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Hosea 14 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Hos 14:1

Hos 14:1O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

Hos 14:2

Hos 14:2Take 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.

Hos 14:3

Hos 14:3Assyria 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.

Hos 14:4

Hos 14:4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.

Hos 14:5

Hos 14:5I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

Hos 14:6

Hos 14:6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

Hos 14:7

Hos 14:7They 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.

Hos 14:8

Hos 14:8Ephraim 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.

Hos 14:9

Hos 14:9Who 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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