30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, in the future you will return to the Lord your God and obey him.

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30 When you are in distress(A) and all these things have happened to you, then in later days(B) you will return(C) to the Lord your God and obey him.

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and you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and all your soul(A) by doing[a] everything I am commanding you today,

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  1. 30:2 Lit soul according to

and when you and your children return(A) to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart(B) and with all your soul according to everything I command you today,

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So the couriers(A) went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the hand of the king and his officials, and according to the king’s command, saying, “Israelites, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel so that he may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.(B)

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At the king’s command, couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and from his officials, which read:

“People of Israel, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, that he may return to you who are left, who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.

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for when you return to the Lord, your brothers and your sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land.(A) For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful;(B) he will not turn his face away from you if you return to him.”

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If you return(A) to the Lord, then your fellow Israelites and your children will be shown compassion(B) by their captors and will return to this land, for the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate.(C) He will not turn his face from you if you return to him.”

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Let the wicked one abandon his way
and the sinful one his thoughts;(A)
let him return to the Lord,
so he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will freely forgive.(B)

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Let the wicked forsake(A) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.(B)
Let them turn(C) to the Lord, and he will have mercy(D) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.(E)

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13 Tear your hearts,(A)
not just your clothes,(B)
and return to the Lord your God.
For he is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger, abounding in faithful love,
and he relents from sending disaster.(C)

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13 Rend your heart(A)
    and not your garments.(B)
Return(C) to the Lord your God,
    for he is gracious and compassionate,(D)
slow to anger and abounding in love,(E)
    and he relents from sending calamity.(F)

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So tell the people, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: Return to me—this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies—and I will return to you, says the Lord of Armies.(A)

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Therefore tell the people: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Return(A) to me,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will return to you,’(B) says the Lord Almighty.

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