Hosea 14: 2 - 10
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Take with you words and return to the LORD; say to him, "Take away all iniquity; accept that which is good and we will render the fruit of our lips.
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| 3
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Assyria shall not save us, we will not ride upon horses; and we will say no more, `Our God,' to the work of our hands. In thee the orphan finds mercy."
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| 4
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I will heal their faithlessness; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them.
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| 5
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I will be as the dew to Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, he shall strike root as the poplar;
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| 6
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his shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
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| 7
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They shall return and dwell beneath my shadow, they shall flourish as a garden; they shall blossom as the vine, their fragrance shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
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| 8
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O E'phraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress, from me comes your fruit.
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| 9
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Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.
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