I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight;

And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’

If they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their forefathers, in their unfaithfulness which they committed against Me, and also in their acting with hostility against Me—

if they take thought in the land where they have been taken captive, and repent and make supplication to You in the land of those who have taken them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned and have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly’;

But the rest fled to Aphek into the city, and the wall fell on 27,000 men who were left. And Ben-hadad fled and came into the city into an inner chamber.

Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why do we sit here until we die?

When he was in distress, he entreated the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

His prayer also and how God was entreated by him, and all his sin, his unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high places and erected the Asherim and the carved images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the records of the Hozai.

“He will sing to men and say,
‘I have sinned and perverted what is right,
And it is not proper for me.

“And if they are bound in fetters,
And are caught in the cords of affliction,

For Your name’s sake, O Lord,
Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all day long.

For I know my transgressions,
And my sin is ever before me.

The cords of death encompassed me
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.

Do not hold back discipline from the child,
Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

For You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us
And Israel does not recognize us.
You, O Lord, are our Father,
Our Redeemer from of old is Your name.

“Then I said,
‘How I would set you among My sons
And give you a pleasant land,
The most beautiful inheritance of the nations!’
And I said, ‘You shall call Me, My Father,
And not turn away from following Me.’

“For there will be a day when watchmen
On the hills of Ephraim call out,
‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
To the Lord our God.’”

“Is Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a delightful child?
Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him,
I certainly still remember him;
Therefore My heart yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,” declares the Lord.

“In those days and at that time,” declares the Lord, “the sons of Israel will come, both they and the sons of Judah as well; they will go along weeping as they go, and it will be the Lord their God they will seek.

So I say, “My strength has perished,
And so has my hope from the Lord.”

Let him put his mouth in the dust,
Perhaps there is hope.

Let us examine and probe our ways,
And let us return to the Lord.

And in that it was commanded to leave the stump with the roots of the tree, your kingdom will be assured to you after you recognize that it is Heaven that rules.

“Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her way with thorns,
And I will build a wall against her so that she cannot find her paths.

Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
For you have stumbled because of your iniquity.

“So I said, ‘I have been expelled from Your sight.
Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’

Who knows, God may turn and relent and withdraw His burning anger so that we will not perish.”

and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins.

Pray, then, in this way:
‘Our Father who is in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.

For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!

And He said to them, When you pray, say:
Father, hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.

If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

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Will arise

But the rest fled to Aphek into the city, and the wall fell on 27,000 men who were left. And Ben-hadad fled and came into the city into an inner chamber.
Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why do we sit here until we die?
When he was in distress, he entreated the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
I acknowledged my sin to You,
And my iniquity I did not hide;
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord”;
And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah.
The cords of death encompassed me
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.
“For there will be a day when watchmen
On the hills of Ephraim call out,
‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
To the Lord our God.’”
“In those days and at that time,” declares the Lord, “the sons of Israel will come, both they and the sons of Judah as well; they will go along weeping as they go, and it will be the Lord their God they will seek.
So I say, “My strength has perished,
And so has my hope from the Lord.”
“Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her way with thorns,
And I will build a wall against her so that she cannot find her paths.
Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
For you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
“So I said, ‘I have been expelled from Your sight.
Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’
Who knows, God may turn and relent and withdraw His burning anger so that we will not perish.”

I have

But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’
If they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their forefathers, in their unfaithfulness which they committed against Me, and also in their acting with hostility against Me—
if they take thought in the land where they have been taken captive, and repent and make supplication to You in the land of those who have taken them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned and have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly’;
“He will sing to men and say,
‘I have sinned and perverted what is right,
And it is not proper for me.
“And if they are bound in fetters,
And are caught in the cords of affliction,
For Your name’s sake, O Lord,
Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all day long.
For I know my transgressions,
And my sin is ever before me.
Do not hold back discipline from the child,
Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins.
If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

Against

And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
And in that it was commanded to leave the stump with the roots of the tree, your kingdom will be assured to you after you recognize that it is Heaven that rules.

General references

“I have not listened to the voice of my teachers,
Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!
It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
Who knows, God may turn and relent and withdraw His burning anger so that we will not perish.”
But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged.
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