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The Prophet Hosea

⭑ King James Version 1769 including Apocrypha ⭑

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- Chapter 14 -

(Jeremiah 3:11–25; Zechariah 1:1–6)
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.(a)
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.

A Promise of God’s Blessing

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.(b) (c)
6
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.(d)
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.(e) (f)
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.
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.

Footnotes

(a)14:2 receive…: or, give good
(b)14:5 grow: or, blossom
(c)14:5 cast…: Heb. strike
(d)14:6 spread: Heb. go
(e)14:7 grow: or, blossom
(f)14:7 scent: or, memorial
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