1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures (DBY)
Hosea 14
1 An exhortation to repentance. 4 A promise of God's blessing.
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14:1 ¶
O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
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14:2
Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah; say unto him, Forgive all iniquity, and receive [us] graciously; so will we render the calves of our lips.
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14:3
Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Thou art] our God; because in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
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14:4 ¶
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.
![Online Translations of the Bible Hosea 14:5 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
14:5
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
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14:6
His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
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14:7
They shall return and sit under his shadow; they shall revive [as] corn, and blossom as the vine: the renown thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
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14:8
Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? (I answer [him], and I will observe him.) I am like a green fir-tree.From me is thy fruit found.
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14:9
Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? intelligent, and he shall know them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but the transgressors shall fall therein.