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37 lines
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# Chapter 14
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1 O Israel, return to the Lord your God,
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For you have stumbled because of your iniquity;
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2 Take words with you,
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And return to the Lord.
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Say to Him,
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“Take away all iniquity;
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Receive us graciously,
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For we will offer the sacrifices of our lips.
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3 Assyria shall not save us,
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We will not ride on horses,
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Nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands, ‘You are our gods.’
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For in You the fatherless finds mercy.”
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4 “I will heal their backsliding,
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I will love them freely,
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For My anger has turned away from him.
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5 I will be like the dew to Israel;
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He shall grow like the lily,
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And lengthen his roots like Lebanon.
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6 His branches shall spread;
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His beauty shall be like an olive tree,
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And his fragrance like Lebanon.
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7 Those who dwell under his shadow shall return;
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They shall be revived like grain,
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And grow like a vine.
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Their scent shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
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8 “Ephraim shall say, ‘What have I to do anymore with idols?’
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I have heard and observed him.
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I am like a green cypress tree;
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Your fruit is found in Me.”
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9 Who is wise?
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Let him understand these things.
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Who is prudent?
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Let him know them.
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For the ways of the Lord are right;
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The righteous walk in them,
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But transgressors stumble in them. |