Hosea 14:7-9

The Voice

⁷    The people will return from exile and sit in My shade once again;
        they’ll flourish like grain; they’ll send out shoots like the vine.
    And their fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.

⁸    Ephraim, what do I have in common with deaf and blind idols?
        I’m the One who responds to your pleas and cares for you.
    I’m like a flourishing juniper tree; I provide life year-round.

⁹The wise will understand these things;
the perceptive will know them.
For everything the Eternal One does is right,
and the righteous follow His ways.
But those who turn against Him will stumble along His path.

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