King James Version (KJV) Authorized Version 1611
Read Full Chapter (Hosea 14) Hosea 14:8 KJV
"Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found."
Hosea 14:8 in Context (Verses 5–9 KJV)
5
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.**
6
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.*
7
They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.**
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Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
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Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.