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Hosea, Chapter 14
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O israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by
thine iniquity.
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Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take
away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the
calves of our lips.
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3 |
Asshur shall 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 in
thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
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4 |
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine
anger is turned away from him.
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5 |
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and
cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
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6 |
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive
tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
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7 |
They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive
as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the
wine of Lebanon.
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8 |
Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have
heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is
thy fruit found.
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Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and
he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just
shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
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