HAFTARAH FOR SHABBAT SHUVAH
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Hosea 14:2-10 2.
Return, O Israel, to the Eternal your God For you have stumbled, because of your sin.
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Take words with you and return to the Eternal. and Say: “Forgive all guilt and accept what is good, And we will offer the vows of our lips”.
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Assyria cannot save us, we will not ride on horses. Never again will we call our handiwork, “Our God”, For in You alone, the orphan finds mercy.
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I will hear their rebellion; I will love them freely, For My anger has turned away from them.
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I will be like the dew to Israel, They shall blossom like a lily And take root, like the trees of Lebanon, Their boughs shall spread out wide, Their beauty, like an olive tree, Their fragrance like that of Lebanon. Those who sit in their shade shall return (to Me) They shall grow corn, they shall blossom like the vine, Renowned like the wine of Lebanon.
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Ephraim shall say, “What are idols to me now?” It is I, who respond and look after you, For I am like an evergreen cypress, from Me comes Your fruit.
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The wise shall understand these things, The discerning shall know them. For the ways of the Eternal are straight. While the righteous walk on them Transgressors stumble on them.
Micah 7: 18-20 18.
Who is a God like You Who pardons sin and forgives the transgression Of the remnant of your people. You do not stay angry forever, But delight in showing love.
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You will again have compassion on us; You will tread our sins underfoot And hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.
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You will be faithful to Jacob, And show love to Abraham, As You promised our ancestors in days long ago.