Hosea 14

Israel’s Future Blessing

112Return, Israel, to the Lord your God, For you have stumbled 3because of your 4wrongdoing.2Take words with you and return to the Lord. Say to Him, “5Take away all guilt And 6receive us graciously, So that we may 7present 8the fruit of our lips.3Assyria will not save us, We will 9not ride on horses; Nor will we say again, ‘10Our god’ To the 11work of our hands; For in 12You the 13orphan finds mercy.”

4I will 14heal their apostasy, I will 15love them freely, Because My anger has 16turned away from them.5I will be like the 17dew to Israel; He will blossom like the 18lily, And he will 19take root like the cedars of 20Lebanon.6His shoots will 21sprout, His 22majesty will be like the 23olive tree, And his fragrance like the cedars of 24Lebanon.7Those who 25live in his shadow Will 26again raise 27grain, And they will blossom like the vine. His fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.

8Ephraim, what more have I to do with 28idols? It is I who answer and look after 29you. I am like a luxuriant 30juniper; From 31Me 32comes your fruit.

933Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; Whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the 34ways of the Lord are right, And the 35righteous will walk in them, But 36wrongdoers will stumble in them.