“They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in His law.”Psalm 78:10.
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“The more the prophets called them, the more they went from them.... Yet I taught Ephraim to walk; I took them on My arms; But they knew not that I healed them. I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love.... My people are bent on backsliding from Me: Though they call them to Him that is on high, None at all will exalt Him.”Hosea 11:2-7, A. R. V.
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“But He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, And destroyed them not: Yea, many a time turned He His anger away, And did not stir up all His wrath. For He remembered that they were but flesh; A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.”Psalm 78:38, 39.
(8T 276.3)
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Though He “delivered His strength into captivity, and His glory into the enemy’s hand,” yet He said, “My lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer My faithfulness to fail.”Psalm 78:61; 89:33.
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“Is Ephraim My dear son? is he a pleasant [Authorized Version] child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore My heart yearneth for him.”Jeremiah 31:20, A. R. V.
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“How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? How shall I cast thee off, Israel?”Hosea 11:8.
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“How shall I make thee as Admah? How shall I set thee as Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me”Hosea 11:8.
(8T 277.1)
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“My compassions are kindled together. I will not execute the fierceness of Mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: For I am God, and not man; The Holy One in the midst of thee; And I will not come in wrath.”Hosea 11:8, 9, A. R. V.
(8T 277.2)
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“O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; For thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, And return unto Jehovah: say unto Him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good.... Assyria 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.”Hosea 14:1-3, A. R. V.
(8T 277.3)
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“They shall walk after Jehovah. . . . The children shall come trembling from the west. They shall come trembling as a bird out of Egypt, And as a dove out of the land of Assyria; And I will make them to dwell in their houses, saith Jehovah.”Hosea 11:10, 11, A. R. V.
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“I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; For Mine anger is turned away from him. I will be as the dew unto Israel; He shall blossom as the lily, And cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, And his beauty shall be as the olive tree, And his smell as Lebanon. They that dwell under his shadow shall return; They shall revive as the grain, And blossom as the vine.... Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir tree; From Me is thy fruit found.”Hosea 14:4~8.
(8T 277.5)
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