Psalm 78:34
New King James Version
34 (A)When He slew them, then they sought Him;
And they returned and sought earnestly for God.
Hosea 5:15
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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.”
Footnotes
- Hosea 5:15 Lit. become guilty or bear punishment
Judges 3:12-15
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Ehud
12 (A)And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord strengthened (B)Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord. 13 Then he gathered to himself the people of Ammon and (C)Amalek, went and [a]defeated Israel, and took possession of (D)the City of Palms. 14 So the children of Israel (E)served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
15 But when the children of Israel (F)cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a (G)left-handed man. By him the children of Israel sent tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
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- Judges 3:13 struck
Numbers 21:7
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7 (A)Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, “We have (B)sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; (C)pray to the Lord that He take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.
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Hosea 7:14
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14 (A)They did not cry out to Me with their heart
When they wailed upon their beds.
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:14 So with MT, Tg.; Vg. thought upon; LXX slashed themselves for (cf. 1 Kin. 18:28)
- Hosea 7:14 So with MT, Syr., Tg.; LXX omits They rebel against Me; Vg. They departed from Me
Jeremiah 22:23
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23 O inhabitant of Lebanon,
Making your nest in the cedars,
How gracious will you be when pangs come upon you,
Like (A)the pain of a woman in [a]labor?
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 22:23 childbirth
Isaiah 26:6
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6 The foot shall [a]tread it down—
The feet of the poor
And the steps of the needy.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:6 trample
Judges 10:7-10
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7 So the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel; and He (A)sold them into the hands of the (B)Philistines and into the hands of the people of (C)Ammon. 8 From that year they [a]harassed and oppressed the children of Israel for eighteen years—all the children of Israel who were on the other side of the Jordan in the (D)land of the Amorites, in Gilead. 9 Moreover the people of Ammon crossed over the Jordan to fight against Judah also, against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was severely distressed.
10 (E)And the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have (F)sinned against You, because we have both forsaken our God and served the Baals!”
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- Judges 10:8 Lit. shattered
Judges 4:3
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3 And the children of Israel cried out to the Lord; for Jabin had nine hundred (A)chariots of iron, and for twenty years (B)he had harshly oppressed the children of Israel.
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Judges 3:8-9
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8 Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and He (A)sold them into the hand of (B)Cushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Cushan-Rishathaim eight years. 9 When the children of Israel (C)cried out to the Lord, the Lord (D)raised up a deliverer for the children of Israel, who delivered them: (E)Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
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