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1 (14-2) Return, O Israel, to the Lord thy God: for thou hast fallen down by thy iniquity.
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Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
2 (14-3) Take with you words, and return to the Lord, and say to him: Take away all iniquity, and receive the good: and we will render the calves of our lips.
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Take words with you and return to the Lord; say to him, "Take away all guilt; accept that which is good, and we will offer the fruit of our lips.
3 (14-4) Assyria shall not save us, we will not ride upon horses, neither will we say any more: The works of our hands are our gods: for thou wilt have mercy on the fatherless that is in thee.
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Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; we will say no more, "Our God,' to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy."
4 (14-5) I will heal their breaches, I will love them freely: for my wrath is turned away from them.
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I will heal their disloyalty; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them.
5 (14-6) I will be as the dew, Israel shall spring as the lily, and his root shall shoot forth as that of Libanus.
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I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily, he shall strike root like the forests of Lebanon.
6 (14-7) His branches shall spread, and his glory shall be as the olive tree: and his smell as that of Libanus.
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His shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like that of Lebanon.
7 (14-8) They shall be converted that sit under his shadow: they shall live upon wheat, and they shall blossom as a vine: his memorial shall be as the wine of Libanus.
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They shall again live beneath my shadow, they shall flourish as a garden; they shall blossom like the vine, their fragrance shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
8 (14-9) Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I will hear him, and I will make him flourish like a green fir tree: from me is thy fruit found.
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O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress; your faithfulness comes from me.
9 (14-10) Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know these things? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall in them.
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Those who are wise understand these things; those who are discerning know them. For the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.
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