16 May grain(A) abound throughout the land;
    on the tops of the hills may it sway.
May the crops(B) flourish like Lebanon(C)
    and thrive[a] like the grass of the field.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 72:16 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lebanon, / from the city

16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

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The Branch From Jesse

11 A shoot(A) will come up from the stump(B) of Jesse;(C)
    from his roots a Branch(D) will bear fruit.(E)

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11 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

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31 Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah
    will take root(A) below and bear fruit(B) above.

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31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

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23 On the mountain heights(A) of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit(B) and become a splendid cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade of its branches.(C)

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23 In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

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“‘But you, mountains of Israel, will produce branches and fruit(A) for my people Israel, for they will soon come home.

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But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.

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Ephraim, what more have I[a] to do with idols?(A)
    I will answer him and care for him.
I am like a flourishing juniper;(B)
    your fruitfulness comes from me.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:8 Or Hebrew; Septuagint What more has Ephraim

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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