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# Chapter 14
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1 Israel, return to the Lord your God,
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for you have stumbled in your iniquity.
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2 Take words of repentance with you
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and return to the Lord.
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Say to him, “Forgive all our iniquity
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and accept what is good,
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so that we may repay you
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with praise from our lips.
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3 Assyria will not save us,
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we will not ride on horses,
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and we will no longer proclaim, ‘Our gods!’
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to the work of our hands.
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For the fatherless receives compassion in you.”
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4 I will heal their apostasy;
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I will freely love them,
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for my anger will have turned from him.
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5 I will be like the dew to Israel;
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he will blossom like the lily
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and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
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6 His new branches will spread,
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and his splendor will be like the olive tree,
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his fragrance, like the forest of Lebanon.
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7 The people will return and live beneath his shade.
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They will grow grain
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and blossom like the vine.
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His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.
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8 Ephraim, why should I have anything more
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to do with idols?
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It is I who answer and watch over him.
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I am like a flourishing pine tree;
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your fruit comes from me.
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9 Let whoever is wise understand these things,
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and whoever is insightful recognize them.
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For the ways of the Lord are right,
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and the righteous walk in them,
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but the rebellious stumble in them. |