2 Yea and the Master of the universe Himself spake concerning repentance with an oath: (1CL) 3 for, as I live saith the Lord, I desire not the death of the sinner, so much as his repentance, (1CL) 4 and He added also a merciful judgment: Repent ye, O house of Israel, of your iniquity; say unto the sons of My people, Though your sins reach from the earth even unto the heaven, and though they be redder than scarlet and blacker than sackcloth, and ye turn unto Me with your whole heart and say Father, I will give ear unto you as unto a holy people. (1CL)
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