Hosea Chapter 14 (NIV)
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Repentance to Bring BlessingReturn, O Israel, to the Lord your God.Your sins have been your downfall!
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Take words with youand return to the Lord.Say to him:“Forgive all our sinsand receive us graciously,that we may offer the fruit of our lips.
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Assyria cannot save us;we will not mount war-horses.We will never again say ‘Our gods’to what our own hands have made,for in you the fatherless find compassion.”
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“I will heal their waywardnessand love them freely,for my anger has turned away from them.
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I will be like the dew to Israel;he will blossom like a lily.Like a cedar of Lebanonhe will send down his roots;
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his young shoots will grow.His splendor will be like an olive tree,his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.
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Men will dwell again in his shade.He will flourish like the grain.He will blossom like a vine,and his fame will be like the wine from Lebanon.
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O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols?I will answer him and care for him.I am like a green pine tree;your fruitfulness comes from me.”
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Who is wise? He will realize these things.Who is discerning? He will understand them.The ways of the Lord are right;the righteous walk in them,but the rebellious stumble in them.
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