Self-interpreting Bible

1 O ISRAEL, ^areturn unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

• a: Ho. 12:6 , Ho. 13:9 , Je. 3:4 , Je. 3:14 , Je. 3:22 , Je. 4:1 , 2:12 , Is. 55:6 , Is. 55:7 , Mat. 9:13 , 1Ti. 1:15 , 1Ti. 1:16

2 ^bTake with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, ^cTake away all iniquity, and ¹receive us graciously: so will we render the ^dcalves of our lips.

• b: 2:17 , Ro. 8:26 , 1Jn. 5:14 , 2Sa. 7:25 , Is. 1:18 , Job 34:31 , Job 34:32
• c: Mi. 7:18 , Mi. 7:19 , Ep. 1:3 - 7 , Jn. 1:29 , Col. 1:4
• 1: Or, give good. Lu. 15.18. , Lu. 15:18
• d: He. 13:15 , Ps. 50:14 , Ps. 69:30 , Ps. 69:31 , Psalms 100 , Psalms 145

3 Asshur ^eshall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for ^fin thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

• e: Ho. 5:13 , Ho. 7:11 , Ho. 8:9 , Ho. 12:1 , Ho. 2:17 , De. 17:16 , Is. 30:2 , Is. 30:16 , Is. 31:1 , Is. 31:2 , Is. 36:8 , Is. 1:29 , Is. 2:20 , 2Ch. 10:7 , Ps. 33:16 , Ps. 33:17 , Ps. 146:3 , Ps. 97:7 , Ho. 14:8
• f: Ps. 10:14 , Ps. 10:16 , Ps. 68:5 , Ps. 146:9

4 ¶^gI will heal their backsliding, ^hI will love them freely: ⁱfor mine anger is turned away from him.

• g: Ex. 15:26 , Is. 57:18 , Je. 3:22
• h: Zep. 3:17 , Ep. 1:5 , Ep. 1:9 , Ep. 2:4 - 7 , Ro. 3:24
• i: Is. 12:1 , 2Co. 5:19 - 21

5 I will be ^jas the dew unto Israel: he shall ²grow as the lily, and ³cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

• j: Ps. 72:6 , De. 32:2 , Is. 44:3 , Pr. 19:12
• 2: Or, blossom. Ps. 92.13,15; 45.13,14. Eze. 16.14. Mat. 6.28,29. , Ps. 92:13 , Ps. 92:15 , Ps. 45:13 , Ps. 45:14 , Eze. 16:14 , Mat. 6:28 , Mat. 6:29
• 3: Heb. strike. 2Ki. 19.30. Je. 31.12. Ep. 3.17. Mat. 13.21. , 2Ki. 19:30 , Je. 31:12 , Ep. 3:17 , Mat. 13:21

6 His ^kbranches ⁴shall spread, and ^lhis beauty shall be as the olive tree, and ^mhis smell as Lebanon.

• k: Ps. 72:16 , Ps. 80:9 , Ps. 80:11 , Ep. 4:15 , Ep. 4:16 , He. 6:1 , 2Pe. 3:18 , Pr. 4:18
• 4: Heb. shall go.
• l: Ps. 52:8 , Ps. 128:3 , Eze. 16:14
• m: Ca. 4:11 - 14 , 2Co. 2:14 , 2Co. 2:15 , Phi. 1:11

7 They ⁿthat dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall ^orevive as the corn, and ⁵grow as the vine: the ⁶scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

• n: Ca. 2:3 , Ps. 91:1 , Ho. 1:11 , Ho. 3:5
• o: Jn. 11:25 , Jn. 12:24 , Is. 55:10 - 13 , Is. 44:3 - 5 , Is. 61:11 , Ps. 92:12 - 15
• 5: Or, blossom. v.5. , Ho. 14:5
• 6: Or, memorial.

8 Ephraim shall say, ^pWhat have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am ^qlike a green fir tree. ^rFrom me is thy fruit found.

• p: Ho. 14:2 , Ho. 14:3 , Is. 1:29 , Is. 2:20 , Je. 2:22 - 25 , Je. 31:18 - 20 , Job 34:32
• q: Is. 41:19 , Is. 60:13 , Is. 55:13
• r: Jn. 1:14 , Jn. 1:16 , Jn. 15:1 - 9 , Phi. 1:11 , Phi. 4:13

9 ^sWho is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for ^tthe ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors ^ushall fall therein.

• s: Ps. 107:43 , 1Co. 2:10 - 16 , Jn. 8:47 , Jn. 18:37 , Je. 9:12 , Da. 12:10
• t: De. 32:4 , Ps. 19:7 - 9 , Job 17:9 , Mat. 11:19
• u: Lu. 2:34 , Jn. 9:39 , 1Pe. 2:8 , Pr. 10:29 , 2Co. 2:16 , Ro. 2:4 , Ro. 2:5 , Ro. 2:21 - 24