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Hosea 14
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| 14:1
O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine
iniquity. |
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| 14:2
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. |
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| 14:3
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. |
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| 14:4
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is
turned away from him. |
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| 14:5
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast
forth his roots as Lebanon. |
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| 14:6
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and
his smell as Lebanon. |
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| 14:7
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. |
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| 14:8
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. |
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| 14:9
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.
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 (14:9) "The just shall walk in them"
Has the ever been a just person?
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