Hosea 14:1
O Israel, return to Jehovah thy God, for thou have fallen by thine iniquity.
Hosea 14:2
Take with you words, and return to Jehovah. Say to him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good. So we will render as bullocks the offering of our lips.
Hosea 14:3
Assyria shall not save us. We will not ride upon horses, nor will we say any more to the work of our hands, Our gods. For in thee the fatherless finds mercy.
Hosea 14:4
I will heal their backsliding. I will love them freely. For my anger is turned away from him.
Hosea 14:5
I will be as the dew to Israel. He shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Hosea 14:6
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
Hosea 14:7
Those who dwell under his shadow shall return. They shall revive as the grain, and blossom as the vine. The scent of it shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
Hosea 14:8
Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him. I am like a green fir tree. From me thy fruit is found.
Hosea 14:9
Who is wise, that he may understand these things, prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them. But transgressors shall fall therein.