20 The exiles of this host of the people of Israel
    shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as (A)Zarephath,
and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
    shall possess the cities of the Negeb.

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26 and Elijah was sent to none of them (A)but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

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“Arise, go to (A)Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.” 10 So he arose and went to (B)Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there (C)gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, “Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.”

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13 (A)In the cities of the hill country, (B)in the cities of the Shephelah, (C)and in the cities of the Negeb, in the land of Benjamin, (D)the places about Jerusalem, (E)and in the cities of Judah, (F)flocks shall again pass under the hands (G)of the one who counts them, says the Lord.

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44 Fields shall be bought for money, and (A)deeds shall be signed and (B)sealed and (C)witnessed, (D)in the land of Benjamin, (E)in the places about Jerusalem, (F)and in the cities of Judah, (G)in the cities of the hill country, (H)in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negeb; for (I)I will restore their fortunes, declares the Lord.”

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(A)“I will strengthen the house of Judah,
    and (B)I will save the house of Joseph.
(C)I will bring them back (D)because I have compassion on them,
    and they shall be as though I had not rejected them,
    for (E)I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.
Then Ephraim shall become like a mighty warrior,
    and (F)their hearts shall be glad as with wine.
Their children shall see it and be glad;
    their hearts shall rejoice in the Lord.

(G)“I will whistle for them and (H)gather them in,
    for I have redeemed them,
    and (I)they shall be as many as they were before.
(J)Though I scattered them among the nations,
    yet in far countries (K)they shall remember me,
    and with their children they shall live and return.
10 (L)I will bring them home from the land of Egypt,
    and gather them from Assyria,
and (M)I will bring them to the land of Gilead and to Lebanon,
    (N)till there is no room for them.

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14 (A)I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
    and (B)they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
(C)they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
    and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.
15 (D)I will plant them on their land,
    (E)and they shall never again be uprooted
    out of the land (F)that I have given them,”
says the Lord your God.

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10 [a] Yet (A)the number of the children of Israel shall be (B)like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. (C)And (D)in the place where it was said to them, (E)“You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, (F)“Children[b] of (G)the living God.” 11 And (H)the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and (I)they shall appoint for themselves one head. And they shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 1:10 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew
  2. Hosea 1:10 Or Sons

12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on (A)a day of clouds and (B)thick darkness. 13 And I will bring them out from the peoples (C)and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on (D)the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

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26 then I will reject the offspring of Jacob and David my servant and will not choose one of his offspring to rule over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (A)For I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them.”

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19 (A)The cities of the Negeb are shut up,
    with none to open them;
all Judah is taken into exile,
    wholly taken into exile.

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18 (A)In those days the house of Judah shall join the house of Israel, and together they shall come from the land (B)of the north to (C)the land that I gave your fathers for a heritage.

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