Hosea 14

1O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy GodH430; for thou hast fallenH5307 by thine iniquity. 2Take with you words, and returnH7725 unto Jehovah: say unto him, Take awayH7725 all iniquityH5771, and accept that which is good: so will we render as bullocks the offering of our lips. 3Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we sayH559 any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods; for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him. 5I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall beH1961 as the olive-tree, and his smell as LebanonH3844. 7They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the grain, and blossom as the vine: the scent thereof shall beH1961 as the wine of LebanonH3844. 8Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found.

9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.