Hosea 14
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh’s Anger Turns Away from Israel
14 [a](A)Return, O Israel, to Yahweh your God,
For you have stumbled in your (B)iniquity.
2 Take words with you and return to Yahweh.
Say to Him, “(C)Forgive all iniquity
And [b]take what is good,
That we may (D)pay in full [c]the fruit of our lips.
3 Assyria will not save us;
We will (E)not ride on horses,
Nor will we say again, ‘(F)Our god,’
To the (G)work of our hands;
For in (H)You the [d]orphan finds compassion.”
4 I will (I)heal their turning away from Me;
I will (J)love them freely,
For My anger has (K)turned away from them.
5 I will be like the (L)dew to Israel;
He will flourish like the (M)lily,
And he will [e]take root like the cedars of (N)Lebanon.
6 His shoots will go forth,
And his splendor will be like the (O)olive tree
And his fragrance like the cedars of (P)Lebanon.
7 Those who (Q)live in his shadow
Will [f]again raise (R)grain,
And they will flourish like the vine.
His name of remembrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.
8 O Ephraim, what more have I to do with (S)idols?
It is I who answer and look after [g]you.
I am like a luxuriant (T)cypress;
From (U)Me [h]comes your fruit.
9 (V)Whoever is wise, so let him discern these things;
Whoever is discerning, let him know them.
For the (W)ways of Yahweh are right,
And the (X)righteous will walk in them,
But (Y)transgressors will stumble in them.
Footnotes
- Hosea 14:1 Ch 14:2 in Heb
- Hosea 14:2 Or accept that which is good
- Hosea 14:2 As in ancient versions; M.T. our lips as bulls
- Hosea 14:3 Or fatherless
- Hosea 14:5 Lit strike his roots
- Hosea 14:7 Or return, they will raise grain
- Hosea 14:8 Lit him
- Hosea 14:8 Lit is found
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