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14 : 1 Return, O Israel, to theLordyour God,foryou have stumbled because of your iniquity.
14 : 2 Take with you wordsand return to theLord;say to him,Take away all iniquity;acceptwhat is good,and we will pay with bullsthe vowsof our lips.
14 : 3 Assyria shall not save us;we will not ride on horses;andwe will say no more,Our God,to the work of our hands.In you the orphan finds mercy.
14 : 4 Iwill heal their apostasy;I will love them freely,for my anger has turned from them.
14 : 5 I will be like the dew to Israel;he shall blossom like the lily;he shall take root like the treesof Lebanon;
14 : 6 his shoots shall spread out;his beauty shall belike the olive,and his fragrance like Lebanon.
14 : 7 They shall return anddwell beneath myshadow;they shall flourish like the grain;they shall blossom like the vine;their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
14 : 8 OEphraim, what have I to do with idols?It is I who answer and look after you.I am like an evergreen cypress;from me comes your fruit.
14 : 9 Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;whoever is discerning, let him know them;for the ways of theLordare right,andthe upright walk in them,but transgressors stumble in them.