Hosea 14:1-3
English Standard Version
A Plea to Return to the Lord
14 (A)Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
for (B)you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
2 Take with you words
and return to the Lord;
say to him,
“Take away all iniquity;
accept (C)what is good,
and we will pay with bulls
(D)the vows[a] of our lips.
3 (E)Assyria shall not save us;
(F)we will not ride on horses;
and (G)we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
to the work of our hands.
(H)In you the orphan finds mercy.”
Footnotes
- Hosea 14:2 Septuagint, Syriac pay the fruit
Hosea 14:1-3
Holman Christian Standard Bible
A Plea to Repent
14 Israel, return to Yahweh your God,(A)
for you have stumbled in your sin.(B)
2 Take words of repentance with you(C)
and return to the Lord.
Say to Him: “Forgive all our sin
and accept what is good,
so that we may repay You
with praise[a] from our[b] lips.(D)
3 Assyria will not save us,(E)
we will not ride on horses,(F)
and we will no longer proclaim, ‘Our gods!’(G)
to the work of our hands.(H)
For the fatherless receives compassion in You.”(I)
Footnotes
- Hosea 14:2 LXX reads with the fruit
- Hosea 14:2 Lit repay the bulls of our
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