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Assyria shall not save us;
    we will not ride upon horses;
we will say no more, “Our God”,
    to the work of our hands.
In you the orphan finds mercy.’

Assurance of Forgiveness

I will heal their disloyalty;
    I will love them freely,
    for my anger has turned from them.
I will be like the dew to Israel;
    he shall blossom like the lily,
    he shall strike root like the forests of Lebanon.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:5 Cn: Heb like Lebanon

Assyria cannot save us;(A)
    we will not mount warhorses.(B)
We will never again say ‘Our gods’(C)
    to what our own hands have made,(D)
    for in you the fatherless(E) find compassion.”

“I will heal(F) their waywardness(G)
    and love them freely,(H)
    for my anger has turned away(I) from them.
I will be like the dew(J) to Israel;
    he will blossom like a lily.(K)
Like a cedar of Lebanon(L)
    he will send down his roots;(M)

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