Hosea 14:1-3

Expanded Bible

14 Israel, return to the Lord your God,
    because your sins have made you ·fall [stumble].
² ·Come back [Return] to the Lord
    and ·say these words to him [^Ltake words with you]:
“Take away all our sin
    and ·kindly receive us [accept our prayers],
·and we will keep the promises we made to you [^Lso that we may offer the sacrifices of our lips; or so that we may offer our lips as sacrificial bulls].
³ Assyria cannot save us,
    nor will we ·trust in our [mount and ride] horses.
We will not say again, ‘Our gods,’
    to the things our hands have made.
You show ·mercy [compassion] to ·orphans [the fatherless].”