Hosea 14
14 1O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by
thine iniquity.
2Take with you words, and return unto Jehovah: say unto
him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good: so will we render
as bullocks the offering of our lips.
3Assyria 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.
4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely;
for mine anger is turned away from him.
5I will be as the dew unto
Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree,
and his smell as Lebanon.
7They that dwell under his shadow shall return;
they shall revive as the grain, and blossom as the vine: the scent
thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
8Ephraim shall say, What
have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am
like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found.
9Who is wise, that he
may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of
Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall
fall therein.
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