Hosea 13:9

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Hosea 13:9

O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.

Thou

But

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Thou

O Israel, come back to the Lord your God; for your evil-doing has been the cause of your fall.

And the wrath of the Lord came on Israel because they had done evil against the Lord their God, who took them out of the land of Egypt from under the yoke of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and had become worshippers of other gods,

He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.

But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death.

Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.

Has not this come on you because you have given up the Lord your God, who was your guide by the way?

Your ways and your doings have made these things come on you; this is your sin; truly it is bitter, going deep into your heart.

Through your evil-doing these things have been turned away, and your sins have kept back good from you.

And now, make request for the grace of God so that he may have mercy on us: this has been your doing: will he give his approval to any of you? says the Lord of armies.

But

But I am the Lord your God, from the land of Egypt; you have knowledge of no other God and there is no saviour but me.

No other is like the God of Jeshurun, coming on the heavens to your help, and letting his glory be seen in the skies.

Our souls are waiting for the Lord; he is our help and our salvation.

God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.

My eyes are lifted up to the hills: O where will my help come from?

Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:

For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.