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Therefore tell them, the LORD of Armies says: ‘Return to me,’ says the LORD of Armies, ‘and I will return to you,’ says the LORD of Armies.
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Verse 3. Turn ye. Such expressions admonish us of our free-will, and when we answer, convert us, and so forth (Lamentations 5:11. Calmet.) we confess that God’s grace preventeth us. Trid. Sess. vi. 5. Worthington.—We may resist the Holy Spirit, ( Bible.) and reject his graces. The prophet exhorts the people to lay aside all former negligence, ( Calmet.) and proceed with the temple. Bible.—It had been commenced about two months before. Agg. 2:1 16.
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