HOSHEA
(Book of Hosea)
Chapter 14

Hoshea 13

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Return, O Israel, unto HaShem thy G-d; for thou hast stumbled in thine iniquity.
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Take with you words, and return unto HaShem; say unto Him: 'Forgive all iniquity, and accept that which is good; so will we render for bullocks the offering of our lips.
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Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we call any more the work of our hands our gods; for in Thee the fatherless findeth mercy.'

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I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for Mine anger is turned away from him.
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I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
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His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his fragrance as Lebanon.
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They that dwell under his shadow shall again make corn to grow, and shall blossom as the vine; the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

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Ephraim shall say: 'What have I to do any more with idols?' As for Me, I respond and look on him; I am like a leafy cypress-tree; from Me is thy fruit found.
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Whoso is wise, let him understand these things, whoso is prudent, let him know them. For the ways of HaShem are right, and the just do walk in them; but transgressors do stumble therein.
Hoshea 15

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