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Say to him:</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">‘Take away all our<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:2 The Heb. lacks our">b</a></span> iniquity,</p> <p class="poetry2">and accept what is good.</p> <p class="poetry2">Then we will present the fruit<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:2 So LXX and DSS. MT reads bulls">c</a></span> of our lips.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/14-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Assyria won’t save us;</p> <p class="poetry2">we won’t be riding on horses,</p> <p class="poetry2">Nor will we be saying anymore to the work of our hands,</p> <p class="poetry2">“You are<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:3 The Heb. lacks You are">d</a></span> our God.”</p> <p class="poetry2">Indeed, in you the orphan finds mercy.’</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/14-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“I will correct their apostasy,</p> <p class="poetry2">loving them freely,</p> <p class="poetry2">since my anger will have turned away from them.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:4 Lit. him">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/14-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I will be like the dew to Israel;</p> <p class="poetry2">Israel<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:5 Lit. he">f</a></span> will blossom like a lily,</p> <p class="poetry2">growing roots like the cedars of<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:5 The Heb. lacks the cedars of">g</a></span> Lebanon.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/14-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Israel’s<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:6 Lit. His">h</a></span> branches will spread out,</p> <p class="poetry2">and its beauty will be like an olive tree,</p> <p class="poetry2">with its scent like that of Lebanon.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/14-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Those who live under its protection<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:7 Lit. shadow">i</a></span> will surely return.</p> <p class="poetry2">Their grain will flourish;</p> <p class="poetry2">they will blossom like a vine,</p> <p class="poetry2">and Israel’s<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:7 Lit. His">j</a></span> scent will be like wine from Lebanon.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/14-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Ephraim, what have I in common with idols?</p> <p class="poetry2">I have listened and will pay attention to him.</p> <p class="poetry2">I am like a flourishing cypress;</p> <p class="poetry2">in me will your fruit be found.”</p> <p class="heading">Concluding Counsel</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/14-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Whoever is wise, let him understand these things.</p> <p class="poetry2">Whoever is discerning, let him know them.</p> <p class="poetry2">For the ways of the LORD are right:</p> <p class="poetry2">the righteous follow his example,</p> <p class="poetry2">but the rebellious stumble in them.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 14:1 This v. is 14:2 in MT, and so throughout the chapter.<br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 14:2 The Heb. lacks <i>our</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 14:2 So LXX and DSS. 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