18 And the (A)idols will completely vanish.

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18     and the idols(A) will totally disappear.(B)

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20 On that day people will (A)throw away to the moles and the (B)bats
Their idols of silver and their idols of gold,
Which they made for themselves to worship,

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20 In that day(A) people will throw away
    to the moles and bats(B)
their idols of silver and idols of gold,(C)
    which they made to worship.(D)

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Assyria will not save us,
We will (A)not ride on horses;
Nor will we say again, ‘(B)Our god’
To the (C)work of our hands;
For in (D)You the [a]orphan finds mercy.”

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  1. Hosea 14:3 Or fatherless

Assyria cannot save us;(A)
    we will not mount warhorses.(B)
We will never again say ‘Our gods’(C)
    to what our own hands have made,(D)
    for in you the fatherless(E) find compassion.”

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Ephraim, what more have I to do with (A)idols?
It is I who answer and look after [a]you.
I am like a luxuriant (B)juniper;
From (C)Me [b]comes your fruit.

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  1. Hosea 14:8 Lit him
  2. Hosea 14:8 Lit is found

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.”

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