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Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because of your sin.
{14:2} Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, "Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good: so we offer our lips like bulls.
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Assyria can't save us. We won't ride on
horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, 'Our gods!' for in you the fatherless finds mercy."
{14:4} "I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from him.
{14:5} I will be like the
dew to Israel. He will blossom like the
lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.
{14:6} His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
{14:7} Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the
grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.
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Ephraim, what have I to do any more with
idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green fir tree; from me your fruit is found."
{14:9} Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.
Hosea Chapter 14 Back