1O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.[ † ]Hosea 12:6Joel 2:13 2Take 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.[ † ]Psalms 51:16-17Hosea 6:6Hebrews 13:15 3Asshur 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.[ † ]Hosea 7:11Hosea 10:13Hosea 12:1Psalms 33:17Isaiah 31:1Psalms 10:14Psalms 68:5
4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.[ † ]Jeremiah 14:7Ephesians 1:6 5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.[ † ]Job 29:19Proverbs 19:12Isaiah 26:19 6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.[ † ]Psalms 52:8Psalms 128:3Genesis 27:27 7They 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.[ † ]Daniel 4:12 8Ephraim 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.[ † ]John 15:4
9Who 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.[ † ]Psalms 111:7-8Proverbs 10:29Zephaniah 3:5