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Hosea 14 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Hos 14:1

Hos 14:1Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.

Hos 14:2

Hos 14:2Take 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.

Hos 14:3

Hos 14:3Assyria 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."

Hos 14:4

Hos 14:4I will heal their faithlessness; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them.

Hos 14:5

Hos 14:5I will be as the dew to Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, he shall strike root as the poplar;

Hos 14:6

Hos 14:6his shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive, and his fragrance like Lebanon.

Hos 14:7

Hos 14:7They 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.

Hos 14:8

Hos 14:8O 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.

Hos 14:9

Hos 14:9Whoever 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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