Hosea 14

1Samaria shall be utterly destroyed, For she has resisted her God; And they shall fall by the sword. Their infants shall be dashed against the ground And their pregnant women ripped up.

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2Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, For you became weak through your wrongdoings.

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3Take with you words And turn to the Lord your God. Speak to Him, That you may not receive the reward of unrighteousness, But that you may receive good things. We will render in return the fruit of our lips.

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4Assyria will not save us; We will not mount on horseback. Let us no longer say to the works of our hands, 'Our gods.' He who is among you shall have mercy on the orphan.

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5'I will restore their dwellings. I will love them willingly, For he has turned away My wrath from them.

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6I will be as dew to Israel; He shall bloom as the lily And cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

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7His branches shall spread, And he shall be as a fruitful olive tree, And his fragrance shall be as the smell of Lebanon.

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8They shall return and dwell under his shadow; They shall live and be satisfied with corn, And he shall flower as a vine; His memorial shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

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9'To Ephraim: What has he to do any more with idols? I have humbled him And I will strengthen him. I am as a leafy juniper tree. From Me your fruit is found.'

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10Who is wise and will understand these things? Or prudent and will know them? For the ways of the Lord are straight, And the righteous shall walk in them; But the ungodly shall become weak in them.

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