ach. 6:1; 12:6; [ch. 3:5]
b[ch. 13:9]
c[ch. 5:15]
dHeb. 13:15; [Ps. 50:13, 14; 69:30, 31]
fch. 5:13
g[Isa. 30:16; 31:1]
h[ver. 8]
iSee Ps. 10:14
jJer. 3:22; [ch. 6:1]
k[ch. 11:1]
l[ch. 6:3]
mIsa. 27:6
n[Ps. 92:12; Isa. 35:2]
oPs. 52:8
pPs. 91:1
r[ver. 3; Isa. 30:22]
t[ch. 2:8, 23; John 15:4, 5]
uPs. 107:43; Jer. 9:12; Dan. 12:10; John 8:47; 18:37
v[Prov. 10:29; Luke 2:34; 2 Cor. 2:16]
w[Prov. 10:29; Luke 2:34; 2 Cor. 2:16]

‏ Hosea 14

A Plea to Return to the Lord

1 aReturn, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
for byou have stumbled because of your iniquity.
 2Take with you words
and return to the Lord;
say to him,
“Take away all iniquity;
accept cwhat is good,
and we will pay with bulls
dthe vows ▼
▼Septuagint, Syriac  pay the fruit
 of our lips.
 3 fAssyria shall not save us;
gwe will not ride on horses;
and hwe will say no more, ‘Our God,’
to the work of our hands.
iIn you the orphan finds mercy.”
 4I jwill heal their apostasy;
kI will love them freely,
for my anger has turned from them.
 5 lI will be like the dew to Israel;
mhe shall blossom like the lily;
he shall take root like the trees nof Lebanon;
 6his shoots shall spread out;
his beauty shall be olike the olive,
and his fragrance like Lebanon.
 7They shall return and pdwell beneath my ▼
▼Hebrew his
 shadow;
they shall flourish like the grain;
they shall blossom like the vine;
their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
 8O rEphraim, what have I to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look after you. ▼
▼Hebrew him

I am like an evergreen cypress;
tfrom me comes your fruit.
 9 uWhoever is wise, let him understand these things;
whoever is discerning, let him know them;
for the ways of the Lord are right,
and vthe upright walk in them,
wbut transgressors stumble in them.
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