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1 Return, O Israel, unto the LORD thy God; For thou hast stumbled in thine iniquity. 2 Take with you words, And return unto the LORD; Say unto Him: 'Forgive all iniquity, And accept that which is good; So will we render for bullocks the offering of our lips. 3 Asshur shall not save us; We will not ride upon horses; Neither will we call any more the work of our hands our gods; For in Thee the fatherless findeth mercy.' 4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; For Mine anger is turned away from him. 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel; He shall blossom as the lily, And cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 6 His branches shall spread, And his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, And his fragrance as Lebanon. 7 They that dwell under his shadow shall again Make corn to grow, And shall blossom as the vine; The scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. Hosea 14:1-7, JPS Tanakh 1917. Public domain.
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