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“I will heal their backsliding, I will love them
freely;
For Mine anger is turned away from him.
I will be as the dew unto Israel;
He shall blossom as the lily,
And cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
His branches shall spread,
And his beauty shall be as the olive tree,
And his smell as Lebanon.
They that dwell under his shadow shall return;
They shall revive as the grain,
And blossom as the vine....
Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more
with idols?
I have answered, and will regard him:
I am like a green fir tree;
From Me is thy fruit found.
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“Who is wise, that he may understand these things?
Prudent, that he may know them?
For the ways of Jehovah are right,
And the just shall walk in them.”
Hosea 14:4-9
, A. R. V.
“Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and
passeth over the transgression
Of the remnant of His heritage?
He retaineth not His anger forever,
Because He delighteth in loving-kindness.
He will again have compassion upon us;
He will tread our iniquities underfoot;
And Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.”
Micah 7:18, 19
, A. R. V.
“Jehovah appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee
with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn