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O Ephraim, what have I[a] to do with idols?
    It is I who answer and look after you.[b]
I am like an evergreen cypress;
    your faithfulness[c] comes from me.
Those who are wise understand these things;
    those who are discerning know them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
    and the upright walk in them,
    but transgressors stumble in them.

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  1. Hosea 14:8 Or What more has Ephraim
  2. Hosea 14:8 Heb him
  3. Hosea 14:8 Heb your fruit

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