will surely have mercy on him,
declares the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 31:20 Hebrew bowels

If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will (A)pluck up and break down and destroy it, and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, (B)turns from its evil, (C)I will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to it.

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15 And (A)he took away the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built on the mountain of the house of the Lord and in Jerusalem, and he threw them outside of the city.

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As soon as Asa heard these words, (A)the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded, he took courage and put away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from (B)the cities that he had taken in (C)the hill country of Ephraim, and he repaired the altar of the Lord (D)that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the Lord.[a]

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  1. 2 Chronicles 15:8 Hebrew the vestibule of the Lord

14 if my people who are called by my name (A)humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

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23 He said, “Then (A)put away the foreign gods that are among you, and incline your heart to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

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36 For (A)the Lord will vindicate[a] his people
    (B)and have compassion on his servants,
when he sees that their power is gone
    and there is none remaining, (C)bond or free.

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  1. Deuteronomy 32:36 Septuagint judge

And (A)the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it (B)grieved him to his heart.

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