1O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

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Hosea 6:1, Hosea 6:1, Joel 2:12, Joel 2:13, Joel 2:12

2Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.

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Hebrews 13:15, Hebrews 13:15, Job 34:31, Job 34:32, Psalms 51:2

3Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

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Psalms 68:5, Psalms 10:14, Psalms 68:5, Psalms 10:14, Psalms 33:17

4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

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Isaiah 57:18, Isaiah 57:18, Isaiah 12:1, Isaiah 12:1, Zephaniah 3:17

5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

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Isaiah 35:2, Isaiah 35:2, Isaiah 27:6, Isaiah 27:6, Ephesians 3:17

6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

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Psalms 52:8, Psalms 52:8, Psalms 80:9, Psalms 80:11, Matthew 13:31

7They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

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Psalms 91:1, Psalms 91:1, Song of Solomon 6:11, Hosea 14:5, Psalms 138:7

8Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

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Job 34:32, Job 34:32, James 1:17, Luke 15:20, 1 Peter 4:3

9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

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Proverbs 10:29, Proverbs 10:29, Psalms 107:43, Psalms 107:43, John 8:47