Hosea 14

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Israel’s Future Blessing

14 ^[a]^(A)Return, Israel, to the Lord your God,
For you have stumbled ^[b]because of your ^(B)wrongdoing.
²Take words with you and return to the Lord.
Say to Him, “^(C)Take away all guilt
And ^[c]receive us graciously,
So that we may ^(D)present ^[d]the fruit of our lips.
³Assyria will not save us,
We will ^(E)not ride on horses;
Nor will we say again, ‘^(F)Our god’
To the ^(G)work of our hands;
For in ^(H)You the ^[e]orphan finds mercy.”

⁴I will ^(I)heal their apostasy,
I will ^(J)love them freely,
Because My anger has ^(K)turned away from them.
⁵I will be like the ^(L)dew to Israel;
He will blossom like the ^(M)lily,
And he will ^[f]take root like the cedars of ^(N)Lebanon.
⁶His shoots will ^[g]sprout,
His ^[h]majesty will be like the ^(O)olive tree,
And his fragrance like the cedars of ^(P)Lebanon.
⁷Those who ^(Q)live in his shadow
Will ^[i]again raise ^(R)grain,
And they will blossom like the vine.
His fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.

⁸Ephraim, what more have I to do with ^(S)idols?
It is I who answer and look after ^[j]you.
I am like a luxuriant ^(T)juniper;
From ^(U)Me ^[k]comes your fruit.

⁹^(V)Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
Whoever is discerning, let him know them.
For the ^(W)ways of the Lord are right,
And the ^(X)righteous will walk in them,
But ^(Y)wrongdoers will stumble in them.

Footnotes

Hosea 14:1 Ch 14:2 in Heb
Hosea 14:1 Or in
Hosea 14:2 Or accept that which is good
Hosea 14:2 As in ancient versions; MT our lips as bulls
Hosea 14:3 Or fatherless
Hosea 14:5 Lit strike his roots
Hosea 14:6 Lit go
Hosea 14:6 Lit splendor
Hosea 14:7 Or return, they will raise grain
Hosea 14:8 Lit him
Hosea 14:8 Lit is found

John 14:15-31

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¹⁵“^(A)If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

The Holy Spirit

¹⁶I will ask the Father, and He will give you another ^[a]^(B)Helper, so that He may be with you forever; ¹⁷the Helper is ^(C)the Spirit of truth, ^(D)whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him; but you know Him because He remains with you and will be in you.

¹⁸“I will not leave you as orphans; ^(E)I am coming to you. ¹⁹^[b]^(F)After a little while, ^(G)the world no longer is going to see Me, but you are going to see Me; ^(H)because I live, you also will live. ²⁰^(I)On that day you will know that ^(J)I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I in you. ²¹^(K)The one who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and ^(L)the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will ^(M)reveal Myself to him.” ²²^(N)Judas (not Iscariot) *said to Him, “Lord, what has happened ^(O)that You are going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?” ²³Jesus answered and said to him, “^(P)If anyone loves Me, he will ^(Q)follow My word; and ^(R)My Father will love him, and We ^(S)will come to him and make Our dwelling with him. ²⁴The one who does not love Me ^(T)does not follow My words; and ^(U)the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.

²⁵“These things I have spoken to you while remaining with you. ²⁶But the ^(V)Helper, the Holy Spirit ^(W)whom the Father will send in My name, ^(X)He will teach you all things, and ^(Y)remind you of all that I said to you. ²⁷^(Z)Peace I leave you, My peace I give you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. ^(AA)^[c]Do not let your hearts be troubled, nor ^[d]fearful. ²⁸^(AB)You heard that I said to you, ‘I am going away, and ^(AC)I am coming to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced ^[e]because ^(AD)I am going to the Father, for ^(AE)the Father is greater than I. ²⁹And now ^(AF)I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe. ³⁰I will not speak much more with you, for ^(AG)the ruler of the world is coming, and he has ^[f]nothing in regard to Me, ³¹but so that the world may know that I love the Father, ^[g]I do exactly as ^(AH)the Father commanded Me. Get up, ^(AI)let’s go from here.