Hosea
1:1The word of Jehovah that came unto
Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah,
kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of
Israel. 1:2When Jehovah spake at the first by
Hosea, Jehovah said unto Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredom and
children of whoredom; for the land doth commit great whoredom,
departing from Jehovah. 1:3So he went and took Gomer the daughter
of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bare him a son. 1:4And Jehovah said unto
him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the
blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the
house of Israel to cease. 1:5And it shall come to pass at that day,
that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel. 1:6And
she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And Jehovah said unto
him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah; for I will no more have mercy upon the
house of Israel, that I should in any wise pardon them. 1:7But I
will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by Jehovah
their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by
horses, nor by horsemen. 1:8Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she
conceived, and bare a son. 1:9And Jehovah said, Call his name
Lo-ammi; for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God. 1:10Yet
the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea,
which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, in
the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be
said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. 1:11And
the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered
together, and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall go up from
the land; for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
2:1Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to
your sisters, Ruhamah. 2:2Contend with your mother, contend; for
she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her
whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts; 2:3lest
I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make
her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with
thirst. 2:4Yea, upon her children will I have no
mercy; for they are children of whoredom; 2:5for their mother hath
played the harlot; she that conceived them hath done shamefully; for she
said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my
wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. 2:6Therefore, behold, I
will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her,
that she shall not find her paths. 2:7And she shall follow after her lovers,
but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not
find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband;
for then was it better with me than now. 2:8For she did not know
that I gave her the grain, and the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied
unto her silver and gold, which they used for Baal. 2:9Therefore will I take
back my grain in the time thereof, and my new wine in the season thereof,
and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her
nakedness. 2:10And now will I uncover her lewdness in
the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand. 2:11I
will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feasts, her new moons, and her
sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies. 2:12And I will lay waste
her vines and her fig-trees, whereof she hath said, These are my hire that
my lovers have given me; and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of
the field shall eat them. 2:13And I will visit upon her the days of
the Baalim, unto which she burned incense, when she decked herself with
her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgat me,
saith Jehovah. 2:14Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. 2:15And
I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a
door of hope; and she shall make answer there, as in the days of her
youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. 2:16And
it shall be at that day, saith Jehovah, that thou shalt call me Ishi, and
shalt call me no more Baali. 2:17For I will take away the names of the
Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be mentioned by their
name. 2:18And in that day will I make a covenant
for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens,
and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and
the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down
safely. 2:19And I will betroth thee unto me for
ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in justice,
and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. 2:20I will even betroth
thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know Jehovah. 2:21And
it shall come to pass in that day, I will answer, saith Jehovah, I will
answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth; 2:22and the earth shall
answer the grain, and the new wine, and the oil; and they shall answer
Jezreel. 2:23And I will sow her unto me in the
earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I
will say to them that were not my people, Thou art my people; and they
shall say, Thou art my God.
3:1And Jehovah said unto me, Go again,
love a woman beloved of her friend, and an adulteress, even as
Jehovah loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods,
and love cakes of raisins. 3:2So I bought her to me for fifteen
pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of
barley; 3:3and I said unto her, Thou shalt abide
for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be
any man's wife: so will I also be toward thee. 3:4For the children of
Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without
sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim: 3:5afterward shall the children of Israel
return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king, and shall come
with fear unto Jehovah and to his goodness in the latter days.
4:1Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children
of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the
land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the
land. 4:2There is nought but swearing and
breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they
break out, and blood toucheth blood. 4:3Therefore shall the land mourn, and
every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the
field and the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall
be taken away. 4:4Yet let no man strive, neither let any
man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. 4:5And
thou shalt stumble in the day, and the prophet also shall stumble with
thee in the night; and I will destroy thy mother. 4:6My people are destroyed
for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also
reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast
forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children. 4:7As
they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory
into shame. 4:8They feed on the sin of my people, and
set their heart on their iniquity. 4:9And it shall be, like people, like
priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their
doings. 4:10And they shall eat, and not have
enough; they shall play the harlot, and shall not increase; because they
have left off taking heed to Jehovah. 4:11Whoredom and wine and
new wine take away the understanding. 4:12My people ask counsel
at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of
whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot,
departing from under their God. 4:13They sacrifice upon
the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and
poplars and terebinths, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your
daughters play the harlot, and your brides commit adultery. 4:14I
will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides
when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go apart with
harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes; and the people that doth
not understand shall be overthrown. 4:15Though thou, Israel, play the harlot,
yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to
Beth-aven, nor swear, As Jehovah liveth. 4:16For Israel hath
behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Jehovah feed
them as a lamb in a large place. 4:17Ephraim is joined to idols; let him
alone. 4:18Their drink is become sour; they play
the harlot continually; her rulers dearly love shame. 4:19The
wind hath wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be put to shame
because of their sacrifices.
5:1Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O
house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you
pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net
spread upon Tabor. 5:2And the revolters are gone deep in
making slaughter; but I am a rebuker of them all. 5:3I know Ephraim, and
Israel is not hid from me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast played the
harlot, Israel is defiled. 5:4Their doings will not suffer them to
turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they
know not Jehovah. 5:5And the pride of Israel doth testify to
his face: therefore Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity;
Judah also shall stumble with them. 5:6They shall go with their flocks and
with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath
withdrawn himself from them. 5:7They have dealt treacherously against
Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon
devour them with their fields. 5:8Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the
trumpet in Ramah: sound an alarm at Beth-aven; behind thee, O Benjamin. 5:9Ephraim shall become a desolation in
the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which
shall surely be. 5:10The princes of Judah are like them
that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
5:11Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in
judgment; because he was content to walk after man's command. 5:12Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth,
and to the house of Judah as rottenness. 5:13When Ephraim saw his
sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to Assyria,
and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he
cure you of your wound. 5:14For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion,
and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go
away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver. 5:15I
will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and
seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly.
6:1Come, and let us return unto Jehovah;
for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind
us up. 6:2After two days will he revive us: on
the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him. 6:3And
let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as
the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that
watereth the earth. 6:4O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O
Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud,
and as the dew that goeth early away. 6:5Therefore have I hewed them by the
prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments
are as the light that goeth forth. 6:6For I desire goodness,
and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings. 6:7But
they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt
treacherously against me. 6:8Gilead is a city of them that work
iniquity; it is stained with blood. 6:9And as troops of robbers wait for a
man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they
have committed lewdness. 6:10In the house of Israel I have seen a
horrible thing: there whoredom is found in Ephraim, Israel is
defiled. 6:11Also, O Judah, there is a harvest
appointed for thee, when I bring back the captivity of my people.
7:1When I would heal Israel, then is the
iniquity of Ephraim uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they
commit falsehood, and the thief entereth in, and the troop of robbers
ravageth without. 7:2And they consider not in their hearts
that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings beset them
about; they are before my face. 7:3They make the king glad with their
wickedness, and the princes with their lies. 7:4They are all
adulterers; they are as an oven heated by the baker; he ceaseth to stir
the fire, from the kneading of the dough, until it be leavened. 7:5On
the day of our king the princes made themselves sick with the heat of
wine; he stretched out his hand with scoffers. 7:6For they have made
ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker
sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. 7:7They
are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges; all their kings are
fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me. 7:8Ephraim, he mixeth himself among the
peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 7:9Strangers have devoured
his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and
there upon him, and he knoweth it not. 7:10And the pride of
Israel doth testify to his face: yet they have not returned unto Jehovah
their God, nor sought him, for all this. 7:11And Ephraim is like a
silly dove, without understanding: they call unto Egypt, they go to
Assyria. 7:12When they shall go, I will spread my
net upon them; I will bring them down as the birds of the heavens; I will
chastise them, as their congregation hath heard. 7:13Woe unto them! for
they have wandered from me; destruction unto them! for they have
trespassed against me: though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken
lies against me. 7:14And they have not cried unto me with
their heart, but they howl upon their beds: they assemble themselves for
grain and new wine; they rebel against me. 7:15Though I have taught
and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise mischief against me. 7:16They return, but not to him that
is on high; they are like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by
the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in
the land of Egypt.
8:1Set the trumpet to thy mouth. As
an eagle he cometh against the house of Jehovah, because they have
transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. 8:2They
shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee. 8:3Israel hath cast off
that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him. 8:4They have set up kings,
but not by me; they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver
and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off. 8:5He
hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how
long will it be ere they attain to innocency? 8:6For from Israel is even
this; the workman made it, and it is no God; yea, the calf of Samaria
shall be broken in pieces. 8:7For they sow the wind, and they shall
reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no
meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up. 8:8Israel is swallowed up: now are they
among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth. 8:9For
they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself:
Ephraim hath hired lovers. 8:10Yea, though they hire among the
nations, now will I gather them; and they begin to be diminished by reason
of the burden of the king of princes. 8:11Because Ephraim hath
multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning. 8:12I
wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a
strange thing. 8:13As for the sacrifices of mine
offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but Jehovah accepteth them
not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall
return to Egypt. 8:14For Israel hath forgotten his Maker,
and builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I
will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof.
9:1Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, like
the peoples; for thou hast played the harlot, departing from thy
God; thou hast loved hire upon every grain-floor. 9:2The threshing-floor and
the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her. 9:3They
shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and
they shall eat unclean food in Assyria. 9:4They shall not pour out
wine-offerings to Jehovah, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their
sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat
thereof shall be polluted; for their bread shall be for their appetite; it
shall not come into the house of Jehovah. 9:5What will ye do in the
day of solemn assembly, and in the day of the feast of Jehovah? 9:6For,
lo, they are gone away from destruction; yet Egypt shall gather
them up, Memphis shall bury them; their pleasant things of silver, nettles
shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tents. 9:7The days of visitation
are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the
prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance
of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great. 9:8Ephraim was a
watchman with my God: as for the prophet, a fowler's snare is in all his
ways, and enmity in the house of his God. 9:9They have deeply
corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their
iniquity, he will visit their sins. 9:10I found Israel like grapes in the
wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first-ripe in the fig-tree at its
first season: but they came to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves unto
the shameful thing, and became abominable like that which they loved. 9:11As
for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird: there shall be no
birth, and none with child, and no conception. 9:12Though they bring up
their children, yet will I bereave them, so that not a man shall be left:
yea, woe also to them when I depart from them! 9:13Ephraim, like as I
have seen Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring
out his children to the slayer. 9:14Give them, O Jehovah-what wilt thou
give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. 9:15All their wickedness
is in Gilgal; for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their
doings I will drive them out of my house; I will love them no more; all
their princes are revolters. 9:16Ephraim is smitten, their root is
dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will
I slay the beloved fruit of their womb. 9:17My God will cast them
away, because they did not hearken unto him; and they shall be wanderers
among the nations.
10:1Israel is a luxuriant vine, that
putteth forth his fruit: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath
multiplied his altars; according to the goodness of their land they have
made goodly pillars. 10:2Their heart is divided; now shall they
be found guilty: he will smite their altars, he will destroy their
pillars. 10:3Surely now shall they say, We have no
king; for we fear not Jehovah; and the king, what can he do for us? 10:4They speak vain words, swearing
falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in
the furrows of the field. 10:5The inhabitants of Samaria shall be in
terror for the calves of Beth-aven; for the people thereof shall mourn
over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced over it, for the glory
thereof, because it is departed from it. 10:6It also shall be
carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive
shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel. 10:7As for Samaria, her king is cut
off, as foam upon the water. 10:8The high places also of Aven, the sin
of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on
their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the
hills, Fall on us. 10:9O Israel, thou hast sinned from the
days of Gibeah: there they stood; the battle against the children of
iniquity doth not overtake them in Gibeah. 10:10When it is my desire,
I will chastise them; and the peoples shall be gathered against them, when
they are bound to their two transgressions. 10:11And Ephraim is a
heifer that is taught, that loveth to tread out the grain; but I
have passed over upon her fair neck: I will set a rider on Ephraim; Judah
shall plow, Jacob shall break his clods. 10:12Sow to yourselves in
righteousness, reap according to kindness; break up your fallow ground;
for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon
you. 10:13Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have
reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies; for thou didst trust in
thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men. 10:14Therefore shall a
tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be destroyed,
as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was
dashed in pieces with her children. 10:15So shall Beth-el do unto you because
of your great wickedness: at daybreak shall the king of Israel be utterly
cut off.
11:1When Israel was a child, then I loved
him, and called my son out of Egypt. 11:2The more the prophets called
them, the more they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baalim, and
burned incense to graven images. 11:3Yet I taught Ephraim to walk; I took
them on my arms; but they knew not that I healed them. 11:4I
drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love; and I was to them as
they that lift up the yoke on their jaws; and I laid food before them. 11:5They shall not return into the land of
Egypt; but the Assyrian shall be their king, because they refused to
return to me. 11:6And the sword shall fall upon their
cities, and shall consume their bars, and devour them, because of
their own counsels. 11:7And my people are bent on backsliding
from me: though they call them to him that is on high, none at all
will exalt him. 11:8How shall I give thee up, Ephraim?
how shall I cast thee off, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah?
how shall I set thee as Zeboiim? my heart is turned within me, my
compassions are kindled together. 11:9I will not execute the fierceness of
mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not
man; the Holy One in the midst of thee; and I will not come in wrath. 11:10They shall walk after Jehovah, who
will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children shall come
trembling from the west. 11:11They shall come trembling as a bird
out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria; and I will make
them to dwell in their houses, saith Jehovah. 11:12Ephraim compasseth me
about with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah yet
ruleth with God, and is faithful with the Holy One.
12:1Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth
after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and
they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt. 12:2Jehovah hath also a controversy with
Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his
doings will he recompense him. 12:3In the womb he took his brother by the
heel; and in his manhood he had power with God: 12:4yea, he had power over
the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he
found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us, 12:5even Jehovah, the God
of hosts; Jehovah is his memorial name. 12:6Therefore turn thou to
thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually. 12:7He is a trafficker, the
balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. 12:8And
Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my
labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin. 12:9But
I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to
dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast. 12:10I have also spoken
unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of
the prophets have I used similitudes. 12:11Is Gilead iniquity?
they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks; yea, their
altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field. 12:12And Jacob fled into
the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept
sheep. 12:13And by a prophet Jehovah brought
Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. 12:14Ephraim hath provoked to anger most
bitterly: therefore shall his blood be left upon him, and his reproach
shall his Lord return unto him.
13:1When Ephraim spake, there was
trembling; he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he
died. 13:2And now they sin more and more, and
have made them molten images of their silver, even idols according to
their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen: they say
of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. 13:3Therefore they shall
be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passeth early away, as the
chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as
the smoke out of the chimney. 13:4Yet I am Jehovah thy God from the land
of Egypt; and thou shalt know no god but me, and besides me there is no
saviour. 13:5I did know thee in the wilderness, in
the land of great drought. 13:6According to their pasture, so were
they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore have
they forgotten me. 13:7Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as
a leopard will I watch by the way; 13:8I will meet them as a bear that is
bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there
will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them. 13:9It
is thy destruction, O Israel, that thou art against me, against thy
help. 13:10Where now is thy king, that he may
save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges, of whom thou saidst, Give me
a king and princes? 13:11I have given thee a king in mine
anger, and have taken him away in my wrath. 13:12The iniquity of
Ephraim is bound up; his sin is laid up in store. 13:13The sorrows of a
travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for it is time
he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of children. 13:14I
will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death: O
death, where are thy plagues? O Sheol, where is thy destruction?
repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. 13:15Though he be fruitful
among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the breath of Jehovah coming
up from the wilderness; and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain
shall be dried up: he shall make spoil of the treasure of all goodly
vessels. 13:16Samaria shall bear her guilt; for she
hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants
shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
14:1O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God;
for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. 14:2Take with you words,
and return unto Jehovah: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept
that which is good: so will we render as bullocks the offering
of our lips. 14:3Assyria shall not save us; we will not
ride upon horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands,
Ye are our gods; for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. 14:4I
will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is
turned away from him. 14:5I will be as the dew unto Israel; he
shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 14:6His
branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his
smell as Lebanon. 14:7They that dwell under his shadow shall
return; they shall revive as the grain, and blossom as the vine:
the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. 14:8Ephraim shall
say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will
regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found. 14:9Who
is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know
them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them;
but transgressors shall fall therein.
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