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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hosea/13.htm" title="Hosea 13">◄</a> Hosea 14 <a href="../joel/1.htm" title="Joel 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch35014" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn35014" class="cn"></h1> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v35014001" class="ver">1</span>Samaria<a id="rfn35014001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35014001-1">*</a> has become guilty,</p> <p class="sl1">for she has rebelled against her God.</p> <p class="sl">They shall fall by the sword,</p> <p class="sl1">their infants shall be dashed to pieces,<a id="ren35014001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35014001-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl1">their pregnant women shall be ripped open.<a id="ren35014001-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35014001-b">b</a></p> </div> <section> <h2 class="ah">Sincere Conversion and New Life</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v35014002" class="ver">2</span>Return, Israel, to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God;</p> <p class="sl1">you have stumbled because of your iniquity.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35014003" class="ver">3</span>Take with you words,</p> <p class="sl1">and return to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>;</p> <p class="sl">Say to him, “Forgive all iniquity,</p> <p class="sl1">and take what is good.</p> <p class="sl1">Let us offer the fruit of our lips.<a id="ren35014003-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35014003-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35014004" class="ver">4</span><a id="rfn35014004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35014004-1">*</a> Assyria will not save us,</p> <p class="sl1">nor will we mount horses;<a id="ren35014004-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35014004-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl">We will never again say, ‘Our god,’</p> <p class="sl1">to the work of our hands;</p> <p class="sl1">for in you the orphan finds compassion.”<a id="ren35014004-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35014004-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35014005" class="ver">5</span>I will heal their apostasy,</p> <p class="sl1">I will love them freely;</p> <p class="sl1">for my anger is turned away from them.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35014006" class="ver">6</span>I will be like the dew for Israel:<a id="ren35014006-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35014006-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl1">he will blossom like the lily;</p> <p class="sl">He will strike root like the Lebanon cedar,</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v35014007" class="ver">7</span>and his shoots will go forth.<a id="ren35014007-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35014007-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl">His splendor will be like the olive tree</p> <p class="sl1">and his fragrance like Lebanon cedar.<a id="ren35014007-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35014007-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35014008" class="ver">8</span>Again they will live in his shade;</p> <p class="sl1">they will raise grain,</p> <p class="sl">They will blossom like the vine,</p> <p class="sl1">and his renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v35014009" class="ver">9</span>Ephraim! What more have I to do with idols?<a id="ren35014009-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35014009-i">i</a></p> <p class="sl1">I have humbled him, but I will take note of him.</p> <p class="sl">I am like a verdant cypress tree.<a id="rfn35014009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35014009-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">From me fruit will be found for you!</p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">Epilogue</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v35014010" class="ver">10</span><a id="rfn35014010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35014010-1">*</a> Who is wise enough to understand these things?<a id="ren35014010-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35014010-j">j</a></p> <p class="sl1">Who is intelligent enough to know them?</p> <p class="sl">Straight are the paths of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,<a id="ren35014010-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35014010-k">k</a></p> <p class="sl1">the just walk in them,<a id="ren35014010-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35014010-l">l</a></p> <p class="sl1">but sinners stumble in them.</p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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