HO-14:1 O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast

fallen by thine iniquity.

HO-14:2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him,

Take away all iniquity, and receive [us] graciously: so will we

render the calves of our lips.

HO-14:3 Asshur 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.

HO-14:4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely:

for mine anger is turned away from him.

HO-14:5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the

lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

HO-14:6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as

the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

HO-14:7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they

shall revive [as] the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent

thereof [shall be] as the wine of Lebanon.

HO-14:8 Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with

idols? I have heard [him], and observed him: I [am] like a green

fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

HO-14:9 Who [is] wise, and he shall understand these [things]?

prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD [are]

right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors

shall fall therein.

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