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Hosea 14:8
Contemporary English Version

8 Israel, give up your idols!
I will answer your prayers
    and take care of you.[a]
I am that glorious tree,
    the source of your fruit.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 14.8 Israel … you: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  2. 14.8 I am … fruit: This is the only place in the Old Testament where the Lord is compared to a tree. Hosea reminds the people that it is the Lord who is the source of life, rather than the Canaanite gods and goddesses that are worshiped under trees at the local shrines.
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