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Septuagint What more has Ephraim">b</a></sup></span> to do with idols?</p><p class="line2">I will answer him and care for him.</p><p class="line1">I am like a flourishing juniper;</p><p class="line2">your fruitfulness comes from me.”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/14-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Who is wise? Let them realize these things.</p><p class="line2">Who is discerning? Let them understand.</p><p class="line1">The ways of the <span class="name">Lord</span> are right;</p><p class="line2">the righteous walk in them,</p><p class="line2">but the rebellious stumble in them.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>offer our lips as sacrifices of bulls</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or Hebrew; Septuagint <i>What more has Ephraim</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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