24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the Lord, (A)have brought down the high tree and exalted the low tree, dried up the green tree and made the dry tree flourish; (B)I, the Lord, have spoken and have done it.

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14 (A)Can your heart endure, or can your hands remain strong, in the days when I shall deal with you? (B)I, the Lord, have spoken, and will do it.

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14 I (A)will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it and performed it,” says the Lord.’ ”

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“I will heal their (A)backsliding,
I will (B)love them freely,
For My anger has turned away from him.
I will be like the (C)dew to Israel;
He shall [a]grow like the lily,
And [b]lengthen his roots like Lebanon.
His branches shall [c]spread;
(D)His beauty shall be like an olive tree,
And (E)his fragrance like Lebanon.
(F)Those who dwell under his shadow shall return;
They shall be revived like grain,
And [d]grow like a vine.
Their [e]scent shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

“Ephraim shall say, ‘What have I to do anymore with idols?’
I have heard and observed him.
I am like a green cypress tree;
(G)Your fruit is found in Me.”

Who is wise?
Let him understand these things.
Who is prudent?
Let him know them.
For (H)the ways of the Lord are right;
The righteous walk in them,
But transgressors stumble in them.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:5 Lit. bud or sprout
  2. Hosea 14:5 Lit. strike
  3. Hosea 14:6 Lit. go
  4. Hosea 14:7 Lit. bud or sprout
  5. Hosea 14:7 Lit. remembrance

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