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\c 14
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\q1
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\v 1 Israel, return to Yahweh your God!
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\q2 You have sinned because you have done wicked things.
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\q1
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\v 2 So now, return to Yahweh, and think about how you will confess your sins to him.
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\q2 Say this to him:
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\q1 "Take away all our sins,
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\q2 and accept us; please be kind to us.
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\q1 Please accept us back, so that we may praise you in our words and song.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 3 Assyria cannot save us.
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\q2 It is useless for us to ride horses into battle.
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\q1 We will never again say, 'You are our gods'
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\q2 to the idols we have made with our own hands.
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\q2 Even children with no fathers look to you, Yahweh, and they find that you are kind to them."
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 4 Yahweh says, "I will forgive these people for having turned away from me,
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\q2 and I will love them without ceasing,
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\q2 because I have decided to stop being angry at them.
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\q1
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\v 5 I will help the people of Israel as the dew helps the ground.
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\q2 They will prosper like the lilies bloom.
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\q2 They will become as strong as the cedar trees in Lebanon.
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\q2
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\v 6 They will be like trees whose branches spread out.
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\q1 They will be as beautiful as the olive trees,
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\q2 and they will please others as much as the fragrant cedar trees in Lebanon.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 7 They will return and live under the protection that Israel has from me;
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\q2 I will protect them from hardship.
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\q1 They will be successful like a field of grain that grows well, like grapevines that are growing well.
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\q2 They will become as famous as the wine that people produce in the land of Lebanon.
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\q1
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\v 8 You people of Israel, I will completely stop you from worshiping idols.
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\q2 It is I, Yahweh, who will take care of you. No idol can do that.
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\q1 I am like a cypress tree that grows and stays fresh the entire year;
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\q2 all your good gifts come from me."
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 9 Every wise person will understand the things about which I have written;
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\q2 those who have understanding will study these things and pay careful attention to them.
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\q1 The way in which Yahweh wants us to live is right.
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\q2 Those who do what is right live by them.
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\q2 The rebellious people, however, sin, unable to obey him.
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