| Chapter 14 |
1 | O israel, return unto the LORD
thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. |
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. |
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. |
4
| I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine
anger is turned away from him. |
5 | I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily,
and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. |
6 | His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the
olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. |
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. |
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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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. |
