To those who had lost sight of the plan of the ages for the deliverance of sinners ensnared by the power of Satan, the Lord offered restoration and peace. "I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely," He declared: "for Mine anger is turned away from him. I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. 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. Ephraim shall say, What have I 284 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. "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." Hosea 14:4-9.


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Israel i assyrisk fangenskab

De mennesker, der havde glemt den store plan, som var lagt for at redde syndere ud af Satans vold, fik Herrens tilbud om hjælp og fred. "Jeg læger deres frafald, elsker dem frivilligt," sagde Herren, "min vrede har vendt sig fra dem. Jeg vil være Israel som dug, han skal blomstre som liljen, rod skal han slå som en poppel og bugne af skud, som et olietræ stå i pragt, som Libanon dufte. Atter skal de bo i min skygge, korn skal de avle, skyde som en vinstok med ry som Libanons vin. Hvad skal Efraim mere med afguder. Jeg hører ham, ser ned til ham. Jeg er som en grøn cypres, du får din frugt fra mig.

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