American Standard Version

Hosea 14

1OIsrael, return unto Jehovah thyGodH430;forthou hastfallenH5307bythine iniquity.

2Takewithyouwords,andreturnH7725untoJehovah:sayuntohim,TakeawayH7725alliniquityH5771,andacceptthatwhichisgood:sowillwerenderasbullockstheofferingofourlips.

3Assyriashallnot saveus;wewillnot rideuponhorses;neitherwillwesayH559anymoretotheworkofourhands, Yeareourgods;forintheethefatherless findethmercy.

4Iwillhealtheirbacksliding,Iwilllovethemfreely;formine angeristurnedawayfromhim.

5Iwillbeasthedew unto Israel;heshall blossomasthelily,andcast forthhisrootsasLebanon.

6Hisbranchesshallspread,andhisbeautyshallbeH1961astheolive-tree,andhissmellasLebanonH3844.

7Theythatdwell underhisshadow shall return; they shall reviveasthegrain,andblossomasthevine:thescent thereof shallbeוִיהִ֥יvi.HiH1961asthewineofLebanonH3844.

8Ephraimshallsay, WhathaveItodo any morewithidols?Ihaveanswered,andwillregardhim:Iamlikeagreen fir-tree;frommeisthy fruit found.

9Whoiswise,thathemayunderstand these things? prudent,thathemayknowthem?forthewaysofJehovahareright,andthejustshallwalkinthem;buttransgressorsshallfalltherein.

Commentaries on Hosea 14

American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain