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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But the more they were called,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="content">the more they went away from me.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:2 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">them</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="content">They sacrificed to the Baals</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="content">and they burned incense to images.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="content">taking them by the arms;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="content">but they did not realize</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="content">it was I who healed them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I led them with cords of human kindness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">with ties of love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">To them I was like one who lifts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">a little child to the cheek,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">and I bent down to feed them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will they not return to Egypt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"><span class="content">and will not Assyria rule over them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"><span class="content">because they refuse to repent?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A sword will flash in their cities;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"><span class="content">it will devour their false prophets</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"><span class="content">and put an end to their plans.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">My people are determined to turn from me.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"><span class="content">Even though they call me God Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"><span class="content">I will by no means exalt them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;How can I give you up, Ephraim?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">How can I hand you over, Israel?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">How can I treat you like Admah?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">How can I make you like Zeboyim?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">My heart is changed within me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">all my compassion is aroused.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will not carry out my fierce anger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">nor will I devastate Ephraim again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">For I am God, and not a man&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">the Holy One among you.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">I will not come against their cities.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They will follow the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="content">he will roar like a lion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="content">When he roars,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="content">his children will come trembling from the west.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They will come from Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">trembling like sparrows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">from Assyria, fluttering like doves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">I will settle them in their homes,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel&#8217;s Sin</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="content">Israel with deceit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="content">And Judah is unruly against God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="content">even against the faithful Holy One.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:12 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts this verse (11:12) is numbered 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            <div class="label">12</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 12:1-14 is numbered 12:2-15.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Ephraim feeds on the wind;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.12.1"><span class="content">he pursues the east wind all day</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.12.1"><span class="content">and multiplies lies and violence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.12.1"><span class="content">He makes a treaty with Assyria</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.12.1"><span class="content">and sends olive oil to Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.12.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has a charge to bring against Judah;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.12.2"><span class="content">he will punish Jacob</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:2 </span><span class="fq">Jacob </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">he grasps the heel, </span><span class="ft">a Hebrew idiom for </span><span class="fqa">he takes advantage of </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">he deceives.</span></span></span><span class="content"> according to his ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.12.2"><span class="content">and repay him according to his deeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">In the womb he grasped his brother&#8217;s heel;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.12.3"><span class="content">as a man he struggled with God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He struggled with the angel and overcame him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.12.4"><span class="content">he wept and begged for his favor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.12.4"><span class="content">He found him at Bethel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.12.4"><span class="content">and talked with him there&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.12.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.12.5"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is his name!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.12.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But you must return to your God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.12.6"><span class="content">maintain love and justice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.12.6"><span class="content">and wait for your God always.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The merchant uses dishonest scales</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.12.7"><span class="content">and loves to defraud.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.12.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Ephraim boasts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.12.8"><span class="content">&#8220;I am very rich; I have become wealthy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.12.8"><span class="content">With all my wealth they will not find in me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.12.8"><span class="content">any iniquity or sin.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.12.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have been the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.12.9"><span class="content">ever since you came out of Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.12.9"><span class="content">I will make you live in tents again,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.12.9"><span class="content">as in the days of your appointed festivals.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.12.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I spoke to the prophets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.12.10"><span class="content">gave them many visions</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.12.10"><span class="content">and told parables through them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.12.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Is Gilead wicked?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.12.11"><span class="content">Its people are worthless!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.12.11"><span class="content">Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.12.11"><span class="content">Their altars will be like piles of stones</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.12.11"><span class="content">on a plowed field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.12.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Jacob fled to the country of Aram</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:12 </span><span class="ft">That is, Northwest Mesopotamia</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.12.12"><span class="content">Israel served to get a wife,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.12.12"><span class="content">and to pay for her he tended sheep.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.12.13"><span class="content">by a prophet he cared for him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But Ephraim has aroused his bitter anger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.12.14"><span class="content">his Lord will leave on him the guilt of his bloodshed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.12.14"><span class="content">and will repay him for his contempt.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Anger Against Israel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Ephraim spoke, people trembled;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.13.1"><span class="content">he was exalted in Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.13.1"><span class="content">But he became guilty of Baal worship and died.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Now they sin more and more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.13.2"><span class="content">they make idols for themselves from their silver,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.13.2"><span class="content">cleverly fashioned images,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.13.2"><span class="content">all of them the work of craftsmen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.13.2"><span class="content">It is said of these people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.13.2"><span class="content">&#8220;They offer human sacrifices!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.13.2"><span class="content">They kiss</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">&#8220;Men who sacrifice / kiss</span></span></span><span class="content"> calf-idols!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Therefore they will be like the morning mist,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.13.3"><span class="content">like the early dew that disappears,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.13.3"><span class="content">like chaff swirling from a threshing floor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.13.3"><span class="content">like smoke escaping through a window.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;But I have been the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.13.4"><span class="content">ever since you came out of Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.13.4"><span class="content">You shall acknowledge no God but me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.13.4"><span class="content">no Savior except me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I cared for you in the wilderness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.13.5"><span class="content">in the land of burning heat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When I fed them, they were satisfied;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.13.6"><span class="content">when they were satisfied, they became proud;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.13.6"><span class="content">then they forgot me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.13.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So I will be like a lion to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.13.7"><span class="content">like a leopard I will lurk by the path.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Like a bear robbed of her cubs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.13.8"><span class="content">I will attack them and rip them open;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.13.8"><span class="content">like a lion I will devour them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.13.8"><span class="content">a wild animal will tear them apart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;You are destroyed, Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.13.9"><span class="content">because you are against me, against your helper.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.13.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Where is your king, that he may save you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.13.10"><span class="content">Where are your rulers in all your towns,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.13.10"><span class="content">of whom you said,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.13.10"><span class="content">&#8216;Give me a king and princes&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So in my anger I gave you a king,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.13.11"><span class="content">and in my wrath I took him away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.13.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.13.12"><span class="content">his sins are kept on record.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.13.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Pains as of a woman in childbirth come to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.13.13"><span class="content">but he is a child without wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.13.13"><span class="content">when the time arrives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.13.13"><span class="content">he doesn&#8217;t have the sense to come out of the womb.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will deliver this people from the power of the grave;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.13.14"><span class="content">I will redeem them from death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.13.14"><span class="content">Where, O death, are your plagues?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.13.14"><span class="content">Where, O grave, is your destruction?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.13.14"><span class="content">&#8220;I will have no compassion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.13.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">even though he thrives among his brothers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.13.15"><span class="content">An east wind from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will come,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.13.15"><span class="content">blowing in from the desert;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.13.15"><span class="content">his spring will fail</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.13.15"><span class="content">and his well dry up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.13.15"><span class="content">His storehouse will be plundered</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.13.15"><span class="content">of all its treasures.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.13.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The people of Samaria must bear their guilt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.13.16"><span class="content">because they have rebelled against their God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.13.16"><span class="content">They will fall by the sword;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.13.16"><span class="content">their little ones will be dashed to the ground,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.13.16"><span class="content">their pregnant women ripped open.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:16 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts this verse (13:16) is numbered 14:1.</span></span></span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Repentance to Bring Blessing</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 14:1-9 is numbered 14:2-10.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Return, Israel, to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.14.1"><span class="content">Your sins have been your downfall!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.14.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Take words with you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.14.2"><span class="content">and return to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.14.2"><span class="content">Say to him:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.14.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Forgive all our sins</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.14.2"><span class="content">and receive us graciously,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.14.2"><span class="content">that we may offer the fruit of our lips.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">offer our lips as sacrifices of bulls</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.14.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Assyria cannot save us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.14.3"><span class="content">we will not mount warhorses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.14.3"><span class="content">We will never again say &#8216;Our gods&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.14.3"><span class="content">to what our own hands have made,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.14.3"><span class="content">for in you the fatherless find compassion.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.14.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will heal their waywardness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.14.4"><span class="content">and love them freely,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.14.4"><span class="content">for my anger has turned away from them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.14.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I will be like the dew to Israel;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.14.5"><span class="content">he will blossom like a lily.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.14.5"><span class="content">Like a cedar of Lebanon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.14.5"><span class="content">he will send down his roots;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">his young shoots will grow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.14.6"><span class="content">His splendor will be like an olive tree,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.14.6"><span class="content">his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.14.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">People will dwell again in his shade;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.14.7"><span class="content">they will flourish like the grain,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.14.7"><span class="content">they will blossom like the vine&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.14.7"><span class="content">Israel&#8217;s fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.14.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Ephraim, what more have I</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:8 </span><span class="ft">Or Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">What more has Ephraim</span></span></span><span class="content"> to do with idols?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.14.8"><span class="content">I will answer him and care for him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.14.8"><span class="content">I am like a flourishing juniper;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.14.8"><span class="content">your fruitfulness comes from me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.14.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Who is wise? Let them realize these things.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.14.9"><span class="content">Who is discerning? Let them understand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.14.9"><span class="content">The ways of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are right;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.14.9"><span class="content">the righteous walk in them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.14.9"><span class="content">but the rebellious stumble in them.</span></span></div>
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