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| [1]Samaria shall bear her guilt, for she hath rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. |
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| [2]Return, O Israel, unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 thy God; for thou hast stumbled in thine iniquity. |
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| [3]Take with you words, and return unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇; say unto Him: 'Forgive all iniquity, and accept that which is good; so will we render for bullocks the offering of our lips. |
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| [4]Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we call any more the work of our hands our gods; for in Thee the fatherless findeth mercy.' |
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| [5]I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for Mine anger is turned away from him. |
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| [6]I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. |
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| [7]H branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his fragrance as Lebanon. |
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| [8]They that dwell under his shadow shall again make corn to grow, and shall blossom as the vine; the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. |
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| [9]Ephraim shall say: 'What have I to do any more with idols?' As for Me, I respond and look on him; I am like a leafy cypress-tree; from Me is thy fruit found. |
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| [10]Whoso is wise, let him understand these things, whoso is prudent, let him know them. For the ways of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 are right, and the just do walk in them; but transgressors do stumble therein. |
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