Hosea:14:2-9
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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 .
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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 .
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I will heal their backsliding ,
I will love them freely :
for mine anger is turned away from him .
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I will be as the dew unto Israel Yisra #
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he shall grow as the lily ,
and cast forth his roots as Lebanon .
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His branches shall spread ,
and his beauty shall be as the olive tree ,
and his smell as Lebanon .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .