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Hosea, Chapter 14

¹ ^a Ch 14:2 in HebReturn, O Israel, to the LORD your God, For you have stumbled^b Or inbecause of your iniquity. ² Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to Him, “Take away all iniquity And^c Or accept that which is goodreceive us graciously, That we may present^dthe fruit of our lips. ³ “Assyria will not save us, We will not ride on horses; Nor will we say again, ‘Our god,’ To the work of our hands; For in You the^e Or fatherlessorphan finds mercy.”	1 Hos 6:1 Hos 10:12 Hos 12:6 Joe 2:13 Hos 4:8 Hos 5:5 Hos 9:7 2 Mic 7:18 Mic 7:19 Psa 51:16 Psa 51:17 Hos 6:6 Heb 13:15 3 Psa 33:17 Isa 31:1 Hos 8:6 Hos 13:2 Hos 4:12 Psa 10:14 Psa 68:5
⁴ I will heal their apostasy, I will love them freely, For My anger has turned away from them. ⁵ I will be like the dew to Israel; He will blossom like the lily, And he will^f Lit strike his rootstake root like the cedars of Lebanon. ⁶ His shoots will^g Lit gosprout, And his^h Or splendorbeauty will be like the olive tree And his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon. ⁷ Those who live in his shadow Willⁱ Or return, they will raise grainagain raise grain, And they will blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.	4 Isa 57:18 Hos 6:1 Zep 3:17 Isa 12:1 5 Pro 19:12 Isa 26:19 Sol 2:1 Mat 6:28 Isa 35:2 6 Jer 11:16 Sol 4:11 7 Eze 17:23 Hos 2:21 Hos 2:22
⁸ O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after^j Lit himyou. I am like a luxuriant cypress; From Me comes your fruit.	8 Job 34:32 Hos 14:3 Isa 41:19 Eze 17:23
⁹ 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 righteous will walk in them, But transgressors will stumble in them.	9 Psa 107:43 Jer 9:12 Psa 111:7 Psa 111:8 Pro 10:29 Zep 3:5 Isa 26:7 Isa 1:28


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