Hosea 14:3-5

Contemporary English Version

³ Assyria can't save us,
    and chariots can't help.
So we will no longer worship
    the idols we have made.
Our Lord, you show mercy
    to orphans.”

⁴ Israel, you have rejected me,
    but my anger is gone;
I will heal you and love you
    without limit.
⁵ I will be like the dew—
then you will blossom like lilies
    and have roots like a tree.^[a]