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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Tanach: Hosea 13: 14 Shall I ransom them from the power of the nether-world? Shall I redeem them from death? Ho, thy plagues, O death! Ho, thy destruction, O netherworld! Repentance be hid from Mine eyes!
Hosea 13: 15 For though he be fruitful among the reed-plants, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD coming up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up; he shall spoil the treasure of all precious vessels.
Hosea 13: 16 (14:1) Samaria shall bear her guilt, for she hath rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
Hosea 14: 1 (14:2) Return, O Israel, unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast stumbled in thine iniquity.
Hosea 14: 2 (14:3) Take with you words, and return unto the LORD; say unto Him: 'Forgive all iniquity, and accept that which is good; so will we render for bullocks the offering of our lips.
Hosea 14: 3 (14:4) Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we call any more the work of our hands our gods; for in Thee the fatherless findeth mercy.'
Hosea 14: 4 (14:5) I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for Mine anger is turned away from him.
Hosea 14: 5 (14:6) I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Hosea 14: 6 (14:7) His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his fragrance as Lebanon.
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