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his shoots shall spread out;
    his beauty shall be like the olive,
    and his fragrance like Lebanon.
They shall return and dwell beneath my[a] shadow,
    they shall flourish as a garden;[b]
they shall blossom as the vine,
    their fragrance shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

O E′phraim, what have I to do with idols?
    It is I who answer and look after you.[c]
I am like an evergreen cypress,
    from me comes your fruit.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:7 Heb his
  2. Hosea 14:7 Cn: Heb they shall grow grain
  3. Hosea 14:8 Heb him

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