New American Standard Bible 2020

Hosea 14:4-9

4I will 1heal their apostasy, I will 2love them freely, Because My anger has 3turned away from them.5I will be like the 4dew to Israel; He will blossom like the 5lily, And he will 6take root like the cedars of 7Lebanon.6His shoots will 8sprout, His 9majesty will be like the 10olive tree, And his fragrance like the cedars of 11Lebanon.7Those who 12live in his shadow Will 13again raise 14grain, And they will blossom like the vine. His fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.

8Ephraim, what more have I to do with 15idols? It is I who answer and look after 16you. I am like a luxuriant 17juniper; From 18Me 19comes your fruit.

9 20Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; Whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the 21ways of the Lord are right, And the 22righteous will walk in them, But 23wrongdoers will stumble in them.

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Notes

1. Hosea 14:4 Is 57:18; Hos 6:1 ↩
2. Hosea 14:4 Zeph 3:17 ↩
3. Hosea 14:4 Is 12:1 ↩
4. Hosea 14:5 Prov 19:12; Is 26:19 ↩
5. Hosea 14:5 Song 2:1; Matt 6:28 ↩
6. Hosea 14:5 Lit strike his roots ↩
7. Hosea 14:5 Is 35:2 ↩
8. Hosea 14:6 Lit go ↩
9. Hosea 14:6 Lit splendor ↩
10. Hosea 14:6 Jer 11:16 ↩
11. Hosea 14:6 Song 4:11 ↩
12. Hosea 14:7 Ezek 17:23 ↩
13. Hosea 14:7 Or return, they will raise grain ↩
14. Hosea 14:7 Hos 2:21, 22 ↩
15. Hosea 14:8 Job 34:32; Hos 14:3 ↩
16. Hosea 14:8 Lit him ↩
17. Hosea 14:8 Is 41:19 ↩
18. Hosea 14:8 Ezek 17:23 ↩
19. Hosea 14:8 Lit is found ↩
20. Hosea 14:9 Ps 107:43; Jer 9:12 ↩
21. Hosea 14:9 Ps 111:7, 8; Prov 10:29; Zeph 3:5 ↩
22. Hosea 14:9 Is 26:7 ↩
23. Hosea 14:9 Is 1:28 ↩

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