I will bring them back(A) to live(B) in Jerusalem; they will be my people,(C) and I will be faithful and righteous to them as their God.(D)

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28 Then you will live in the land I gave your ancestors; you will be my people,(A) and I will be your God.(B)

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20 Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.(A) They will be my people,(B) and I will be their God.(C)

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33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
    after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds(A)
    and write it on their hearts.(B)
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.(C)

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and if in a truthful, just and righteous way
    you swear,(A) ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’(B)
then the nations will invoke blessings(C) by him
    and in him they will boast.(D)

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And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them.(A) They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.(B)

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This third I will put into the fire;(A)
    I will refine them like silver(B)
    and test them like gold.(C)
They will call(D) on my name(E)
    and I will answer(F) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’(G)
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.(H)’”

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Those who are victorious(A) will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.(B)

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16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols?(A) For we are the temple(B) of the living God.(C) As God has said:

“I will live with them
    and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.”[a](D)

17 Therefore,

“Come out from them(E)
    and be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
    and I will receive you.”[b](F)

18 And,

“I will be a Father to you,
    and you will be my sons and daughters,(G)
says the Lord Almighty.”[c](H)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:16 Lev. 26:12; Jer. 32:38; Ezek. 37:27
  2. 2 Corinthians 6:17 Isaiah 52:11; Ezek. 20:34,41
  3. 2 Corinthians 6:18 2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8

19 I will betroth(A) you to me forever;
    I will betroth you in[a] righteousness and justice,(B)
    in[b] love and compassion.(C)
20 I will betroth you in[c] faithfulness,
    and you will acknowledge(D) the Lord.(E)

21 “In that day I will respond,”
    declares the Lord
“I will respond(F) to the skies,
    and they will respond to the earth;
22 and the earth will respond to the grain,
    the new wine and the olive oil,(G)
    and they will respond to Jezreel.[d](H)
23 I will plant(I) her for myself in the land;
    I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.[e](J)
I will say to those called ‘Not my people,[f]’ ‘You are my people’;(K)
    and they will say, ‘You are my God.(L)’”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:19 Or with
  2. Hosea 2:19 Or with
  3. Hosea 2:20 Or with
  4. Hosea 2:22 Jezreel means God plants.
  5. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ruhamah (see 1:6)
  6. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ammi (see 1:9)

27 My dwelling place(A) will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.(B)

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25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived.(A) They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever,(B) and David my servant will be their prince forever.(C)

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22 “‘So you will be my people,(A)
    and I will be your God.(B)’”

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10 I will bring them back from Egypt
    and gather them from Assyria.(A)
I will bring them to Gilead(B) and Lebanon,
    and there will not be room(C) enough for them.

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11 “Many nations will be joined with the Lord in that day and will become my people.(A) I will live among you and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.(B)

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14 Sing, Daughter Zion;(A)
    shout aloud,(B) Israel!
Be glad and rejoice(C) with all your heart,
    Daughter Jerusalem!
15 The Lord has taken away your punishment,
    he has turned back your enemy.
The Lord, the King of Israel, is with you;(D)
    never again will you fear(E) any harm.(F)
16 On that day
    they will say to Jerusalem,
“Do not fear, Zion;
    do not let your hands hang limp.(G)
17 The Lord your God is with you,
    the Mighty Warrior who saves.(H)
He will take great delight(I) in you;
    in his love he will no longer rebuke you,(J)
    but will rejoice over you with singing.”(K)

18 “I will remove from you
    all who mourn over the loss of your appointed festivals,
    which is a burden and reproach for you.
19 At that time I will deal
    with all who oppressed(L) you.
I will rescue the lame;
    I will gather the exiles.(M)
I will give them praise(N) and honor
    in every land where they have suffered shame.
20 At that time I will gather you;
    at that time I will bring(O) you home.
I will give you honor(P) and praise(Q)
    among all the peoples of the earth
when I restore your fortunes[a](R)
    before your very eyes,”
says the Lord.

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  1. Zephaniah 3:20 Or I bring back your captives

17 But on Mount Zion will be deliverance;(A)
    it will be holy,(B)
    and Jacob will possess his inheritance.(C)
18 Jacob will be a fire
    and Joseph a flame;
Esau will be stubble,
    and they will set him on fire(D) and destroy(E) him.
There will be no survivors(F)
    from Esau.”
The Lord has spoken.

19 People from the Negev will occupy
    the mountains of Esau,
and people from the foothills will possess
    the land of the Philistines.(G)
They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,(H)
    and Benjamin(I) will possess Gilead.
20 This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan
    will possess the land as far as Zarephath;(J)
the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
    will possess the towns of the Negev.(K)
21 Deliverers(L) will go up on[a] Mount Zion
    to govern the mountains of Esau.
    And the kingdom will be the Lord’s.(M)

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  1. Obadiah 1:21 Or from

14     and I will bring(A) my people Israel back from exile.[a](B)

“They will rebuild the ruined cities(C) and live in them.
    They will plant vineyards(D) and drink their wine;
    they will make gardens and eat their fruit.(E)
15 I will plant(F) Israel in their own land,(G)
    never again to be uprooted(H)
    from the land I have given them,”(I)

says the Lord your God.(J)

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  1. Amos 9:14 Or will restore the fortunes of my people Israel

20 Judah will be inhabited forever(A)
    and Jerusalem through all generations.

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41 I will rejoice(A) in doing them good(B) and will assuredly plant(C) them in this land with all my heart and soul.(D)

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38 They will be my people,(A) and I will be their God. 39 I will give them singleness(B) of heart and action, so that they will always fear(C) me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them.

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31 “At that time,” declares the Lord, “I will be the God(A) of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.”

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but they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’ Then they will live in their own land.”(A)

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17 At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne(A) of the Lord, and all nations(B) will gather in Jerusalem to honor(C) the name of the Lord. No longer will they follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.(D) 18 In those days the people of Judah will join the people of Israel,(E) and together(F) they will come from a northern(G) land to the land(H) I gave your ancestors as an inheritance.

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