Hosea:14

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* Return , O Israel , to Jehovah thy God ; For thou hast fallen by thine iniquity . * Take with you words , And return to Jehovah , saying , "Forgive all our iniquity , and receive us graciously , And we will render to thee the sacrifices of our lips ! * Assyria shall not help us ; We will not ride on horses ; And no more will we say to the work of our hands , Ye are our Gods ! For from thee the fatherless obtaineth mercy ." * "I will heal their rebellion ; I will love them freely ; For my anger is turned away from them . * I will be as the dew to Israel ; He shall blossom as the lily , And strike his roots like Lebanon . * His sprouts shall spread forth , And his beauty shall be as the olive –tree , And his fragrance as Lebanon . * They that dwell under his shadow Shall revive as the corn ; They shall shoot forth as the vine ; Their name shall be like the wine of Lebanon . * Ephraim shall say , What have I more to do with idols ? I will hear him ; I will care for him ; I will be like a green cypress –tree ; From me shall thy fruit be found ." * Who is wise , that he may understand these things , Prudent , that he may know them ? For the ways of Jehovah are right , And the righteous walk in them ; But in them transgressors stumble .

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