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

以法莲必说：‘我与偶像还有什么关涉呢？’我耶和华回答他，也必顾念他。我如青翠的松树；你的果子从我而得。”

以法莲说：“我与偶像有何相干？”我应允他，顾念他：我如青翠的松树，你的果实从我而来。

以法莲说：“我与偶像有何相干？”我应允他，顾念他：我如青翠的松树，你的果实从我而来。

“以法莲啊，你要远离偶像。我应允你的祷告，看顾你。我像一棵青翠的松树，你的果实都来自于我。”

以法莲与偶像还有什么关系呢？答允他的是我，看顾他的也是我。我像一棵青翠的松树，你的果子是从我而得。”

以法蓮必說：我與偶像還有甚麼關涉呢？我－耶和華回答他，也必顧念他。我如青翠的松樹；你的果子從我而得。

以法蓮說：「我與偶像有何相干？」我應允他，顧念他：我如青翠的松樹，你的果實從我而來。

以法蓮說：「我與偶像有何相干？」我應允他，顧念他：我如青翠的松樹，你的果實從我而來。

「以法蓮啊，你要遠離偶像。我應允你的禱告，看顧你。我像一棵青翠的松樹，你的果實都來自於我。」

以法蓮與偶像還有甚麼關係呢？答允他的是我，看顧他的也是我。我像一棵青翠的松樹，你的果子是從我而得。”

以法蓮哪，我和偶像還有甚麼關係呢？是我應了他，也是我監視他。以法蓮唱：『我如同青翠的松樹。』永恆主和：『你的果子是從我而來的。』

以法蓮將曰、我與偶像猶有何涉、我耶和華既應之、必加眷顧、我若青松、爾將由我而結實、

以法蓮族與偶像何涉、我垂念之、使之扶疏若松、賴我而結實、

以法蓮將云、我與偶像何涉、我耶和華必應允之、眷顧之、我若根深葉茂之柏樹、爾欲獲果、惟由我而獲、爾欲獲果惟由我而獲或作爾惟賴我而結實

Ephraim will have nothing more to do with other gods. I will answer the prayers of my people. I will take good care of them. I will be like a healthy juniper tree to them. All the fruit they bear will come from me.”

O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress; from me comes your fruit.

“ O Israel, stay away from idols! I am the one who answers your prayers and cares for you. I am like a tree that is always green; all your fruit comes from me.”

Ephraim, why should I have anything more to do with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing pine tree; your fruit comes from me.

Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like a luxuriant juniper; From Me comes your fruit.

“ Ephraim shall say,‘ What have I to do anymore with idols?’ I have heard and observed him. I am like a green cypress tree; Your fruit is found in Me.”

Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir- tree; from me is thy fruit found.

Ephraim, why should I have anything more to do with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing pine tree; your fruit comes from Me.

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.

O Ephraim, I do not want to have anything to do with idols anymore! I will answer him and care for him. I am like a luxuriant cypress tree; your fruitfulness comes from me!

Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green cypress tree; from me your fruit is found.”

Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do so again.’

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

I will put in the desert the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive. I will set junipers in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together,

For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do— living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.

“ The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the juniper, the fir and the cypress together, to adorn my sanctuary; and I will glorify the place for my feet.

filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ— to the glory and praise of God.

for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed what they had done.A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.

for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,

As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;for it is written:“ Be holy, because I am holy.”

So he got up and went to his father.“ But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.

“ I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.“ I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

( for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth)

Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper, and instead of briers the myrtle will grow. This will be for the Lord’s renown, for an everlasting sign, that will endure forever.”

And they will go to others and say,‘ I have sinned, I have perverted what is right, but I did not get what I deserved.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Take words with you and return to the Lord. Say to him:“ Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips.Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount warhorses. We will never again say‘ Our gods’ to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion.”

“ I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:‘ You disciplined me like an unruly calf, and I have been disciplined. Restore me, and I will return, because you are the Lord my God.After I strayed, I repented; after I came to understand, I beat my breast. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’Is not Ephraim my dear son, the child in whom I delight? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore my heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the Lord.

When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him,“ Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”“ How do you know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus answered,“ I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”

I can do all this through him who gives me strength.