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13 O Lord, come back to us!
    How long will you delay?
    Take pity on your servants!

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14 For the Lord will give justice to his people
    and have compassion on his servants.

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45 He remembered his covenant with them
    and relented because of his unfailing love.

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36 “Indeed, the Lord will give justice to his people,
    and he will change his mind about[a] his servants,
when he sees their strength is gone
    and no one is left, slave or free.

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Footnotes

  1. 32:36 Or will take revenge for.

Who can tell? Perhaps even yet God will change his mind and hold back his fierce anger from destroying us.”

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Then the Lord relented from this plan, too. “I will not do that either,” said the Sovereign Lord.

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So the Lord relented from this plan. “I will not do it,” he said.

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14 Come back, we beg you, O God of Heaven’s Armies.
    Look down from heaven and see our plight.
Take care of this grapevine

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16 “‘Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I have returned to show mercy to Jerusalem. My Temple will be rebuilt, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, and measurements will be taken for the reconstruction of Jerusalem.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:16 Hebrew and the measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.

13 Don’t tear your clothing in your grief,
    but tear your hearts instead.”
Return to the Lord your God,
    for he is merciful and compassionate,
slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
    He is eager to relent and not punish.
14 Who knows? Perhaps he will give you a reprieve,
    sending you a blessing instead of this curse.
Perhaps you will be able to offer grain and wine
    to the Lord your God as before.

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“Oh, how can I give you up, Israel?
    How can I let you go?
How can I destroy you like Admah
    or demolish you like Zeboiim?
My heart is torn within me,
    and my compassion overflows.

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15 But afterward I will return and have compassion on all of them. I will bring them home to their own lands again, each nation to its own possession.

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46 O Lord, how long will this go on?
    Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your anger burn like fire?

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10 How long, O God, will you allow our enemies to insult you?
    Will you let them dishonor your name forever?

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I am sick at heart.
    How long, O Lord, until you restore me?

Return, O Lord, and rescue me.
    Save me because of your unfailing love.

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14 So the Lord changed his mind about the terrible disaster he had threatened to bring on his people.

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12 Why let the Egyptians say, ‘Their God rescued them with the evil intention of slaughtering them in the mountains and wiping them from the face of the earth’? Turn away from your fierce anger. Change your mind about this terrible disaster you have threatened against your people!

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