and you (A)return to the Lord your God and obey His voice, according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul, (B)that the Lord your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and (C)gather you again from all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you. (D)If any of you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you. Then the Lord your God will bring you to the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it. He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers. And (E)the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.

“Also the Lord your God will put all these (F)curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. And you will (G)again obey the voice of the Lord and do all His commandments which I command you today. (H)The Lord your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the [a]fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good. For the Lord will again (I)rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers, 10 if you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

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  1. Deuteronomy 30:9 offspring

and when you and your children return(A) to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart(B) and with all your soul according to everything I command you today, then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes[a](C) and have compassion(D) on you and gather(E) you again from all the nations where he scattered(F) you.(G) Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens,(H) from there the Lord your God will gather(I) you and bring you back.(J) He will bring(K) you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous(L) than your ancestors. The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants,(M) so that you may love(N) him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live. The Lord your God will put all these curses(O) on your enemies who hate and persecute you.(P) You will again obey the Lord and follow all his commands I am giving you today. Then the Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land.(Q) The Lord will again delight(R) in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors, 10 if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Law(S) and turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.(T)

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  1. Deuteronomy 30:3 Or will bring you back from captivity

48 and when they (A)return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who led them away captive, and (B)pray to You toward their land which You gave to their fathers, the city which You have chosen and the temple which I have built for Your name:

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48 and if they turn back(A) to you with all their heart(B) and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray(C) to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and the temple(D) I have built for your Name;(E)

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(A)Let the [a]wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man (B)his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
(C)And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.

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  1. Isaiah 55:7 Lit. man of iniquity

Let the wicked forsake(A) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.(B)
Let them turn(C) to the Lord, and he will have mercy(D) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.(E)

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A Call to Repentance

Come,(A) and let us return to the Lord;
For (B)He has torn, but (C)He will heal us;
He has stricken, but He will [a]bind us up.

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  1. Hosea 6:1 Bandage

Israel Unrepentant

“Come, let us return(A) to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces(B)
    but he will heal us;(C)
he has injured us
    but he will bind up our wounds.(D)

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A Call to Repentance

12 “Now, therefore,” says the Lord,
(A)“Turn to Me with all your heart,
With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”
13 So (B)rend your heart, and not (C)your garments;
Return to the Lord your God,
For He is (D)gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger, and of great kindness;
And He relents from doing harm.
14 (E)Who knows if He will turn and relent,
And leave (F)a blessing behind Him—
(G)A grain offering and a drink offering
For the Lord your God?

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Rend Your Heart

12 “Even now,” declares the Lord,
    “return(A) to me with all your heart,(B)
    with fasting and weeping and mourning.”

13 Rend your heart(C)
    and not your garments.(D)
Return(E) to the Lord your God,
    for he is gracious and compassionate,(F)
slow to anger and abounding in love,(G)
    and he relents from sending calamity.(H)
14 Who knows? He may turn(I) and relent(J)
    and leave behind a blessing(K)
grain offerings and drink offerings(L)
    for the Lord your God.

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