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Hosea 14

1 The destruction of Samaria. 3 He exhorteth Israél to turn to God, who requireth praise and thanks.
1.O Israél, areturn unto the Lord thy God: for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
2.Take unto you words, and turn to the Lord, & say unto him, bTake away all iniquity, & receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of cour lips.
3.Asshúr shal dnot save us, neither will we ride upon horses, neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless find mercy.
4.eI will heal their rebellion: I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
5.I will be as the dew unto Israél: he shal grow as the lily and fasten his roots as the trees of Lebanón
6.His branches shal spread, and his beauty shalbe as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanón.
7.They that dwell under his fshadow, shal return: they shal revive as the corn, and florish as the vine: the scent thereof shalbe as the wine of Lebanón.
8.Ephráim shal say, What have I to do any more with idols? I ghave heard him, and looked upon him: I am like a green fir tre: upon me is thy fruit found.
9.Who is hwise, and he shal understand these things? and prudent, and he shal know them? for the ways of the Lord are righteous, and the just shal walk in them: but the wicked shal fall therein.

Notes

1-a.
He exhorts them to repentance, to avoid all these plagues, willing them to declare by words their obedience and repentance.
2-b.
He shows them how they ought to confess their sins.
2-c.
Declaring, that this is the true sacrifice, that the faithful can offer, even thanks and praise, Ebr. 13.15.
3-d.
We will leave off all vain confidence and pride.
4-e.
He declares how ready God is to receive them that do repent.
7-h.
Whosoever join themselves to this people, shall be blessed.
8-g.
God shows how prompt he is to hear his, when they repent, and to offer himself, as a protection, & savegard unto them, as a most sufficient fruit and profit.
9-h.
Signifying that the true wisdom and knowledge consists in this, even to rest upon God.