Hosea 14:3-5

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³Assyria cannot save us.
    We will not trust in our horses.
We will not say again, ‘Our gods,’
    to the things our hands have made.
    You show mercy to us, who are like orphans.”

⁴The Lord says,
“I will forgive them for leaving me.
    I will love them freely.
    I am not angry with them anymore.
⁵I will be like the dew to Israel.
    It will blossom like a lily.
Like the cedar trees in Lebanon,
    its roots will be firm.

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Hosea 14:3-5

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³Assyria cannot save us;^(A)
    we will not mount warhorses.^(B)
We will never again say ‘Our gods’^(C)
    to what our own hands have made,^(D)
    for in you the fatherless^(E) find compassion.”

⁴“I will heal^(F) their waywardness^(G)
    and love them freely,^(H)
    for my anger has turned away^(I) from them.
⁵I will be like the dew^(J) to Israel;
    he will blossom like a lily.^(K)
Like a cedar of Lebanon^(L)
    he will send down his roots;^(M)

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