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geneva@Hosea:14:1 @ O Israel, (note:)He exhorts them to repentance to avoid all these plagues, exhorting them to declare by words their obedience and repentance.(:note) return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

geneva@Hosea:14:2 @ Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, (note:)He shows them that they ought to confess their sins.(:note) Take away all iniquity, and receive [us] graciously: so will we render the calves of our Declaring that this is the true sacrifice that the faithful can offer, even thanks and praise; (Heb_13:15). lips.

geneva@Hosea:14:3 @ Asshur shall (note:)We will forsake all vain confidence and pride.(:note) 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.

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geneva@Hosea:14:5 @ {\cf2 (14:6)} I will be as the dewe vnto Israel: he shall grow as the lilie and fasten his rootes, as the trees of Lebanon.

geneva@Hosea:14:6 @ {\cf2 (14:7)} His branches shall spread, and his beautie shalbe as the oliue tree, and his smel as Lebanon.

geneva@Hosea:14:7 @ They that dwell under his (note:)Whoever unites themselves to this people will be blessed.(:note) shadow shall return; they shall revive [as] the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof [shall be] as the wine of Lebanon.

geneva@Hosea:14:8 @ Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I (note:)God shows how prompt he is to hear his own when they repent, and to offer himself as a protection and safeguard for them, as a most sufficient fruit and benefit.(:note) have heard [him], and observed him: I [am] like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

geneva@Hosea:14:9 @ Who [is] (note:)Signifying that the true wisdom and knowledge consists in this, even to rest upon God.(:note) 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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