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“But He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniq-
uity,
And destroyed them not:
Yea, many a time turned He His anger away,
And did not stir up all His wrath.
For He remembered that they were but flesh;
A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.”
Psalm 78:38, 39
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Though He “delivered His strength into captivity, and His glory
into the enemy’s hand,” yet He said, “My lovingkindness will I not
utterly take from him, nor suffer My faithfulness to fail.”
Psalm 78:61
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89:33
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“Is Ephraim My dear son? is he a pleasant [Authorized Version]
child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember
him still: therefore My heart yearneth for him.”
Jeremiah 31:20
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V.
“How shall I give thee up, Ephraim?
How shall I cast thee off, Israel?
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How shall I make thee as Admah?
How shall I set thee as Zeboiim?
My heart is turned within Me,
My compassions are kindled together.
I will not execute the fierceness of Mine anger,
I will not return to destroy Ephraim:
For I am God, and not man;
The Holy One in the midst of thee;
And I will not come in wrath.”
Hosea 11:8, 9
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