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- O Israel, returne vnto the Lorde thy God, for thou hast fallen through thine owne wickednesse.
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- Take these wordes with you, whe ye turne to the Lorde, and say vnto him, O forgeue vs all our sinnes, receaue vs graciously, and then wyll we offer the Calues of our lippes vnto thee.
- 3
- Asshur shalbe no more our helper, neither will we ride vpon horses any more, neither wyll we say any more to the worke of our handes, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherlesse findeth mercie.
- 4
- I wyll heale their rebellion, I wyll loue them freely: for mine anger is turned away from hym.
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- I wyll be vnto Israel as the deawe, and he shall growe as the lilie, and his roote shall breake out as the [trees] of Libanus.
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- His braunches shal spreade out abrode, and be as faire as the oliue tree, & smell as Libanus.
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- They that dwell vnder his shadowe, shall returne & growe vp as the corne, and florishe as the vine: he shall haue as good a name as the wine of Libanus.
- 8
- Ephraim [shall say] what haue I to do with idols any more?
I haue hearde him, and loked vpon him, I am like a greene firre tree, vpon me is thy fruite founde.
- 9
- Who so is wise, shall vnderstande these thinges, and he that is right instruct wyll regarde them: for the wayes of the Lorde are righteous, such as be godly wyll walke in them: as for the wicked, they shall stumble therin.
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