Hosea 2:7
She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, 'I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.'
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she shall follow.

Hosea 5:13
When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.

2 Chronicles 28:20-22
Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him. . . .

Isaiah 30:2, 3, 16
They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh's protection and take refuge in the shade of Egypt. . . .

Isaiah 31:1-3
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD. . . .

Jeremiah 2:28, 36, 37
But where are the gods you made for yourself? Let them rise up and save you if they can in your time of trouble; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah. . . .

Jeremiah 30:12-15
For this is what the LORD says: "Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous. . . .

Ezekiel 20:32
When you say: "Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of the lands, serving wood and stone, " what you have in mind will never happen.

Ezekiel 23:22
Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: 'I will incite your lovers against you, those from whom you turned in disgust. And I will bring them against you from every side--

I will.

Hosea 5:15
Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me."

Hosea 6:1
Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind us up.

Hosea 14:1
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.

Psalm 116:7
Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.

Jeremiah 3:22-25
"Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness." "Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God. . . .

Jeremiah 31:18
I have surely heard Ephraim's moaning: 'You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, and I will return, for You are the LORD my God.

Jeremiah 50:4, 5
"In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God. . . .

Lamentations 3:40-42
Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. . . .

Luke 15:17-20
Finally he came to his senses and said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death! . . .

first.

Jeremiah 2:2
"Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

Jeremiah 3:1
"If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers--and you would return to Me?" declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 31:32
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt--a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them, " declares the LORD.

Ezekiel 16:18
You took your embroidered garments to cover them, and you set My oil and incense before them.

Ezekiel 23:4
The older was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their identities, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

for.

Hosea 13:6
When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud. As a result, they forgot Me.

Deuteronomy 6:10-12
And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you--a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build, . . .

Deuteronomy 8:17, 18
You may say in your heart, "The power and the strength of my hand has made this wealth for me." . . .

Deuteronomy 32:13-15
He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag, . . .

Nehemiah 9:25, 26
They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness. . . .

Jeremiah 14:22
Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.

Daniel 4:17, 25, 32
This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High is ruler over the kingdom of mankind, and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.' . . .

Daniel 5:21
He was driven away from mankind, and his mind was like that of a beast. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God is ruler over the kingdom of mankind, and He sets over it whom He wishes.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"She will pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them; And she will seek them, but will not find them. Then she will say, 'I will go back to my first husband, For it was better for me then than now!'

King James Bible
And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will think," I will go back to my former husband, for then it was better for me than now."

International Standard Version
She will pursue her lovers, but she won't catch up with them. She will seek them, but she won't find them. Then she will say, 'I'll go back and return to my first husband, because it was better for me then than now.'

NET Bible
Then she will pursue her lovers, but she will not catch them; she will seek them, but she will not find them. Then she will say, "I will go back to my husband, because I was better off then than I am now."
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