Hosea:14

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* O Israel , return to LORD thy God , for thou have fallen by thine iniquity . * Take with you words , and return to LORD . Say to him , Take away all iniquity , and accept that which is good . So we will render [as ] bullocks [the offering of ] our lips . * Assyria shall not save us . We will not ride upon horses , nor will we say any more to the work of our hands , Our gods . For in thee the fatherless finds mercy . * I will heal their backsliding . I will love them freely . For my anger is turned away from him . * I will be as the dew to Israel . He shall blossom as the lily , and cast forth his roots as Lebanon . * His branches shall spread , and his beauty shall be as the olive tree , and his smell as Lebanon . * Those who dwell under his shadow shall return . They shall revive [as ] the grain , and blossom as the vine . The scent of it shall be as the wine of Lebanon . * Ephraim [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 thy fruit is found . * Who is wise , that he may understand these things , prudent , that he may know them ? For the ways of LORD are right , and the just shall walk in them . But transgressors shall fall therein .

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