1 Let Samaria perish, because she has urged her God towards bitterness. Let them perish by the sword, let their little ones be thrown down, and let their pregnant women be cut in two. 2 Israel, convert to the Lord your God. For you have been ruined by your own iniquity. 3 Take these words with you and return to the Lord. And say to him, “Remove all iniquity and accept the good. And we will repay the calves of our lips. 4 Assur will not save us; we will not ride on horses. Neither will we say any more, ‘The works of our hands are our gods,’ for those that are in you will have mercy on the orphan.” 5 I will heal their contrition; I will love them spontaneously. For my wrath has been turned away from them. 6 I will be like the dew; Israel will spring forth like the lily, and his root will spread out like that of the cedars of Lebanon. 7 His branches will advance, and his glory will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance will be like that of the cedars of Lebanon. 8 They will be converted, sitting in his shadow. They will live on wheat, and they will grow like a vine. His memorial will be like the wine of the cedars of Lebanon. 9 Ephraim will say, “What are idols to me anymore?” I will listen to him, and I will set him straight like a healthy spruce tree. Your fruit has been found by me. 10 Who is wise and will understand this? Who has understanding and will know these things? For the ways of the Lord are straight, and the just will walk in them, but truly, the traitors will fall in them.
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- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Hosea 6:1; Joel 2:12–13; Hosea 12:6; 2 Chronicles 30:6–9; Zechariah 1:3–4
- 2 Hebrews 13:15; Psalm 51:2–10; Job 34:31–32; Micah 7:18–19; Job 7:21
- 3 Psalm 10:14; Psalm 68:5; Isaiah 31:1; John 14:18; Hosea 2:17
- 4 Isaiah 57:18; Jeremiah 3:22; Isaiah 12:1; Ephesians 2:4–9; Zephaniah 3:17
- 5 Isaiah 35:2; Isaiah 27:6; Ephesians 3:17; Matthew 6:28; Job 29:19
- 6 Psalm 52:8; Psalm 128:3; Romans 11:16–24; Philippians 4:18; 2 Corinthians 2:14–15
- 7 Psalm 91:1; John 11:25; 1 Corinthians 15:36–38; Isaiah 32:1–2; Ezekiel 17:23
- 8 Job 34:32; James 1:17; Isaiah 55:13; Luke 15:20; 1 Peter 4:3–4
- 9 Proverbs 10:29; Psalm 107:43; John 8:47; Daniel 12:10; Proverbs 1:5–6
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