I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters,
Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.
A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverte
Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”
Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with comp
Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly se
Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,
“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together,
It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.
Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserve
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy
Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them
Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of t
For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lo
I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our father
Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim,
She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.
For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?
Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.
So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voraciou
For there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD o
Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep b
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise
For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children
Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.
How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I tr
A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflict
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused
I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father;