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Chapter 14
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O israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast
fallen by thine iniquity. |
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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. |
3
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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: 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. |
