Hosea 14

O Israel, ^areturn unto the Lord thy God;

For thou hast ^bfallen by thine iniquity.

²Take 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.

^3eAsshur 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.

⁴ⁱI will heal ^iktheir backsliding, ^lI will love them ^mfreely:

For mine anger is turned away from him.

⁵I will be ⁿas the dew unto Israel:

He shall grow as ^othe lily,

^pqAnd cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

^6qHis branches shall spread,

And his ^rbeauty shall be ^sas the olive tree,

And ^this smell as Lebanon.

^7quThey that dwell under his shadow shall return;

They shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine:

The sent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

⁸Ephraim shall say, ^gvWhat have I to do any more with idols?

I have ^wheard him, and ^xobserved him:

^qsI am like a green fir tree.

^yFrom me is thy fruit found.

^9zWho is wise, and he shall understand these things?

Prudent, and he shall know them?

For ^athe ways of the Lord are ^bright,

And ^cthe just shall walk in them:

^cBut the transgressors shall ^dfall therein.