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“The people of Ephraim will have nothing more to do with idols.
    I will answer them and take care of them.
        I am like a growing pine tree.
            Their fruit comes from me.”

Wise people will understand these things.
    A person with insight will recognize them.
    Yahweh’s ways are right.
        Righteous people live by them.
        Rebellious people stumble over them.

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Ephraim, what more have I[a] to do with idols?(A)
    I will answer him and care for him.
I am like a flourishing juniper;(B)
    your fruitfulness comes from me.”

Who is wise?(C) Let them realize these things.
    Who is discerning? Let them understand.(D)
The ways of the Lord are right;(E)
    the righteous walk(F) in them,
    but the rebellious stumble in them.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:8 Or Hebrew; Septuagint What more has Ephraim