" LORD, who among the gods is like you? Who is like you, wonderful in holiness? Who can work miracles and mighty acts like yours?

People of Israel, no god is like your God, riding in splendor across the sky, riding through the clouds to come to your aid.

and prayed, " LORD God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You keep your covenant with your people and show them your love when they live in wholehearted obedience to you.

With all my heart I will say to the LORD, "There is no one like you. You protect the weak from the strong, the poor from the oppressor."

Your righteousness, God, reaches the skies. You have done great things; there is no one like you.

No one in heaven is like you, LORD; none of the heavenly beings is your equal.

LORD God Almighty, none is as mighty as you; in all things you are faithful, O LORD.

There is no one like the LORD our God. He lives in the heights above,

but he bends down to see the heavens and the earth.

To whom can God be compared? How can you describe what he is like?

To whom can the holy God be compared? Is there anyone else like him?

"Remember this, you sinners; consider what I have done.

Remember what happened long ago; acknowledge that I alone am God and that there is no one else like me.

Then Moses requested, "Please, let me see the dazzling light of your presence."

The LORD answered, "I will make all my splendor pass before you and in your presence I will pronounce my sacred name. I am the LORD, and I show compassion and pity on those I choose.

The LORD then passed in front of him and called out, "I, the LORD, am a God who is full of compassion and pity, who is not easily angered and who shows great love and faithfulness.

I keep my promise for thousands of generations and forgive evil and sin; but I will not fail to punish children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation for the sins of their parents."

'I, the LORD, am not easily angered, and I show great love and faithfulness and forgive sin and rebellion. Yet I will not fail to punish children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation for the sins of their parents.'

And now, LORD, according to the greatness of your unchanging love, forgive, I pray, the sin of these people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt."

They refused to obey; they forgot all you did; they forgot the miracles you had performed. In their pride they chose a leader to take them back to slavery in Egypt. But you are a God who forgives; you are gracious and loving, slow to be angry. Your mercy is great; you did not forsake them.

on account of their sins. Our faults defeat us, but you forgive them.

You are good to us and forgiving, full of constant love for all who pray to you.

But you, O Lord, are a merciful and loving God, always patient, always kind and faithful.

Praise the LORD, my soul, and do not forget how kind he is.

He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.

But you forgive us, so that we should stand in awe of you.

Israel, trust in the LORD, because his love is constant and he is always willing to save.

He will save his people Israel from all their sins.

The LORD says, "Now, let's settle the matter. You are stained red with sin, but I will wash you as clean as snow. Although your stains are deep red, you will be as white as wool.

And yet, I am the God who forgives your sins, and I do this because of who I am. I will not hold your sins against you.

I have swept your sins away like a cloud. Come back to me; I am the one who saves you."

Let the wicked leave their way of life and change their way of thinking. Let them turn to the LORD, our God; he is merciful and quick to forgive.

None of them will have to teach a neighbor to know the LORD, because all will know me, from the least to the greatest. I will forgive their sins and I will no longer remember their wrongs. I, the LORD, have spoken."

So Ebedmelech went there and said to the king,

When that time comes, no sin will be found in Israel and no wickedness in Judah, because I will forgive those people whose lives I have spared. I, the LORD, have spoken."

You are merciful and forgiving, although we have rebelled against you.

So he prayed, " LORD, didn't I say before I left home that this is just what you would do? That's why I did my best to run away to Spain! I knew that you are a loving and merciful God, always patient, always kind, and always ready to change your mind and not punish.

and in his name the message about repentance and the forgiveness of sins must be preached to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

All of you, my fellow Israelites, are to know for sure that it is through Jesus that the message about forgiveness of sins is preached to you; you are to know that everyone who believes in him is set free from all the sins from which the Law of Moses could not set you free.

(SEE 13:38)

I foresee that Israel's future Will bring her no misfortune or trouble. The LORD their God is with them; They proclaim that he is their king.

He asked me, "Amos, what do you see?" "A plumb line," I answered. Then he said, "I am using it to show that my people are like a wall that is out of line. I will not change my mind again about punishing them.

The LORD asked, "Amos, what do you see?" "A basket of fruit," I answered. The LORD said to me, "The end has come for my people Israel. I will not change my mind again about punishing them.

Be a shepherd to your people, LORD, the people you have chosen. Although they live apart in the wilderness, there is fertile land around them. Let them go and feed in the rich pastures of Bashan and Gilead, as they did long ago.

"But I will gather you together, all you people of Israel that are left. I will bring you together like sheep returning to the fold. Like a pasture full of sheep, your land will once again be filled with many people."

They are crippled and far from home, but I will make a new beginning with those who are left, and they will become a great nation. I will rule over them on Mount Zion from that time on and forever."

So the LORD will abandon his people to their enemies until the woman who is to give birth has her son. Then those Israelites who are in exile will be reunited with their own people.

The people of Israel who survive will be like refreshing dew sent by the LORD for many nations, like showers on growing plants. They will depend on God, not people.

Those who are left among the nations will be like a lion hunting for food in a forest or a pasture: it gets in among the sheep, pounces on them, and tears them to pieces---and there is no hope of rescue.

But all who ask the LORD for help will be saved. As the LORD has said, 'Some in Jerusalem will escape; those whom I choose will survive.' "

What answer did God give him? "I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not worshiped the false god Baal."

It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand and led them out of Egypt. They were not faithful to the covenant I made with them, and so I paid no attention to them.

None of them will have to teach their friends or tell their neighbors, 'Know the Lord.' For they will all know me, from the least to the greatest.

I spend the night in deep thought; I meditate, and this is what I ask myself:

Has he stopped loving us? Does his promise no longer stand?

Then I said, "What hurts me most is this--- that God is no longer powerful."

Bring us back, O God our savior, and stop being displeased with us!

Will you be angry with us forever? Will your anger never cease?

He does not keep on rebuking; he is not angry forever.

You wear yourselves out looking for other gods, but you never give up. You think your obscene idols give you strength, and so you never grow weak.

I gave my people life, and I will not continue to accuse them or be angry with them forever.

You won't always be angry; you won't be mad at me forever.' Israel, that is what you said, but you did all the evil you could."

He told me to go and say to Israel, "Unfaithful Israel, come back to me. I am merciful and will not be angry; I will not be angry with you forever.

The Lord is merciful and will not reject us forever.

He may bring us sorrow, but his love for us is sure and strong.

Like a young man taking a virgin as his bride, He who formed you will marry you. As a groom is delighted with his bride, So your God will delight in you.

I myself will be filled with joy because of Jerusalem and her people. There will be no weeping there, no calling for help.

I will take pleasure in doing good things for them, and I will establish them permanently in this land.

Tell them that as surely as I, the Sovereign LORD, am the living God, I do not enjoy seeing sinners die. I would rather see them stop sinning and live. Israel, stop the evil you are doing. Why do you want to die?

The LORD your God is with you; his power gives you victory. The LORD will take delight in you, and in his love he will give you new life. He will sing and be joyful over you,

When you find it, you are so happy that you put it on your shoulders

In the same way, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine respectable people who do not need to repent.

But God's mercy is so abundant, and his love for us is so great,

that while we were spiritually dead in our disobedience he brought us to life with Christ. It is by God's grace that you have been saved.

For God will not show mercy when he judges the person who has not been merciful; but mercy triumphs over judgment.