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Faithless Israel Called to Repentance
The Lord said to me in the days of King Josiah: “Have you seen what she did, that faithless one, Israel, how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there played the whore?
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She saw that for all the adulteries of that faithless one, Israel, I had sent her away with a decree of divorce. Yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but she too went and played the whore.
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And the Lord said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
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Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, “‘Return, faithless Israel, declares the Lord. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the Lord; I will not be angry forever.
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Return, O faithless children, declares the Lord; for I am your master; I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
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“Return, O faithless sons; I will heal your faithlessness.” “Behold, we come to you, for you are the Lord our God.
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Let the prophet who has a dream tell the dream, but let him who has my word speak my word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat? declares the Lord.
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the Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
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How long will you waver, O faithless daughter? For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth: a woman encircles a man.”
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I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.
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Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act according to all the word with which the Lord your God sends you to us.
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Why do you boast of your valleys, O faithless daughter, who trusted in her treasures, saying, ‘Who will come against me?’