| Chapter 14 |
| 1 | O israel, return unto the LORD
thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 4 |
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for
mine anger is turned away from him. |
| 5 | 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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| 6 | His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree,
and his smell as Lebanon. |
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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. |
| 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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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. |
