Hosea Chapter 14
(Original 1611 KJV Bible)

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CHAP. XIV.

1 An exhortation to repentance. 4 A promise of Gods blessing.

¹ O Israel, returne vnto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquitie.

² Take with you words, and turne to the Lord, say vnto him, Take away all iniquitie, and receiue vs graciously: so will wee render the calues of our lips.²

³ Asshur shall not saue vs, we will not ride vpon horses, neither will wee say any more to the work of our hands, Yee are our gods: for in thee the fatherlesse findeth mercie.

⁴ ¶ I will heale their backsliding, I will loue them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

⁵ I wil be as the dew vnto Israel: hee shall grow as the lillie, and cast foorth his rootes as Lebanon.⁵

⁶ His branches shall spread, and his beautie shalbe as the oliue tree, and his smell as Lebanon.⁶

⁷ They that dwell vnder his shadow shall returne: they shall reuiue as the corne, & grow as the vine, the sent thereof shalbe as the wine of Lebanon.⁷

⁸ Ephraim shall say, What haue I to doe any more with idoles? I haue heard him, and obserued him: I am like a greene firre tree, from me is thy fruite found.

⁹ Who is wise, and hee shall vnderstand these things? prudent, and hee shall know them? for the wayes of the Lord are right, and the iust shall walke in them: but the transgressours shall fall therein.

Hosea Chapter 14 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):

² Or, giue good. , Hebr.13. 15.
⁵ Or, blossom. , Heb. strike.
⁶ Hebr. shall goe.
⁷ Or, blossom. , Or, memoriall.

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