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1 Return, Israel, to the LORD, your God; you have stumbled because of your iniquity. 2 Take with you words, and return to the LORD; Say to him, “Forgive all iniquity, and take what is good. Let us offer the fruit of our lips. 3 Assyria will not save us, nor will we mount horses; We will never again say, ‘Our god,’ to the work of our hands; for in you the orphan finds compassion.” 4 I will heal their apostasy, I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them. 5 I will be like the dew for Israel: he will blossom like the lily; He will strike root like the Lebanon cedar, 6 and his shoots will go forth. His splendor will be like the olive tree and his fragrance like Lebanon cedar. 7 Again they will live in his shade; they will raise grain, They will blossom like the vine, and his renown will be like the wine of Lebanon. Hosea 14:1-7, New American Bible Revised. Copyright © 2010 USCCB.
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