7 They that dwell under his shadow shall
returna; they shall revive
as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
8 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.
9 Who is awise, and he shall
understand these things? bprudent, and he shall know
them? for the cways of the LORD are right, and the
just shall dwalk in them: but the transgressors shall fall
therein.
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7a they that dwell under his shadow shall
return Hosea ends upon the positive note that scattered Israel,
that is scattered Ephraim, shall be returned unto the Lord. And so also all of
his, Ephraim's, companions. The blood of Israel/Ephraim is dominant and though
scattered and sifted into the nations of the world, all 'they that dwell under
his shadow', that is all that come under the umbrella of scattered Ephraim or
Israel, shall return. This the restored gospel is doing, Ephraim and his
companions are returning and the promises of the fathers (D&C 27:10) are
being fulfilled as they were preserved in Ephraim to come forth unto all the
world in fulfillment of Abrham's covenant that all the nations of the earth
would be blessed through his seed; particularly the Messiah and generally by
those who come under the seed of Ephraim.
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