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Hosea 14

1OIsrael, return unto Jehovah thyGodH430;forthou hastfallenH5307bythine iniquity.

2Takewithyouwords,andturnH7725toJehovah;sayuntohim, ForgivealliniquityH5771,andreceive [us]graciously;sowillwerenderthecalvesofourlips.

3Assyriashallnot saveus;wewillnot rideuponhorses:neitherwillwesayH559anymoretotheworkofourhands, [Thou art]ourGod;becauseintheethefatherless findethmercy.

4Iwillhealtheirbacksliding,Iwilllovethemfreely;formine angeristurnedawayfromhim.

5Iwillbeasthedew unto Israel:heshall blossomasthelily,andcast forthhisrootsasLebanon.

6Hisshootsshallspread,andhisbeautyshallbeH1961astheolive-tree,andhissmellasLebanonH3844.

7They shall returnandsit underhisshadow; they shall revive [as] corn,andblossomasthevine:therenown thereof shallbeוִיהִ֥יvi.HiH1961asthewineofLebanonH3844.

8Ephraim [shallsay], WhathaveItodo any morewithidols? (Ianswer[him],andIwillobservehim.)Iamlikeagreen fir-tree. —Frommeisthy fruit found.

9Whoiswise,andheshallunderstand these things? intelligent,andheshallknowthem?ForthewaysofJehovahareright,andthejustshallwalkinthem;butthetransgressorsshallfalltherein.

Commentaries on Hosea 14

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