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O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols?
    It is I who answer and look after him.
I am like a green fir tree;
    your fruit is found in Me.

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
    whoever prudent, let him know them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
    and the just will walk in them;
    but the transgressors stumble in them.

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Ephraim, what more have I[a] to do with idols?(A)
    I will answer him and care for him.
I am like a flourishing juniper;(B)
    your fruitfulness comes from me.”

Who is wise?(C) Let them realize these things.
    Who is discerning? Let them understand.(D)
The ways of the Lord are right;(E)
    the righteous walk(F) in them,
    but the rebellious stumble in them.

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Footnotes

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