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Assurance of Forgiveness

I will heal their disloyalty;
    I will love them freely,
    for my anger has turned from them.(A)
I will be like the dew to Israel;
    he shall blossom like the lily;
    he shall strike root like the forests of Lebanon.[a](B)
His shoots shall spread out;
    his beauty shall be like the olive tree
    and his fragrance like that of Lebanon.(C)
They shall again live beneath my[b] shadow;
    they shall flourish as a garden;[c]
they shall blossom like the vine;
    their fragrance shall be like the wine of Lebanon.(D)

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

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Footnotes

  1. 14.5 Cn: Heb like Lebanon
  2. 14.7 Heb his
  3. 14.7 Cn: Heb they shall grow grain
  4. 14.8 Or What more has Ephraim
  5. 14.8 Heb him

I will heal their disloyalty;[a]
    I will love them freely
    because my anger has turned back
        from them.[b]
I will be like the dew to Israel;
    he will blossom like the lily plant,
and he will strike his roots like the trees of Lebanon.
    His new plant shoots will spread out;
his splendor will be like the olive tree,
    and his scent like the trees of Lebanon.
They will again dwell[c] in my[d] shadow;
    they will grow grain
and they will blossom like the plant vine;
    his fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.
O Ephraim, what have I to do[e] with idols?
    I myself have answered and looked after you.[f]
I am like a luxuriant cypress;
    your fruit[g] comes from me.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:4 Or “backsliding”
  2. Hosea 14:4 Hebrew “him”
  3. Hosea 14:7 Literally “They shall return, they shall dwell”
  4. Hosea 14:7 Hebrew “his”
  5. Hosea 14:8 Literally “what for me”
  6. Hosea 14:8 Hebrew “him”
  7. Hosea 14:8 Or “your faithfulness”