Hosea 14

A Plea to Repent

14Israel, return to Yahweh your God, ^b

for you have stumbled in your sin. ^c

²Take words of repentance with you ^d

and return to the Lord.

Say to Him: “Forgive all our sin

and accept what is good,

so that we may repay You

with praise ^efrom our ^flips. ^g

³Assyria will not save us, ^h

we will not ride on horses, ⁱ

and we will no longer proclaim, ‘Our gods!’ ^j

to the work of our hands. ^k

For the fatherless receives compassion in You.” ^l

A Promise of Restoration

⁴I will heal their apostasy; ^m

I will freely love them, ⁿ

for My anger will have turned from him. ^o

⁵I will be like the dew to Israel; ^p

he will blossom like the lily ^q

and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. ^r

⁶His new branches will spread,

and his splendor will be like the olive tree, ^s

his fragrance, like the forest of Lebanon. ^t

⁷The people will return and live beneath his shade. ^u

They will grow grain ^v

and blossom like the vine.

His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

⁸Ephraim, why should I ^whave anything more

to do with idols? ^x

It is I who answer and watch over him.

I am like a flourishing pine tree; ^y

your fruit comes from Me. ^z

⁹Let whoever is wise ^aunderstand these things,

and whoever is insightful recognize them.

For the ways of the Lord are right, ^b

and the righteous walk in them, ^c

but the rebellious stumble in them. ^d