Hosea 14
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- 1Israel, come back to the LORD your God! Your sin is what brought you down.
- 2Take words with you and turn to the LORD. Say to him, “Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously, so we will offer the calves of our lips.”
- 3Assyria will not save us. We will not ride on horses, and we will no longer say to the work of our hands, “You are our gods,” for orphans find mercy in you.
- 4I will heal their backsliding. I will love them freely, because my anger has turned away from him.
- 5I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily and spread his roots like Lebanon.
- 6His branches will spread wide. He will be as beautiful as an olive tree, and his fragrance will be like Lebanon.
- 7Those who dwell under his shadow will return; they will revive like the corn and grow like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.
- 8Ephraim will say, “What do I have to do with idols anymore?” I have heard him and watched over him. I am like a green fir tree. Your fruit comes from me.
- 9Who is wise and will understand these things? Who has good judgment and will know them? The ways of the LORD are right. Righteous people will walk in them, but wrongdoers will fall in them.