Judges 10:16

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Summary

And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

They put

His soul

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They put

and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Now when Asa heard these words and the prophecy which Azariah the son of Oded the prophet spoke, he took courage and removed the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the Lord which was in front of the porch of the Lord.

He also removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the Lord, as well as all the altars which he had built on the mountain of the house of the Lord and in Jerusalem, and he threw them outside the city.

At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot, to pull down, or to destroy it;

“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each according to his conduct,” declares the Lord God. “Repent and turn away from all your transgressions, so that iniquity may not become a stumbling block to you.

Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,

For you have stumbled because of your iniquity.

His soul

The Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

Nevertheless He looked upon their distress
When He heard their cry;

In all their affliction

He was afflicted,

And the angel of His presence saved them;
In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them,
And He lifted them and carried them all the days of old.

“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.

How can I give you up, O Ephraim?

How can I surrender you, O Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
My heart is turned over within Me,

All My compassions are kindled.

So he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and

embraced him and kissed him.

When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it,

and said, “Where have you laid him?” They *said to Him, “Lord, come and see.”

Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.

“Therefore I was angry with this generation,
And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,
And they did not know My ways’;

For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.

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So the sons of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth and served the Lord alone.

In that day man will have regard for his Maker
And his eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel.

For if He causes grief,
Then He will have compassion
According to His abundant lovingkindness.

The Lord

changed His mind about this.

“This too shall not be,” said the Lord God.