Hosea - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 608
The Books of the Prophets
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'1`HE Loxn*s REPLY.
HOSEA.
‘ I will nurse those returning, and love!
For Myanger has vanished from them;
And to Israel I will be like the dew,
And he like the lily shall bloom ;
And like Lebanon send out his roots;
Like a bright Olive spread out his boughs,
And Lebanon’s fragrance be his,
And those passing shall rest in his shade.
He shall live like the corn, and spread out like the vine
With a scent such as Lebanon’s wine 2
‘ What, Ephraim, to Me were your Idols?
I depressed you—but now will endow,
I am like to a flourishing pine tree ;
Your fruit shall be found upon Me.'
Iinzcafz Sinai ,2\ppzu1 in Zsruzl.
Who is wise and can comprehend these?
Will reflect, and endeavour to learn
That the paths of the LORD are direct,
And in them the Righteous can travel ;
But the wicked will stumble on them?
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