backsliding The LORD said also unto me in the days of

Josiah the king, Hast thou seen [that] which {backsliding} Israel

hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under
every

green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

backsliding And I saw, when for all the causes whereby

{backsliding} Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and

given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah
feared

not, but went and played the harlot also.

backsliding And the LORD said unto me, The
{backsliding}

Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

backsliding Go and proclaim these words toward the
north,

and say, Return, thou {backsliding} Israel, saith the LORD;
[and] I

will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I [am] merciful,

saith the LORD, [and] I will not keep [anger] for eve

r.

backsliding Turn, O {backsliding} children, saith the

LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a
city,

and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

backsliding Return, ye {backsliding} children, [and] I

will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou

[art] the LORD our God.

backsliding Why [then] is this people of Jerusalem
slidden

back by a perpetual {backsliding}? they hold fast deceit, they

refuse to return.

backsliding How long wilt thou go about, O thou

{backsliding} daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in
the

earth, A woman shall compass a man.

backsliding Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys,
thy

flowing valley, O {backsliding} daughter? that trusted in her

treasures, [saying], Who shall come unto me?

backsliding For Israel slideth back as a {backsliding}

heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

backsliding And my people are bent to {backsliding}
from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all
would exalt [him].

backsliding I will heal their {backsliding}, I will
love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

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