Hosea 14:1–8
O Israel, areturn unto the Lord thy God;
For thou hast bfallen by thine iniquity.
2 Take with you words, and aturn to the Lord:
Say unto him, cTake away all iniquity, and ||receive us graciously:
So dwill we render the calves of our lips.
3 eAsshur shall not save us; fwe will not ride upon horses:
gNeither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods:
For hin thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
4 iI will heal iktheir backsliding, lI will love them mfreely:
For mine anger is turned away from him.
5 I will be nas the dew unto Israel:
pqAnd †cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
6 qHis branches †shall spread,
And his rbeauty shall be sas the olive tree,
And this smell as Lebanon.
7 quThey that dwell under his shadow shall return;
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, gvWhat have I to do any more with idols?
I have wheard him, and xobserved him:
yFrom me is thy fruit found.