Hosea:14

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* O Israel , return to the LORD your God , For you have stumbled because of your iniquity ; * Take words with you , And return to the LORD . Say to Him , "Take away all iniquity ; Receive us graciously , For we will offer the sacrifices of our lips . * Assyria shall not save us , We will not ride on horses , Nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands , "You are our gods .' For in You the fatherless finds mercy ." * "I will heal their backsliding , I will love them freely , For My anger has turned away from him . * I will be like the dew to Israel ; He shall grow like the lily , And lengthen his roots like Lebanon . * His branches shall spread ; His beauty shall be like an olive tree , And his fragrance like Lebanon . * Those who dwell under his shadow shall return ; They shall be revived like grain , And grow like a vine . Their scent shall be like the wine of Lebanon . * "Ephraim shall say , "What have I to do anymore with idols ?' I have heard and observed him . I am like a green cypress tree ; Your fruit is found in Me ." * Who is wise ? Let him understand these things . Who is prudent ? Let him know them . For the ways of the LORD are right ; The righteous walk in them , But transgressors stumble in them .

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