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Take words [of repentance] with you and return to the Lord. Say to Him: "Forgive all [our] sin and accept what is good, so that we may repay You with praise[a] from our[b] lips.[c]
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Israel, return to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled in your sin.
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Take words [of repentance] with you and return to the Lord. Say to Him: "Forgive all [our] sin and accept what is good, so that we may repay You with praise from our lips.
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Assyria will not save us, we will not ride on horses, and we will no longer proclaim: Our gods! to the work of our hands. For the fatherless receives compassion in You."
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I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger will have turned from him.
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I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like [the cedars of] Lebanon.