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Hosea
Chapter 14
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Hosea 14:1
O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
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Hosea 14:2
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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Hosea 14:3
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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Hosea 14:4
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
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Hosea 14:5
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Source notes · Hosea 14:5
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- 5 cast…: Heb. strike
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Hosea 14:6
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
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Hosea 14:7
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.
Source notes · Hosea 14:7
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- 7 scent: or, memorial
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Hosea 14:8
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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Hosea 14:9
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.
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Reading language: English · Original language (catalog): Hebrew / Aramaic
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- Chapter 3 · 5 passage record(s)
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- Chapter 6 · 11 passage record(s)
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