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\c 14
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\p
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\q
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\v 1 Israel, return to Yahweh your God,
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\q for you have fallen because of your iniquity.
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\q
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\v 2 Take with you words and return to Yahweh.
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\q Say to him, "Take away all our iniquity
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\q and accept what is good,
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\q so that we may offer to you the fruit of our lips.
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\f + \ft The phrase \fqa so that we may offer to you the fruit of our lips \fqa* represents the interpretation of some ancient versions. The Hebrew text has \fqa so that we may offer bulls, our lips \fqa* . Some modern versions interpret this to mean, \fqa so that we may offer to you bulls, which we have promised to do \fqa* . \f*
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 Assyria will not save us;
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\q we will not ride on horses to war.
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\q Neither will we say anymore to the work of our hands,
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\q 'You are our gods,'
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\q for in you the fatherless person finds compassion."
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\s5
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\p
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\q
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\v 4 "I will heal their turning away;
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\q I will love them freely,
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\q for my anger has turned away from him.
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\q
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\v 5 I will be like the dew to Israel;
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\q he will blossom like the lily
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\q and take root like a cedar in Lebanon.
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\q
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\v 6 His branches will spread out;
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\q his beauty will be like the olive trees,
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\q and his fragrance like the cedars in Lebanon.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 The people who live in his shade will return;
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\q they will revive like grain
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\q and blossom like vines.
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\q His fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.
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\q
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\v 8 Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols?
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\q I will answer him and care for him.
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\q I am like a cypress whose leaves are always green;
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\q from me comes your fruit."
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 Who is wise that he may understand these things?
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\q Who understands these things so that he may know them?
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\q For the ways of Yahweh are right,
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\q and the righteous will walk in them,
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\q but the rebellious will stumble in them.
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