iSee Job 39:19-25
xSee Gen. 37:29
Deuteronomy 4:30-31
30When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you ain the latter days, you will return to the Lord your God and obey his voice. 31For the Lord your God is ba merciful God. cHe will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.Jeremiah 8:4-6
Sin and Treachery
4 “You shall say to them, Thus says the Lord:dWhen men fall, do they not rise again?
If one turns away, does he not return?
5Why then has this people eturned away
in perpetual fbacksliding?
gThey hold fast to deceit;
they refuse to return.
6 hI have paid attention and listened,
but they have not spoken rightly;
no man relents of his evil,
saying, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone turns to his own course,
ilike a horse plunging headlong into battle.
Jeremiah 31:18-19
18I have heard jEphraim grieving,‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
like an untrained calf;
kbring me back that I may be restored,
for you are the Lord my God.
19For after lI had turned away, I relented,
and after I was instructed, mI struck my thigh;
nI was ashamed, and I was confounded,
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
Ezekiel 33:14-16
14Again, othough I say to the wicked, p‘You shall surely die,’ yet qif he turns from his sin and does what is just and right, 15if the wicked rrestores the pledge, sgives back what he has taken by robbery, and walks tin the statutes of life, not doing injustice, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 16 uNone of the sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him. He has done what is just and right; he shall surely live.Ezekiel 33:19
19And vwhen the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he shall live by this.Joel 2:13
13and wrend your hearts and not xyour garments.”Return to the Lord your God,
yfor he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
zand he relents over disaster.
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