Hosea 14:4-9
New International Version
4 “I will heal(A) their waywardness(B)
and love them freely,(C)
for my anger has turned away(D) from them.
5 I will be like the dew(E) to Israel;
he will blossom like a lily.(F)
Like a cedar of Lebanon(G)
he will send down his roots;(H)
6 his young shoots will grow.
His splendor will be like an olive tree,(I)
his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.(J)
7 People will dwell again in his shade;(K)
they will flourish like the grain,
they will blossom(L) like the vine—
Israel’s fame will be like the wine(M) of Lebanon.(N)
8 Ephraim, what more have I[a] to do with idols?(O)
I will answer him and care for him.
I am like a flourishing juniper;(P)
your fruitfulness comes from me.”
Footnotes
- Hosea 14:8 Or Hebrew; Septuagint What more has Ephraim
Hosea 14:4-9
King James Version
4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
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