Hosea 14

Lexham English Bible

14 Return to Yahweh your God, O Israel,
    for you have stumbled because of your sin.
² Take words with you,
    and return to Yahweh.
Say to him,
    “Take away all guilt;
accept good, and we will offer
    the fruit^[a] of our lips.
³ Assyria will not save us;
    we will not ride on horses,^[b]
and we will say no more, “Our God,”
    to the work of our hands
    because in you the fatherless child finds mercy.
⁴ I will heal their disloyalty;^[c]
    I will love them freely
    because my anger has turned back
        from them.^[d]
5 I 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.
⁶     His 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^[e] in my^[f] shadow;
    they will grow grain
and they will blossom like the plant vine;
    his fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.
⁸ O Ephraim, what have I to do^[g] with idols?
    I myself have answered and looked after you.^[h]
I am like a luxuriant cypress;
    your fruit^[i] comes from me.
⁹ Who 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.