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| | Hsa 14:1 | Israel, return to Yahweh your God; For you have fallen because of your sin.
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| | Hsa 14:2 | Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, "Forgive all our sins, And accept that which is good: So we offer like bulls our lips.
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| | Hsa 14:3 | Assyria can't save us. We won't ride on horses; Neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, 'Our gods!' For in you the fatherless finds mercy."
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| | Hsa 14:4 | "I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; For my anger is turned away from him.
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| | Hsa 14:5 | I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, And send down his roots like Lebanon.
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| | Hsa 14:6 | His branches will spread, And his beauty will be like the olive tree, And his fragrance like Lebanon.
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| | Hsa 14:7 | Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, And blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.
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| | Hsa 14:8 | Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green fir tree; From me your fruit is found."
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| | Hsa 14:9 | Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, And the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.
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