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A Plea to Return to the LORD
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# Chapter 14
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1. Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God,
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for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
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2. Take with you words
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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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accept what is good,
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and we will pay with bulls
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the vows 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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and we will say no more, 'Our God,'
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to the work of our hands.
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In you the orphan finds mercy."
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4. I will heal their apostasy;
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I will love them freely,
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for my anger has turned from them.
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5. I will be like the dew to Israel;
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he shall blossom like the lily;
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he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon;
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6. his shoots shall spread out;
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his beauty shall be like the olive,
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and his fragrance like Lebanon.
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7. They shall return and dwell beneath my shadow;
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they shall flourish like the grain;
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they shall blossom like the vine;
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their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
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8. O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols?
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It is I who answer and look after you.
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I am like an evergreen cypress;
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from me comes your fruit.
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9. Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
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whoever is discerning, let him know them;
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for the ways of the LORD are right,
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and the upright walk in them,
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but transgressors stumble in them.
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