Hosea 13:16-14:9
Lexham English Bible
16 [a] Samaria will be guilty,
because she has rebelled against her God;
they will fall by the sword,
their children will be dashed to pieces,
and their pregnant women will be ripped open.
Return to Yahweh
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[b] of our lips.
3 Assyria will not save us;
we will not ride on horses,[c]
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;[d]
I will love them freely
because my anger has turned back
from them.[e]
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[f] in my[g] 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[h] with idols?
I myself have answered and looked after you.[i]
I am like a luxuriant cypress;
your fruit[j] 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.
Footnotes
- Hosea 13:16 Hosea 13:16–14:9 in the English Bible is 14:1–10 in the Hebrew Bible
- Hosea 14:2 Hebrew uncertain
- Hosea 14:3 Hebrew “horse”
- Hosea 14:4 Or “backsliding”
- Hosea 14:4 Hebrew “him”
- Hosea 14:7 Literally “They shall return, they shall dwell”
- Hosea 14:7 Hebrew “his”
- Hosea 14:8 Literally “what for me”
- Hosea 14:8 Hebrew “him”
- Hosea 14:8 Or “your faithfulness”
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