Hosea -14
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O Israel, return to Jehovah your God, for you have fallen by your iniquity. --Hosea 14:1 |
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Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah. Say to Him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously, that we may repay with the calves of our lips. --Hosea 14:2 |
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Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride on horses. Nor shall we say any more to the work of our hands, Our gods, for in You the fatherless finds mercy. --Hosea 14:3 |
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I will heal their backslidings; I will love them freely; for My anger has turned away from him. --Hosea 14:4 |
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I will be as the dew to Israel; he shall grow as the lily and cast out his roots like Lebanon. --Hosea 14:5 |
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His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. --Hosea 14:6 |
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They who dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive like the grain, and grow like the vine. Their scent shall be as the wine of Lebanon. --Hosea 14:7 |
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Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him and watched him; I am like a green fir tree. Your fruit is found from Me. --Hosea 14:8 |
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Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? Understanding, and he shall know them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but sinners shall fall in them. --Hosea 14:9 |
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