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Return to the Lord

14 Israel, you fell and sinned against God. So come back to the Lord your God. Think about what you will say, and come back to the Lord. Say to him,

“Take away our sin,
    and accept these words as our sacrifice.
    We offer you the praise from our lips.[a]
Assyria will not save us.
    We will not ride on war horses.
We will never again say, ‘Our God’
    to something we made with our hands.
This is because you are the one who
    shows mercy to orphans.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:2 praise from our lips Literally, “the fruit of our lips.”

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