Hosea 14:8 meaning and explanation

O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.

Hosea 14:8, Berean Standard Bible

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In this closing chapter God speaks directly to Ephraim, the name Hosea often uses for the northern kingdom of Israel, which had been devastated by idolatry and Assyria. The verse is God's own answer to Israel's earlier vow to abandon the works of their hands.

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