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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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  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(A) their waywardness(B)
    and love them freely,(C)
    for my anger has turned away(D) from them.
I will be like the dew(E) to Israel;
    he will blossom like a lily.(F)
Like a cedar of Lebanon(G)
    he will send down his roots;(H)
    his young shoots will grow.
His splendor will be like an olive tree,(I)
    his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.(J)
People will dwell again in his shade;(K)
    they will flourish like the grain,
they will blossom(L) like the vine—
    Israel’s fame will be like the wine(M) of Lebanon.(N)
Ephraim, what more have I[a] to do with idols?(O)
    I will answer him and care for him.
I am like a flourishing juniper;(P)
    your fruitfulness comes from me.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:8 Or Hebrew; Septuagint What more has Ephraim