Hosea14
Return to Yahweh
1Return to Yahweh your God, O Israel,for you have stumbled because of your sin.2Take words with you,and return to Yahweh.Say to him,“Take away all guilt;accept good, and we will offerthe fruit of our lips.3Assyria will not save us;we will not ride on horses, and we will say no more, “Our God,”to the work of our handsbecause in you the fatherless child finds mercy.4I will heal their disloyalty; I will love them freelybecause my anger has turned backfrom them. 5I will be like the dew to Israel;he will blossom like the lily plant,and he will strike his roots like the trees of Lebanon.6His new plant shoots will spread out;his splendor will be like the olive tree,and his scent like the trees of Lebanon.7⸤They will again dwell⸥ in my shadow;they will grow grainand they will blossom like the plant vine;his fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.8O Ephraim, ⸤what have I to do⸥ with idols?I myself have answered and looked after you. I am like a luxuriant cypress;your fruit comes from me.9Who is wise that he can understand these things?Who is discerning that he knows them?The ways of Yahweh are right,and the righteous walk in them;but transgressors stumble in them.Logos Bible Software