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Its young shoots will sprout.
    Its beauty will be like an olive tree.
    Its fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.
Those who live in Israel’s shade will once again grow grain.
    They will blossom like a grape vine.
    Its fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.
Ephraim, how much more do I have to put up with from idols?
    I am the one who has answered, and I look after him.
    I am like a fresh fir tree.
    Your fruit comes from me.

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    his young shoots will grow.
His splendor will be like an olive tree,(A)
    his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.(B)
People will dwell again in his shade;(C)
    they will flourish like the grain,
they will blossom(D) like the vine—
    Israel’s fame will be like the wine(E) of Lebanon.(F)
Ephraim, what more have I[a] to do with idols?(G)
    I will answer him and care for him.
I am like a flourishing juniper;(H)
    your fruitfulness comes from me.”

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Footnotes

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