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His shoots shall spread out;
    his beauty shall be like the olive tree,
    and his fragrance like that of Lebanon.
They shall again live beneath my[a] shadow,
    they shall flourish as a garden;[b]
they shall blossom like the vine,
    their fragrance shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

O Ephraim, what have I[c] to do with idols?
    It is I who answer and look after you.[d]
I am like an evergreen cypress;
    your faithfulness[e] comes from me.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:7 Heb his
  2. Hosea 14:7 Cn: Heb they shall grow grain
  3. Hosea 14:8 Or What more has Ephraim
  4. Hosea 14:8 Heb him
  5. Hosea 14:8 Heb your fruit

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