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1 O ISRAEL, return to the LORD your God; for you have fallen by your iniquity. 2 Pledge loyalty, and turn to the LORD your God; and pray to him, that he may forgive your iniquity and receive blessings; then he will recompense you for the prayer of your lips. 3 And say, Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we call any more the work of our hands, gods; for thou wilt have mercy upon the fatherless. 4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love their vows; and my anger shall turn away from them. 5 I will be as the dew to Israel; he shall spring up as the lily, and cast forth his roots as cedars of Lebanon. 6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like that of Lebanon. 7 They shall return and dwell under his shadow; they shall flourish like grain, and grow as the vine; and their scent shall be like the wine of Lebanon. Hosea 14:1-7, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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