Hosea 14

Israel Restored at Last

14O Israel, ^areturn to the Lord your God,

For you have stumbled because of your iniquity;

²Take words with you,

And return to the Lord.

Say to Him,

“Take away all iniquity;

Receive us graciously,

For we will offer the ^bsacrifices ¹of our lips.

³Assyria shall ^cnot save us,

^dWe will not ride on horses,

Nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands, ‘You are our gods.’

^eFor in You the fatherless finds mercy.”

⁴“I will heal their ^fbacksliding,

I will ^glove them freely,

For My anger has turned away from him.

⁵I will be like the ^hdew to Israel;

He shall ²grow like the lily,

And ³lengthen his roots like Lebanon.

⁶His branches shall ⁴spread;

ⁱHis beauty shall be like an olive tree,

And ^jhis fragrance like Lebanon.

^7kThose who dwell under his shadow shall return;

They shall be revived like grain,

And ⁵grow like a vine.

Their ⁶scent shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

⁸“Ephraim shall say, ‘What have I to do anymore with idols?’

I have heard and observed him.

I am like a green cypress tree;

^lYour fruit is found in Me.”

⁹Who is wise?

Let him understand these things.

Who is prudent?

Let him know them.

For ^mthe ways of the Lord are right;

The righteous walk in them,

But transgressors stumble in them.