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Hosea Hosea 14 is the fourteenth and final chapter of the Book of Hosea in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible . In the Hebrew Bible, it is part of the Twelve Minor Prophets . This chapter concludes the prophecies attributed to the prophet Hosea , son of Beeri , with an exhortation to repentance (Hosea 14:1–3), a promise of God's blessing (Hosea 14:4–9), and a concluding verse resembling the wisdom tradition . Halley's Bible Handbook : an abbreviated Bible commentary. 24th edition. The Oxford Companion to the Bible .
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Hosea 14 is the fourteenth chapter of the Book of Hosea in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible . This chapter contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Hosea son of Beeri as an exhortation to repentance (Hosea 14:1-3) and a promise of God's blessing (Hosea 14:4-9). It is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets . Halley's Bible Handbook : an abbreviated Bible commentary. 24th edition. The Oxford Companion to the Bible .
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Chapter 14 of the Book of Hosea Hosea 14 is the fourteenth chapter of the Book of Hosea in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible . This chapter contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Hosea son of Beeri as an exhortation to repentance (Hosea 14:1-3) and a promise of God's blessing (Hosea 14:4-9). It is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets . Halley's Bible Handbook : an abbreviated Bible commentary. 24th edition. The Oxford Companion to the Bible .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “fourteenth chapter of the book of hosea in the hebrew bible or the old testament of the christian bible”. Today it says “fourteenth and final chapter of the book of hosea in the hebrew bible or the old testament of the christian bib”. Read the current article and compare.
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fourteenth chapter of the book of hosea in the hebrew bible or the old testament of the christian bible
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fourteenth and final chapter of the book of hosea in the hebrew bible or the old testament of the christian bib
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