Holy Scripture

Hosea 14:4

A church father on this verse
“"I will heal their apostasy; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them. I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily; he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon; his shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive, and his fragrance like Lebanon. They shall return and…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Hosea 14:5-9

Source: Septuagint

Original

4Assyria shall never save us; we will not mount on horseback; we will no longer say to the works of our hands, Our gods. He who is in thee shall pity the orphan.

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In context

2Return, O Israel, to the Lord thy God; for the people have fallen through thine iniquities.

3Take with you words, and turn to the Lord your God: speak to him, that ye may not receive the reward of unrighteousness, but that ye may receive good things: and we will render in return the fruit of our lips.

— Hosea 14:4 —

5I will restore their dwellings, I will love them truly: for he has turned away my wrath from him.

6I will be as dew to Israel: he shall bloom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

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