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King James Bible |
Youngs Literal Translation
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| 14:1 |
O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. |
Turn back, O Israel, unto Jehovah thy God, For thou hast stumbled by thine iniquity. |
| 14:2 |
Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. |
Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah, Say ye unto Him: `Take away all iniquity, and give good, And we do render the fruit of our lips. |
| 14:3 |
Asshur 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. |
Asshur doth not save us, on a horse we ride not, Nor do we say any more, Our God, to the work of our hands, For in Thee find mercy doth the fatherless.' |
| 14:4 |
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. |
I heal their backsliding, I love them freely, For turned back hath Mine anger from him. |
| 14:5 |
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. |
I am as dew to Israel, he flourisheth as a lily, And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon. |
| 14:6 |
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. |
Go on do his sucklings, And his beauty is as an olive, And he hath fragrance as Lebanon. |
| 14:7 |
They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. |
Return do the dwellers under his shadow, They revive `as' corn, and flourish as a vine, His memorial `is' as wine of Lebanon. |
| 14:8 |
Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found. |
O Ephraim, what to Me any more with idols? I -- I afflicted, and I cause him to sing: `I `am' as a green fir-tree,' From Me is thy fruit found. |
| 14:9 |
Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. |
Who `is' wise, and doth understand these? Prudent, and knoweth them? For upright are the ways of Jehovah, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein! |
