Hosea 14:4-9

4 I awill heal their apostasy;
bI will love them freely,
for my anger has turned from them.
5 cI will be like the dew to Israel;
dhe shall blossom like the lily;
he shall take root like the trees eof Lebanon;
6his shoots shall spread out;
his beauty shall be flike the olive,
and his fragrance like Lebanon.
7They shall return and gdwell beneath my
Hebrew his
shadow;
they shall flourish like the grain;
they shall blossom like the vine;
their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
8 O iEphraim, what have I to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look after you.
Hebrew him

I am like an evergreen cypress;
kfrom me comes your fruit.
9 lWhoever is wise, let him understand these things;
whoever is discerning, let him know them;
for the ways of the Lord are right,
and mthe upright walk in them,
nbut transgressors stumble in them.
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