"For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts."
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But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.
In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
But the heart of the people was not turned to him who sent punishment on them, and they made no prayer to the Lord of armies.
But the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, and they do not seek Jehovah of hosts.
For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
For the people turn not to him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
Yet the people have not turned to him who struck them, neither have they sought Yahweh of Hosts.
And the people hath not turned back unto Him who is smiting it, And Jehovah of Hosts they have not sought.