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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.
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.
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.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:1 Ch 14:2 in Heb
  2. Hosea 14:2 Or accept that which is good
  3. Hosea 14:2 As in ancient versions; M.T. our lips as bulls
  4. Hosea 14:3 Or fatherless

Israel Restored at Last

14 O Israel, (A)return to the Lord your God,
For you have stumbled because of your iniquity;
Take words with you,
And return to the Lord.
Say to Him,
“Take away all iniquity;
Receive us graciously,
For we will offer the (B)sacrifices[a] of our lips.
Assyria shall (C)not save us,
(D)We will not ride on horses,
Nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands, ‘You are our gods.’
(E)For in You the fatherless finds mercy.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:2 Lit. bull calves; LXX fruit