Hosea 14

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1 Samaria shall expiate her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They shall fall by the sword, their little ones shall be dashed to pieces, their expectant mothers shall be ripped open.	1 Pereat Samaria, quoniam ad amaritudinem concitavit Deum suum ! in gladio pereant, parvuli eorum elidantur, et fœtæ ejus discindantur !
2 Return, O Israel, to the LORD, your God; you have collapsed through your guilt.	2 Convertere, Israël, ad Dominum Deum tuum, quoniam corruisti in iniquitate tua.
3 Take with you words, and return to the LORD; Say to him, "Forgive all iniquity, and receive what is good, that we may render as offerings the bullocks from our stalls.	3 Tollite vobiscum verba, et convertimini ad Dominum ; et dicite ei : Omnem aufer iniquitatem, accipe bonum, et reddemus vitulos labiorum nostrorum.
4 Assyria will not save us, nor shall we have horses to mount; We shall say no more, 'Our god,' to the work of our hands; for in you the orphan finds compassion."	4 Assur non salvabit nos : super equum non ascendemus, nec dicemus ultra, Dii nostri opera manuum nostrarum : quia ejus, qui in te est, misereberis pupilli.
5 I will heal their defection, I will love them freely; for my wrath is turned away from them.	5 Sanabo contritiones eorum ; diligam eos spontanee : quia aversus est furor meus ab eis.
6 I will be like the dew for Israel: he shall blossom like the lily; He shall strike root like the Lebanon cedar,	6 Ero quasi ros ; Israël germinabit sicut lilium, et erumpet radix ejus ut Libani.
7 and put forth his shoots. His splendor shall be like the olive tree and his fragrance like the Lebanon cedar.	7 Ibunt rami ejus, et erit quasi oliva gloria ejus, et odor ejus ut Libani.
8 Again they shall dwell in his shade and raise grain; They shall blossom like the vine, and his fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.	8 Convertentur sedentes in umbra ejus ; vivent tritico, et germinabunt quasi vinea ; memoriale ejus sicut vinum Libani.
9 Ephraim! What more has he to do with idols? I have humbled him, but I will prosper him. "I am like a verdant cypress tree"-- Because of me you bear fruit!	9 Ephraim, quid mihi ultra idola ? Ego exaudiam, et dirigam eum ego ut abietem virentem ; ex me fructus tuus inventus est.
10 Let him who is wise understand these things; let him who is prudent know them. Straight are the paths of the LORD, in them the just walk, but sinners stumble in them.	10 Quis sapiens, et intelliget ista ? intelligens, et sciet hæc ? quia rectæ viæ Domini, et justi ambulabunt in eis ; prævaricatores vero corruent in eis.